Working on my Mental Health

Girl, your 2 months postpartum! You gotta give yourself a break ❤️❤️❤️ Sex life will come back Working out, just start with walks in the pram nothing major don’t think you need to loose lots of weight ! Food, do what’s working for you, fuel your body, maybe just make sure your having some good nutrition in the day if you do have a takeaway ! Talk to your midwife or health team, I’m not sure where your based ? Also, sleep will come and go, it’s a hard thing to correct when you have a newborn lol 😂 and a baby… children… what’s sleep? lol 😂 Be kinder to yourself that’s the first step ❤️

I will say sleep is the foundation of everything so better sleep will help everything else. It's hard when you have a young kid, something I'm working on, it's worth it.

Talk to your health visitor or GP, self refer to perinatal mental health team they're amazing. Hope you feel better soon

Oh girl My bub is 3 weeks old and I’m struggling with it too The lack of sleep is having a huge impact on it and feeling so lonely and weak I have been going for little pram walks and getting fresh air which helps for a bit Sitting under the shower for 10 minutes also helps sometimes Try and keep your mind distracted Listen to podcasts about postnatal depression Message me if you like xx

I actually disagree with some of the other comments, I would absolutely agree with them if it wasn’t for your mental health though. Working out is one of the best things you can do to improve your mental health, it naturally makes you feel good. I then find the other things follow. If your working out you will sleep better, as you start to see improvement you automatically want to eat better and in order to do that you will likely find you cook more anyway. Obviously you need to take it easy with being just 2 months pp though, start will getting out for walks and some light pp yoga etc

You are still so early please be kind to yourself. I'd start with just trying to get out each day with baby. A walk is a great place to start.

Get a walk daily, whether it's babywearing or baby in a stroller/pram . Fresh air is good for you, the sunlight is good, even in the cooler weather a change of environment always helps me feel better if I've been doing a lot around the house.... Or even if I haven't. A change of environment always helps me 😊 Rest when you can ! It might or might not be when baby sleeps, but rest when you can. And definitely look into therapy , it's always helpful to have a listening ear.

I love cooking for my family. Getting some healthy food in your body could do wonders. Also it’s a good little me time therapy, being alone in the kitchen doing something productive. I have a ton of easy recipes if you want to message me I’ll send some to you

Read a quran and shift your prospective Start simple Start by thanking and being thankful for anything around you even if it.looks bad thank him and ask him to thank you step by step everything will get better nshala Here is a copy of the quran https://quranenc.com/en/browse/english_saheeh

I definitely think therapy is where to start because it will then help you heal from the root cause of your problems as well as targeting areas in your life you want to improve xx

Also just wanted to add - it does get better. I remember how hard it was for me around the 2 month mark probably up to 6ish months? I really struggled, and I'm sure a lot of mamas do, just remember that you're not alone, more people are going through what you're experiencing than you think! Just know it does get better xx