Feeling like there's something wrong with me

Hi all, just writing to share somewhere really and in case others may feel the same. I've wanted to have children my entire life, I'd think about it all the time and even my pregnancy and birth were fairly positive. I absolutely adore my LO but feel there's something wrong with me as I'm really struggling with the exhaustion so much so I dont understand how people can cope with multiple children. Feel maybe I'm not able to cope with it as much as I thought I would? I do get support from family but even then feels so hard and still feels like months to go before it gets really easier. Appreciate this community even to be able to share this with you.

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What you're feeling is totally normal. There's nothing wrong with you. Having a baby is life changing and no matter how much help you get it's still exhausting. It's normal to not love every minute of it and some days just wish for it to be bedtime!! Hang in there, it does get easier,, and the transition from 0 to one is much harder than the transition from 1 to 2 x

I felt the same however I’ve just transitioned from 1 to 2 (3.5 year old and 4 month old) I have no help barring nursery 2 days a week for the eldest. The days are long but years are quick. This time around I’m just embracing it all as I didn’t appreciate it with my first x

It is so exhausting. There’s definitely nothing wrong with you! I feel like I worry so much too and that makes me even more exhausted! It might not hurt to book a GP appointment too for some bloods to check your vitamin levels. My low iron sometimes really contributes to my tiredness so I have continued to take multivitamins with extra iron and I get my levels checked around every 6 months.

This is how I felt with my 1st but now on my 2nd, my 1st is 3.5 an like above I'm embracing it. You always want them to develop to the next step as you are exhausted or they are not sleeping ect. But when it's gone you wish for them to be small again. With my 1st I didn't enjoy the 1st 4 months of having him, but with my lo now I just don't put so much pressure on doing anything. If I'm too tired we stay in all day.. he wakes up every 2hrs in the night an I thunk every night I can't do this anymore but we do! An they will get there in the end 😄

Thank you everyone, good to know as I felt it must just be me feeling this way!

The tiredness is a killer at first especially with your first I think as its a big change to life. I have a 5 year old and my 15 week old and honestly it was super hard at first to adapt to 2 and also to go back to sleepless nights etc but now we have a bit more of a routine established its lovely having 2 xx

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