If your friends aren't talking about:
• Ice cream
• Where to get ice cream
• When we are getting ice cream
• Soft serve vs. hard-scoop
It's time to find new friends.
Fun fact: After childbirth, a woman’s hormones don’t just “drop”... they plummet. Within the first 24–72 hours after delivery, estrogen and progesterone fall dramatically from their peak pregnancy levels to near pre-pregnancy levels. It’s one of the most abrupt hormonal shifts the human body goes through.
During pregnancy, estrogen and progesterone are extremely elevated. Once the placenta is delivered, those hormones decline rapidly, signaling the body to stop sustaining pregnancy and begin milk production. At the same time, prolactin rises to support lactation, oxytocin surges to help the uterus contract, and the uterus begins shrinking back to its original size... a process that takes weeks. Postpartum bleeding (lochia) can last 4–6 weeks as the body heals.
This intense hormonal shift is one major reason many women experience mood swings, tearfulness, irritability, or the “baby blues” in the first days after birth. For some, the changes can contribute to postpartum depression or anxiety.
All of this happens while she’s recovering physically, often sleep-deprived, and caring for a newborn around the clock. So yes... if she doesn’t feel like herself right away, that’s not weakness. That’s biology.
Tylenol is literally the only thing pregnant people are allowed to take for pain during pregnancy. They’re gonna try to take away the one thing they give us to deal with pregnancy pain/discomfort
Because it's the one painkiller women can safely take while pregnant and there's a deeply held cultural belief that suffering mothers produce happier kids.