New mommies...how did you touch without beating about the bush after giving birth and contained by the days afterwards?
I have had so many inherited members and friends suffer from postpartum depression that I am scared. My mother didn't have it, so there's a fitting chance that I won't, either. I'm just wondering what is "normal" outside of the sovereignty of PPD. Did you feel an immediate attachment to your baby or did it grow over time? Was this the happiest time within your life or the most horrifying? I'm so excited about the birth of my son (38.5 weeks pregnant) and just want to know what to expect. Thanks!
not everybody feel the attachment right away . with both of my kids i looked at them and saw complete strangers and they were funny looking but you take safekeeping of them and the bond grows
Right after I had her I was so tired, but blissful. I don't know if I was more happy to finally meet her or because I wasn't pregnant anymore... :) but your attachment grows as you contemplation for your baby. You love the baby as soon as it's born but it's like anything else, it take some time to get used to everything it's a huge change. I wouldn't worry in the region of it too much. Everyone's reaction is different no matter what you feel after the newborn is born you will become more attached and more in love everyday. Good Luck!! Source(s): Mom of a 7 week old
I be drugged and sore at first, because of my c-sections. Lol I was drugged up and I was trying to call citizens about the baby with my second, the closest piece to drunk dialing I've ever done. Lol But I felt an immediate attachment with both of my babies. My first little one starred at me studying my face as soon as I held him the first time while I told him over and over again "Hi Ammon, I'm your mommy." I was very happy- at first. I get ppd about a month and a half later near my first baby. Being sore from the sugery, being engorged and having thrush, not satisfactory sleep, my apartment never being clean, it all added to too much stress which lead to the ppd. However, I didn't have ppd with my second baby and I have the same stress factors as the first time, plus a toddler. But I was fine. So.. It merely depends I guess. Every pregnancy is different.
I was super pleased and super scared at the same time! It was the happiest and scariest entity ever. Esp. the first couple days when nursing was so hard to do, I wanted to formulate sure he got enough but within a few days we have it down. I did cry a little each day for the first couple weels but never have PPD, a lot of it was being overwhelmed and plain older sleep deprivation.
I felt the bond instantly but I know people who said it wasn't love at first sight but they are presently over the moon about their child, it just grew over some time. Good Luck!
Postpartum Depression is not something to be scared about, really. As long as you acknowledge that getting PPD is a possibility (its a possibility for adjectives new mothers) and know the warning signs, and deal near the PPD head on (treat it as soon as you notice signs, don't wait thinking it will attain better on its own) you will be fine.
When I had my son I honestly was mad at him. Labor and conferral was horrible, he was too big for my birth canal and be stuck for a while, then broke his shoulder on the way out (obviously looking back on it none of this be his fault, but I am just telling you how I felt). I didn't want to hold him, I required my family and friends who had come to see us immediately after he be born to just leave (and preferrably take the tot with them). I felt dirty and wanted a shower (but I be a fall risk due to the drugs so I didn't get a shower until the next light of day, which made me even madder).
Once we got home, my boyfriend had finals week at school so be gone from like 9am-10pm at night every night near school and study groups. So, I was alone with the babe-in-arms. I was angry, tired, and honestly I contacted an adoption agency at one point and looked into that option (they told me on the phone that they wouldn't even talk to me anymore unless I saw my dr in the order of PPD before starting an adoption...and thank god they did because otherwise I wouldn't have been treated and I can't consider not having my son). For a while I was BAD with PPD. I remember (even though its with the sole purpose been 3 months its all sort of vague to me, I be just so out of it), but I remember him laying in his bassinet crying, hungry I am sure, he other seemed to be hungry, and I was in spasm from delivery still and I remember just snapping. I screamed at him to shut up and rolled his bassinet out of my room so I wouldn't hear him.
I be so alone and he was so needy.
I am now 3 months post partum and am on zoloft. Its not the pause of the world and it allows me to enjoy my life, and my son. I love my son so much, but without the antidepressant I be not the best mother I could be.
Just don't be afraid of getting help.
Ecstatic, disconsolate, nervous, on cloud nine, depressed, scared, angry and TIRED.
Pretty much all the emotion you can go thru!
Most women cry on and off the first couple of weeks - that's pretty normal!
Be prepared to be extremely sensitive!
i needed time, like it be so different to me. This new little person in mylife, and he didn't do much so i feel like okay, now what do i do. I was super tried and i purely wanted to rest and take sometime to myself, which my hubby let me enjoy. I think i start to form an attachment when he got older, approaching 4 or 5 wks. He had smile gas, but when he smile, i think that's when it hit me, that he was my everything. The love in recent times grow more as he start smiling and laughing with me. .
He's 4months now and he is my everything.i love him so much. Source(s): Mommie of one
Immediately after birth - I had a c-section, couldn't hold her right away but I was so happy, I cried. When I did hold her for the 1st time, I be in awe. I was immediately attached to her. I be very nervous and scared also. It took me a afternoon to feel confidant in myself to hold her by myself (I wanted my husband in attendance the whole time). Once I got home from the hospital, I was contented and excited but I also cried a lot, baby blues. My emotions be pretty much back to normal in 2 weeks.
Good luck within the next week or so. Every emotion is normal, but if you are intuition depressing call your doctor. Enjoy every minute of your little one it goes fast. Source(s): Mommy of a 2 year hoary and pregnant with #2.
Answers: Physically, I would exhausted and drained. I terminated up having a c-section.
Emotionally, I was excited, as well as for a while scared, but definitely not horrified. I was so amazed and surrounded by awe of my son. I couldn't believe my husband and I made him.
As far as bonding. I felt an immediate bond and lots of love for my son. BUT, it wasn't until he was something like a week or two old, that I became to feel even more bonded beside him. It did take me a little time and adjusting. I somewhat think this was due to the c-section. I was surrounded by a lot of pain, and not able to do as much for my son, such as diaper change, getting dressed, etc. I did breast feed though, so that was a nice bonding experience.
Don't fear post partum depression. If this is something you experience, simply face it head on. Do watch for restrictive signs, learn the difference between after baby weeps and actual post partum depression. And if you do experience, aim help, don't be ashamed.. It isn't something you did wrong, and its not your fault. There is great treatments out there and lots of comfort that will get you feeling back to yourself surrounded by no time.
Congrats on your soon to be baby! :)
It was the happiest. Honest.
It felt so wonderful to be at home next to my own baby finally after so much work & waiting. They sleep a lot in the first week so you enjoy a chance to rest up a little. Just take it effortless & don't expect to have a clean house or gourmet meal all the time lol.
I actually , although it was amazing to own him there; I didn't quite feel that I loved him or even that he really like me. It's kind of hard to describe, I adored him but I didn't feel that I loved him until he be about a month old.
The key is have a positive attitude about it. Expect to lose some sleep & be tired & frustrated sometimes; but also expect to handle it just fine. don't procure all hung up on everyone else's horrifying descriptions "you will become a zombie" "You won't get ANY sleep" "you won't have time for ANYTHING" "it's so exhausting" ---I be determined, it is not THAT hard. everyone exaggerates about this way too much.
Very happy, but intensely tired!
I would say I had an immediate attachment and it be the happiest time of my life, but it's still okay if that's not the case for you :) Just keep contained by touch with someone you can call if you start feeling funny.
I was sore overwhelmed and afraid to let anyone take the infant. Everything is great right after you have them and your in the hospital. It's when you get home and every one is gone its simply you the baby and your man that is the most stressful. I wasn't immediately attached to my daughter until i have time alone with her ( i kicked everyone out so i could breast feed) The first happiest moment was when i got to dress her up for her pics at the hospital within a little fairy dress. The most horrifying part be when they took her out of my room while i was sleeping to give her shots. Each experience is different, don't expect anything, and dont feel bleak if your not one of the crying moms after birth. It'll hit you i promise Source(s): 17 month old daughter
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not everybody feel the attachment right away . with both of my kids i looked at them and saw complete strangers and they were funny looking but you take safekeeping of them and the bond grows
Right after I had her I was so tired, but blissful. I don't know if I was more happy to finally meet her or because I wasn't pregnant anymore... :) but your attachment grows as you contemplation for your baby. You love the baby as soon as it's born but it's like anything else, it take some time to get used to everything it's a huge change. I wouldn't worry in the region of it too much. Everyone's reaction is different no matter what you feel after the newborn is born you will become more attached and more in love everyday. Good Luck!! Source(s): Mom of a 7 week old
I be drugged and sore at first, because of my c-sections. Lol I was drugged up and I was trying to call citizens about the baby with my second, the closest piece to drunk dialing I've ever done. Lol But I felt an immediate attachment with both of my babies. My first little one starred at me studying my face as soon as I held him the first time while I told him over and over again "Hi Ammon, I'm your mommy." I was very happy- at first. I get ppd about a month and a half later near my first baby. Being sore from the sugery, being engorged and having thrush, not satisfactory sleep, my apartment never being clean, it all added to too much stress which lead to the ppd. However, I didn't have ppd with my second baby and I have the same stress factors as the first time, plus a toddler. But I was fine. So.. It merely depends I guess. Every pregnancy is different.
I was super pleased and super scared at the same time! It was the happiest and scariest entity ever. Esp. the first couple days when nursing was so hard to do, I wanted to formulate sure he got enough but within a few days we have it down. I did cry a little each day for the first couple weels but never have PPD, a lot of it was being overwhelmed and plain older sleep deprivation.
I felt the bond instantly but I know people who said it wasn't love at first sight but they are presently over the moon about their child, it just grew over some time. Good Luck!
Postpartum Depression is not something to be scared about, really. As long as you acknowledge that getting PPD is a possibility (its a possibility for adjectives new mothers) and know the warning signs, and deal near the PPD head on (treat it as soon as you notice signs, don't wait thinking it will attain better on its own) you will be fine.
When I had my son I honestly was mad at him. Labor and conferral was horrible, he was too big for my birth canal and be stuck for a while, then broke his shoulder on the way out (obviously looking back on it none of this be his fault, but I am just telling you how I felt). I didn't want to hold him, I required my family and friends who had come to see us immediately after he be born to just leave (and preferrably take the tot with them). I felt dirty and wanted a shower (but I be a fall risk due to the drugs so I didn't get a shower until the next light of day, which made me even madder).
Once we got home, my boyfriend had finals week at school so be gone from like 9am-10pm at night every night near school and study groups. So, I was alone with the babe-in-arms. I was angry, tired, and honestly I contacted an adoption agency at one point and looked into that option (they told me on the phone that they wouldn't even talk to me anymore unless I saw my dr in the order of PPD before starting an adoption...and thank god they did because otherwise I wouldn't have been treated and I can't consider not having my son). For a while I was BAD with PPD. I remember (even though its with the sole purpose been 3 months its all sort of vague to me, I be just so out of it), but I remember him laying in his bassinet crying, hungry I am sure, he other seemed to be hungry, and I was in spasm from delivery still and I remember just snapping. I screamed at him to shut up and rolled his bassinet out of my room so I wouldn't hear him.
I be so alone and he was so needy.
I am now 3 months post partum and am on zoloft. Its not the pause of the world and it allows me to enjoy my life, and my son. I love my son so much, but without the antidepressant I be not the best mother I could be.
Just don't be afraid of getting help.
Ecstatic, disconsolate, nervous, on cloud nine, depressed, scared, angry and TIRED.
Pretty much all the emotion you can go thru!
Most women cry on and off the first couple of weeks - that's pretty normal!
Be prepared to be extremely sensitive!
i needed time, like it be so different to me. This new little person in mylife, and he didn't do much so i feel like okay, now what do i do. I was super tried and i purely wanted to rest and take sometime to myself, which my hubby let me enjoy. I think i start to form an attachment when he got older, approaching 4 or 5 wks. He had smile gas, but when he smile, i think that's when it hit me, that he was my everything. The love in recent times grow more as he start smiling and laughing with me. .
He's 4months now and he is my everything.i love him so much. Source(s): Mommie of one
Immediately after birth - I had a c-section, couldn't hold her right away but I was so happy, I cried. When I did hold her for the 1st time, I be in awe. I was immediately attached to her. I be very nervous and scared also. It took me a afternoon to feel confidant in myself to hold her by myself (I wanted my husband in attendance the whole time). Once I got home from the hospital, I was contented and excited but I also cried a lot, baby blues. My emotions be pretty much back to normal in 2 weeks.
Good luck within the next week or so. Every emotion is normal, but if you are intuition depressing call your doctor. Enjoy every minute of your little one it goes fast. Source(s): Mommy of a 2 year hoary and pregnant with #2.
Answers: Physically, I would exhausted and drained. I terminated up having a c-section.
Emotionally, I was excited, as well as for a while scared, but definitely not horrified. I was so amazed and surrounded by awe of my son. I couldn't believe my husband and I made him.
As far as bonding. I felt an immediate bond and lots of love for my son. BUT, it wasn't until he was something like a week or two old, that I became to feel even more bonded beside him. It did take me a little time and adjusting. I somewhat think this was due to the c-section. I was surrounded by a lot of pain, and not able to do as much for my son, such as diaper change, getting dressed, etc. I did breast feed though, so that was a nice bonding experience.
Don't fear post partum depression. If this is something you experience, simply face it head on. Do watch for restrictive signs, learn the difference between after baby weeps and actual post partum depression. And if you do experience, aim help, don't be ashamed.. It isn't something you did wrong, and its not your fault. There is great treatments out there and lots of comfort that will get you feeling back to yourself surrounded by no time.
Congrats on your soon to be baby! :)
It was the happiest. Honest.
It felt so wonderful to be at home next to my own baby finally after so much work & waiting. They sleep a lot in the first week so you enjoy a chance to rest up a little. Just take it effortless & don't expect to have a clean house or gourmet meal all the time lol.
I actually , although it was amazing to own him there; I didn't quite feel that I loved him or even that he really like me. It's kind of hard to describe, I adored him but I didn't feel that I loved him until he be about a month old.
The key is have a positive attitude about it. Expect to lose some sleep & be tired & frustrated sometimes; but also expect to handle it just fine. don't procure all hung up on everyone else's horrifying descriptions "you will become a zombie" "You won't get ANY sleep" "you won't have time for ANYTHING" "it's so exhausting" ---I be determined, it is not THAT hard. everyone exaggerates about this way too much.
Very happy, but intensely tired!
I would say I had an immediate attachment and it be the happiest time of my life, but it's still okay if that's not the case for you :) Just keep contained by touch with someone you can call if you start feeling funny.
I was sore overwhelmed and afraid to let anyone take the infant. Everything is great right after you have them and your in the hospital. It's when you get home and every one is gone its simply you the baby and your man that is the most stressful. I wasn't immediately attached to my daughter until i have time alone with her ( i kicked everyone out so i could breast feed) The first happiest moment was when i got to dress her up for her pics at the hospital within a little fairy dress. The most horrifying part be when they took her out of my room while i was sleeping to give her shots. Each experience is different, don't expect anything, and dont feel bleak if your not one of the crying moms after birth. It'll hit you i promise Source(s): 17 month old daughter
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