I don't have personal experience, but when I was at the mum and baby unit, I heard many success stories from the staff about parents who had been seriously unwell with their first and been totally fine with the second. I met a mum when I was on the ward who used to be a patient and had come in with her second child who was a newborn and she was totally fine!
I don't know if there is any scientific/medical basis for this, but some of the more experienced staff said that it doesn't tend to be as bad as it was with the first child. Whether this is because your body kind of knows what it's doing and it's not such a shock or if you're just more aware of the signs of post natal illness, I don't know!
Do you have any post natal illness support groups near you?
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