Feeling pp depression!!
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I have birth 20 days ago. I did talk to my partner but I don't think he is able to understand. He did try to talk to his mother for me and tries to help me around the house and with baby too. I wish he understood more though. That is absolutely true. Big changes mentally physically and emotionally and the worst part is nobody really understands what you're going through.
Do you happen to have any friends or family who have recently had kids? I have a group text with 3 friends who all have kids (oldest is 5, youngest is 1) and being able to share with them my thoughts, emotions, worries has been so helpful. Makes me feel like I’m not alone in all of this. Also remember that men can go through PPA/PPD. And this is also a big change for them, especially if you are exclusively breast feeding. They don’t know what to do or how to help. Before giving birth I talked to my husband we discussed that the first year will probably be tough on our marriage, we will have lack of sleep, and most of our attention will be on the baby and not on each other. We just have to remember that we are a team and during this time we need to not take things too much to heart.
I have a sister who is big help but she is busy too with work and her kid. We did have a talk but I guess it will take sometime to get used to this new normal. He has lot of family here who keeps interfering and that bothers me too. They think only they know how to help and I don't know anything. It's so irritating.
How long ago did you give birth? I definitely felt low until week 5. Kind of started to feel better week 4 but baby got a cold and I my emotions were everywhere. Have you communicated with your partner? I know I had to have a really deliberate and open conversation with my husband because he didn’t understand when I said I was feeling low, what exactly I was feeling. Also do not hesitate to ask for help, and state exactly what you need. Also don’t hesitate to reach out to your doctor about PPD. I’m really sorry you are going through all of this. Our bodies go through so much with pregnancy and birth (physically, mentally, emotionally).