Hello all. I have a lovely 7 weeks old boy but I am really struggling to sleep at nighttime. This became obvious a few weeks ago and I am paying for some help a few nights a week but when I am on my own with him I just can't sleep. He himself is now sleeping from 12-3 and about 4-630/7 but I lie awake listening to his noises and when I hear them It's like I am priming myself for race - my heart pounds can feel my stress on levels rising... I ave also been dwelling on anything negative I my life while I mm lying there. When he is fed I then worry when he is in a deep sleep that he is dead. As a result I am awake almost all night and the baby doesn't sleep muc in the day except when I walk him? I have had a few very bad days since he was born where I want to run away/leave my husband and I get very stressed by him crying ( which he rarely does). My husband finds it all had to understand and sleeps in another room so he doesn't get distributed and I don't want to wake him I the night because he is working very hard. Does anyone have any advice on how to deal with this. I don't really think I am depressed in that I function as well as you can very little sleep and I try to be active etc during the day but I do feel very tense all the time and often feel low rather than very depressed. I adore the baby who is really contended and happy. I also can't afford the help I have been having for much longer and dread the thought of having him every night in future. I am seeing the dr on wed ...should I mention this.
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