10 things I wish I’d known about the 72 hours after giving birth to my first baby…

Quite why - after just 30 hours at home with my baby - any of us thought it was a good idea that I “nipped to Tesco” I’ve got now idea. I remember standing in front of the trolleys, trying to hold a stupidly heavy car-seat, while my bent coccyx and stitched lady zone screamed out in pain, panicking as I said to my mum “where do I put her? Will she be SAFE?” I tell all my clients the rule of two weeks: one in bed, one week on the sofa,