I know it is normal to feel hormonal after a new baby but how long is it considered ok to feel like this?
My baby is 13 days old today and I'm still having teary moments.
When he was born (via ELCS) I had a crap few days in hospital due to worries/ health issues with the baby and spent the whole of his 3rd day of life in tears.
When we came home I had lots of problems with establishing breast feeding and I would cry on maybe 2-3 separate occasions each day about this - feeling like I was a failure etc.
We had to take him to the doctors yesterday because he has an infected fingernail and he has been started on antibiotics - that made me cry too.
This morning I was worried about him in terms of his poor feeding and potential conjunctivitis and again I started crying a little.
My crying episodes last about a minute and my DH always manages to reassure me that it's ok to worry about DS and it's only natural to get upset if I think something is wrong.
When I saw a midwife the day after I was discharged from hospital she spoke to me briefly about PND and said that if I still got tearful a week after the baby was born then I must see my GP. I thought that was quite a small timescale? My baby is now almost 2 weeks old so should I be worried that I still feel tearful some days?
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How long did you cry for after your baby was born?
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Writerwannabe83 · 03/04/2014 14:01
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