Advice or support please

I am so incredibly sorry. 🫶🏼 If it helps, he understands. Dogs grieve very similarly to us humans, & their social creatures. They absolutely can understand it without words needing to be said. You are so allowed to grieve even with animals still in front of you. Take it one day at a time, and try to remind yourself, you don’t HAVE to do anything with or for your current animals, You GET TO do things with & for your current animals! 🫂🫶🏼

I’m so sorry:( losing your pet is so heart breaking. I also recently went through it. Give yourself time , it’s been 4 months for me and I do feel better about it, keep reminding yourself they are at peace and playing in doggy heaven🤍Just focus as much as you can on your baby and trying to stay busy and take it easy on yourself!

Hugs, love. Being postpartum is an extremely difficult time without any changes or losses in life. You are going to feel any emotions times 1000 at this point. One day at a time. There is absolutely nothing wrong with all those feelings. They all make sense. But you also did nothing wrong and have nothing to be sorry for. Loving a newborn human is a totally different thing than grieving a sweet companion of many years. Your baby boy is not a replacement for your sweet girl. Don’t feel guilty for being sad and having very human emotions about losing her. All I can say to encourage you is, just take it one step at a time and you’ll still miss her, but focus on moving forward through postpartum and doing your best to take care of the precious new baby boy that you have.

I am so sorry. I do understand how you feel. My son was 3 months old when we lost our sweet Coco. It’s almost been one year and it’s still very fresh. When I look back, all I can think of is my son’s first few weeks with us were Coco’s final weeks with us. There isn’t a day that goes by that I don’t think of her. You are allowed to grieve. Don’t feel guilty for anything you’re feeling. I wish I could say it gets easier but it’s more like the days get more tolerable. Our dogs are our family and it takes time to find a new normal without them. I wish I could give you advice but all I can say is I’m so sorry for your loss and hope that one day you can look back on the memories with your dog and not feel so much grief.

Talking about it helps, and allow yourself to cry. If you need to, cry when baby is asleep or when you’re in the shower. I love a good shower cry, and had many after my sister died from suicide. Her death was years ago now but I had my first in July and I’ve cried many times over the fact I’ll never get to introduce my baby to my sister. That she’ll never get to hold him. He won’t get to know her and how cool she was. The beauty of our hearts is that we can hold so much, grief AND love, but the stark contrast of a loved one so soon before your baby was born coupled with the PP hormone drops is probably compounding how you’re feeling. Remember you’re in such a vulnerable space right now having just ushered a whole human into this world and your heart is raw from that plus losing your dear sweet girl. I’m sure she knew how loved she was, it’s never easy losing a dear pet. But with time the pain will lose its edge. I’m so so sorry for your huge loss. Don’t feel guilty for grieving. 🙏🏽🙏🏽🙏🏽

@Amanda I hope Coco and Rosie found each other up there and are watching over our boys

@Cindy I’m so so sorry. I can’t imagine my life without my sister. I hope my Rosie is with your sister ❤️

Im so sorry for your loss . Losing a pet is very hard. Take your time and try to focus on the positive things

I went through the same thing. My dog was 13 as well and it was unexpected. It happened a month before I gave birth. It will be three years in June and I swear I’m still not over it. We adopted a dog not long after my daughter was born though, and I do not regret the decision. The dog we adopted obviously will never replace the one we lost, but she has helped tremendously and she adores our little girl. Just something to think about. I’m so sorry for your loss. It’s heartbreaking.

@Kristina I hope my dog found yours ❤️

Aww 😞 im sorry for your loss , shes beautiful 🐶 , loosing a pet is like loosing a human as there family i losted my german shepherd years ago i miss him he was a lovely dog.. congrats on your baby boy 👦 he nos u love him ur doing a great job xxx

@Cindy oh I’m so sad to read this. I am so sorry for your loss. I’m sure your babe will love to hear stories about her once you’re ready to share. Also, I love your statement about how much our heart holds. That really resonated with me. Thanks for sharing your insight!