Sleep deprivation?
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You do get used to it to some extent. Try to stay REALLY hydrated, especially if breastfeeding. You can have up to 300mg caffeine per day if breastfeeding as well. My second baby is almost 5 weeks now and until now we’ve had to make sure she ate at least every 4 hours. I’m not even *that* tired because my toddler was historically such a challenging sleeper. So I think I’m just able to adjust better.
I'm 9 days pp with my second baby. My daughter is 17 months old, so between taking care of her and a newborn, I had to get adjusted pretty fast. The first week was really rough between cluster feeding, headaches, pelvic pain, and sleep deprivation. It really does get better, though. I try to make sure we're all on a schedule we nap together and my newborn I feed every 2-3 hours, and he usually goes to sleep a little after. Also, he's not a bad sleeper or colic, so once he's fed, burp, and changed, he's good until the next 2-3 hours. Good luck, mamas it doesn't last forever. I know how you feel fr ibuprofen has been my bff lol sad to say, but it's getting better now.
5 weeks pp tomorrow with my first and I am also feeling this, I give my hubs an overnight shift with a bottle to help me get more sleep and that has helped some. Also taking at least one nap during one of his day naps - I cannot “sleep when the baby sleeps” like people always suggest. I need to feel somewhat productive/like my previous self still😂🫠
After 2 weeks, my husband and I started finally doing shifts so each of us could get a longer stretch of sleep which has helped so much! We each do about a 4 hour shift. I’m 10pm-2am and he’s 2am-6am and then we can usually get a quick snuggle and nap in from 6-8am
Idk if this helps but here’s our schedule! (Baby is 4 weeks old btw) We lay baby down for bed at 8:30 Baby wakes up around 12:30, my hubby feeds him Baby wakes up around 4:30, I feed him Baby wakes up at 7:30, I feed him bc hubby leaves for work at 7! So if you went to bed at 9:30/10:30 with this schedule, you can get 6-7 consecutive hours of sleep which may help!
I’m feeling the same way. I’m 3 weeks into having a newborn and I have Mega headaches and I am surviving on the little amount of caffeine I’m allowed while breastfeeding. Thankfully my husband helps me out so I can take some naps but man am I struggling.