Using baby as an excuse (TW ED)

I've struggled with depression since I was a pre-teen and the same with an eating disorder on and off. Now that I have my daughter I've found myself using her as an excuse for not taking care of myself and falling back into my old eating habits. I have a hard time with hygiene due to my depression and when people ask why I don't wash up more I always say "I don't have time" which is true to an extent. The biggest excuse I use is not having time to eat. I was about 140lbs before I went into labor and my daughter was 7lbs6oz. Now, about 5 months later I'm weighing in at 108 because I only eat enough to keep up my breast milk supply and whenever my family or friends mention how much weight I've lost I just respond with "I eat when I can". In reality I'm constantly skipping meals when I have more than enough time to eat, but I hate my body so much that it's so hard to force myself to eat. The only thing keeping me from starving myself completely is the fact that if I don't eat, then I can't feed my daughter, and I don't know if I could handle knowing it's my fault that baby and I would miss out on this bond we have from breastfeeding. I honestly just don't know who I can talk to about it. Whenever my ED would get bad in the past my (now) fiance would try to feed me until I had an upset stomach, which only made matters worse, and my family got upset and yelled at me, as well as threatened to send me to a facility a number of times and I can't miss out on these vital years with my daughter. I'm just so lost in what to do at this point because it's so hard.
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Hey feel free to message me if you ever want to talk privately I too suffered from eating disorders when i was younger and found myself struggling during pregnancy (my baby is 3 months old) đź«¶

Get back and take control of your life again. Have small goals and try to shower in the morning to start your day. Or at night before bedtime. Small habits help. Try smoothies if you don't feel like eating.

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