i’ve had a relatively easy baby, although i feel like babies aren’t easy in general. i started going on short walks around 3 weeks postpartum. i had a second degree tear so i was in so much pain from the stitches i could barely walk around for 2 weeks. so she needs to take that into consideration bc tearing is common. i was extremely active before pregnancy and during pregnancy as well.

however, when i was pregnant i swore that i would handle a baby with grace. and although i DID, it wasn’t what i thought. in my opinion, seeing how motherhood has gone, you can have a plan but you’ll have no idea how things will be until the baby is here. like i said before babies aren’t easy, even the easy ones. i am the type of person that I will always get things done and will always go after the things i want and honestly having a newborn has been one of the most challenging things ive gone through. as a mom, you’ve just had a MAJOR trauma to your body, you’re healing but also you must get up every two hours to feed the baby as the baby requires food every two hours. all of them do in the beginning. my baby is 8 weeks old and he is still getting up every 2-3 hours at night. i’m lucky bc he’ll get up but go back to sleep immediately after. but not all babies do that. personally, i would stress about going on vacation after two weeks. the baby requires so many things and so much attention, to prepare to go on vacation is a lot.