Hi. I'm a first time mum to a week old baby boy. The pregnancy itself was very traumatic and I spent nine months convinced I was going to lose him followed by an incredibly traumatic birth (both for me and baby) and thought I was going to lose him again. My husband has been amazing, really taken care of both of us and seems to have taken to everything like a duck to water. I meanwhile feel like I can't do anything right. I don't sleep because I'm terrified that he's going to stop breathing and I'm constantly worried that he's not eating/sleeping/pooing enough. My mum keeps telling me I'm doing fine and that baby hasn't read any of the books so how should he know what he "should" be doing. I just cry all the time and feel so out of my depth. My husband is going back to work tomorrow for a week and then having another week off and I'm so scared. I always knew having a baby would be hard but feel like I'm rubbish at it. I love my baby but I just don't feel like I can do this. Is this normal to feel this way with a newborn? Will it get better?
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1st time mum, think I'm doing it all wrong
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Jennipants22 · 26/10/2014 21:02
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