I can't believe that I am creating a post like this, my baby was so wanted and I'm so glad that we have her but...
My anxiety levels are just through the roof and I feel like I can't manage. We had a very traumatic birth and she was unwell which has not helped. She's now 3 weeks. I am just so worried about every thing- I worry she's not eating enough, I worry before we go out in the car that she will scream the entire journey (which she only occasionally does), I dread bedtime knowing that she might not sleep well and I'll be up with her, i dread the evenings in general as she is always so unhappy between about 5-9pm... tbh I dread whenever she is awake because she tends to be grizzly whenever she's awake.
My other half is fantastic and currently carrying both of us along as I am just a panicky mess but he goes back to work soon and I just don't know how I will cope.
I don't feel like I have bonded with my baby and sometimes I wish she was just gone for a while... and whenever I do have time awake from her i find myself dreading when she gets back as she will probably be screaming...
I feel horrendous for feeling like this. I can't see things getting better. I really need to hear that they will...
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Can't cope with newborn
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Anonymum123 · 02/11/2017 11:34
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