Liz Kearney: 'When it comes to postpartum horror stories, it seems that mum really is the word'
Tough: There is an unwritten rule that you shouldn’t over-egg the trauma, particularly in front of women who are just thinking about having a baby (stock photo)
The month following the arrival of our first son was far and away the most magical of my life. And yet, every moment of magic was balanced out with an equivalent quota of pain, worry, fear and exhaustion. We were deeply in love with our new arrival, but everything felt like an enormous struggle.
Feeding him was excruciatingly painful. Post C-section, it hurt to walk, so I sat glued to the sofa holding the baby and complaining, while my long-suffering husband did virtually everything else.
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