Day 30 with your newborn
Your body is not a project 🪷
Your body may look and feel different. Softer, tender, leaking, healing, tired, strong, unfamiliar — maybe all at once.
You do not need to bounce back. You are allowed to recover forward — into a body that has done something enormous.
How you might feel
How you might feel
Abdominal weakness, pelvic floor changes, scar tenderness, breast changes, and fatigue can all still be present. Healing takes longer than social media suggests.
Today's tip
Today's tip
Be cautious with intense exercise before your six-week check, especially if you have heaviness, leaking, pain, or a caesarean wound.
Coming up
Coming up
Strength can return slowly. Respecting your body now is part of that strength.
Checks and key dates around now
- Register the birthWithin 42 days in England and Wales
This is general information based on NHS guidance, not medical advice. Talk to your midwife, health visitor or GP about anything that worries you. If your baby has a high temperature, isn't feeding or is unusually sleepy, or you're worried about your own bleeding, pain or mood, get advice straight away from NHS 111 or your GP. In an emergency, call 999.