You thought that pregnancy was tough, but for some that doesn't hold a candle to what happens after the delivery. Whether you have a C-section, an episiotomy or tear naturally, getting back on your feet can be an unexpected battle.

That certainly was the case for Regina Haas and Erin Bocherer – two moms with very different deliveries but the same complaint: What happened after baby was a little bit brutal.

"Between the episiotomy and hemorrhoids (I'd heard about them, but never experienced them before), boy, was I up for a rude awakening," says Haas, a mother of one from Dallas, Texas.

Bocherer is a mother of three children under 5, all of whom were delivered by C-section. "My first C-section recovery was a total shock because I never expected it to be so painful," says the Atlanta mom. "Even a month later, I still had difficulty walking up the stairs, and I'm a small-framed person who works out regularly. Because C-sections have become so common, I just assumed that recovery would be somewhat easy – even though my doctor warned me it was major surgery."

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