My Experience: Postnatal period, little talked about topic

It was four in the morning, and I was woken up by sharp pains, and I knew my prince was arriving. After about 6 hours my boy was yelling from the bottom of his lungs as he greeted the world. After the push, I thought that was the hardest part. Woe unto me, here came the nightmare of the afterbirth. 

The post-natal information is very scarce, and I believe it essential for preparing the mother on how to cope with the new changes that come with welcoming a baby. If it was emphasized as necessary as the information about pregnancy and births is, then I think it would relieve many especially new mothers a lot of pain. After delivery, many mothers suffer from postnatal depression because they are not prepared on how to handle the stress that comes with a baby. I was going nuts, and I never thought I would survive this period.