Let’s normalise the fact that a lot of of us struggle postpartum!
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Postpartum has been the hardest time of my life in regards to mental health, whilst still being the best time of my life as I love my baby so much! But boy my mental health has suffered! The constant intrusive thoughts and anxiety about something happening to my baby has left me constantly on edge, I feel like it’s taken away from the joy I wished I’d felt the whole time
Breastfeeding was super overwhelming, as is the fact my baby goes from 0 to 100 when he's hungry. The crying drives me insane. My bipolar doesn't help. Honestly my mental health is horrible right now and i am struggling so bad with bonding with him. Seems like everybody else handled him better than me
Post partum has been the most difficult time of my life as well. I would refuse anyone else holding my baby and I’ll sit in the dark room alone with her in my arms just crying for no reason. I also don’t take her out as much because I’m scared she’ll contract infection lol
Postpartum was a shell shock. I struggled to connect with my daughter for the first little bit after the first week adrenaline wore off. My mental health suffered and I’m still struggling, I don’t know who I am anymore and need to work on finding myself again.
I found breastfeeding very overwhelming. The first one month was a nightmare and I didn’t see that coming. It was not my supply my supply was pretty good but the constant feeding every 2-3 hours was so draining for me.