Without boring everyone to death, the birth of my baby was a very special occasion however we did go through a lot during the labour. Post birth I cannot really remember much for the first 24 hours apart from baby being taken to intensive care.
Now I find myself crying a lot and I’m concerned it will effect my ability to look after baby properly and will effect family (I’m avoiding crying in front of other half as I’m not sure if he’ll understand I don’t have much control over the crying).
Did many mummies go through this? Did you feel down after the birth of baby? How did you cope with it? Did you end up going to your doctor and getting medical help?
Also, newborn sleeping patterns/habits. My newborn is currently only 10 days old so very young. Is it normal for newborns to only sleep 2 hours at a time? My baby only sleeps in her cot following feeds in her cot until 1AM after which it takes 2 hours to settle her and she won’t settle in our bedroom so I end up bringing her into the living room downstairs where we have a crib.
Is it fairly usual for babies to have such small sleeps and not settle for 2 hours following feeds?
I’m told by friends that babies tend to sleep like this until around 6 weeks (usually around the time of the 40 days mark of the birth). Is that right? I was going to call my GP but thought they’d think I’ve gone mad.
Everything you said is very normal and common, I am going thru it myself. I find myself wanting to cry all the time and since I have family/kids around I just have to hold back the tears. I am just waiting for this period to be over... hopefully soon.
Baby blues and PPD are fairly common. Sometimes you can get through it by making sure to have people around you. Also, try not to hide the crying from EVERYONE. Let someone know what you’re going through. If you feel like it’s making you have a difficult time caring foryour child, or even bringing out negative feelings for your child, talk to your doctor who will have experience with this.
AWW, let me tell you, he sleeping habits are normal...my lil one is now 2 months mashallah and she has for the past 4 days been sleeping at night around 7 hours.....in the beg it was same as what uve said.
as for the crying, i dont think i did, BUT the times i did feel down and out was mainly due to sleep deprivation. maybe ur tired, thats why, i suggest talking to ur husband.....letting him take care of ur baby maybe one night a week, if he works. like the night before his day off....would he do so? GET some sleep.
