Should I get help or talk to someone?
I’m 3 months into being a new mom, I absolutely love it as it’s all I wanted growing up but something’s not right. My pregnancy wasn’t the best just because I didn’t feel in control & was hospitalised for a month then gave birth 1 week after being released and baby was born 5weeks early. I didn’t get to pack a bag get stuff ready or even create a birth plan I had to have an emergency c section & stay in hospital with baby for 2weeks. Baby makes me so happy but we’ve gone through bad side effects due to immunisations, reflux, colic & constipation issues which has made him really irritable. Has a melt down anytime baby is tired. When baby cry’s I can’t take it sometimes I sometimes feel baby doesn’t love me or know I’m his mum . I get really angry and irritable in those situations & even when my mum try’s to help I flip out on her too because I wanna do it I wanna be mum and be able to do it. I struggle to sleep even though I’m so tired most nights, I didn’t feel “that” feeling when baby was born that everyone talks about I thought it was because it was through c section maybe. I feel like all I do is ask for help from my partner not more then they should do but he told me “ I need to just get on with it I wanted this” I knew it would be hard but idk something doesn’t feel right. I don’t really remember baby’s first 2 months of life really it breaks my heart feels like I was on auto pilot.
*due to illness I couldn’t breastfeed either which I wanted to do so I don’t even have that connection with baby
* I’m also terrified when I’m left alone with him cause I think about the crying but when someone’s here to help I barley let them
Is this normal new mum blues or should I speak to someone. I just want to be the best mum for baby
Hiya, this sounds pretty much like what I went through. I was rushed for emergency c section at 37+2, baby was then taken to special care and we were seperated due to suspected sepsis. I was discharged from the hospital and slept outside in the car for most of the babies time in the hospital. My mum is a massive help also, but like you said you feel you need to do it yourself as it is your baby. Have you been in touch with your health visitor? They had put me on programmes with professionals which really helped, counselling and therapy xx