So, we are trying to make a routine for ourselves. It is really hard. We go to bed at like 11 p.m. and wake up at like noon, and we will end up only having slept for 7 and a half hours. Feedings in the middle of the night take a lot of time. She has been having a lot of gas pains, so we have to stay up with her while she is having them.
I am really thankful that I have Travis here for a while. I don't know if I could really do it alone at this point. I probably just wouldn't eat. It isn't complicated. It is just draining. I know it will get better; we are just waiting for that to happen.
Because of lack of sleep, seesawing hormones, and having no time for myself, I definitely have the baby blues. I wouldn't say I have postpartum depression or anything, but I am a little crazy. I was really happy in the hospital, but about two days after I got home, I started getting weepy, feeling anxious and overwhelmed, and feeling upset. I really want it to go away, and I know it will go away within the month. It just makes the whole experience a lot less enjoyable. In the morning, once I am awake, I feel a lot happier, and I enjoy her. However, once I get tired, I sometimes feel really upset. I won't go through everything I'm feeling, but it just is such a sharp contrast to how I felt those first couple days. It upsets me.
I don't know what I expected to feel. 50-80% of women get the baby blues, and it resolves itself within the first few weeks. I just wish I could feel happy all the time. She is sweet and cute, and I know I love her. I just don't feel it. Particularly between the hours of 10pm and 7am....
It doesn't help that I have now become an obsessive neat freak. Everything has to look great whenever I go to sleep. Yesterday, when she was sleeping, instead of sleeping or relaxing, I decided that I needed to organize my dresser and clean out my closet.
Yes, I might be losing my mind. If you find it, please give it back to me. I could really use it.
~Cara
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