Struggling - FTM
I’m a first time mom and adjusting has been significantly hard. My LO was born 3 weeks ago and I’m so happy she’s here, but I’m exhausted and overwhelmed. We have also just moved into a new place and my partner has started a new job.
I didn’t think I would feel so alone and sad some days. And the constant feeling like I’m not a good mom because I don’t know what I’m doing eats at me everyday. I look at my LO and cry because I feel like I’m not doing a good job. She’s been super gassy and everything I’ve been told to do by the pediatrician is not working. I just can’t shake any of these feelings. I just want to feel normal.
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Same I’m alone doing everything day in day out and I’m so stressed out I haven’t slept in days hopefully it gets better soon 😩
My baby is 5 days old and I’m feeling very similar. The not being able to sleep is really eating at me.
I understand how you feel and feel alone all the time my son is my only friend and I’m a single parent so it’s just me and baby I feel bad asking for help because I don’t want to ruin friendships with people or use people so I just suck it up and manage.
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The drop in hormones is so strong, after birth it makes these feels stronger, I would try to rest as much as you can, you can only do so much. Mine was born over 2 weeks ago and she’s super gassy too because she’s small and we realized the nipple flow is effecting is not helping, the preemie nipples is too fast for her, so we’re buying the ultra preemie, I’m not sure if that’s happening, but hopefully that information helps