to still be tearful 5 days after giving birth?

[pink76]

Still crying at the most daft stuff and it's getting on my nerves now! Any one else gone through this? Live miles from my family and living with fiancees parents so it's quite hard at the moment.

Congratulations on the birth of your baby. IIRC isn't 5 days after birth the day when all the hormones kick in. If so, it's perfectly normal to feel tearful.

When can you get your own place?

Give yourself a break! Of course its normal. Your body is in chemical change overload, the your life turned upside down and you feel weepy? It will settle down. But do mention it to your midwife or HV,just so they can keep an eye on you. Well done btw!

Ah, bless you. It's quite common. I'd only worry if it goes on for a long time.

Is it your first baby? It's a shock to the system, physically and mentally, so give yourself some time to absorb it all.

yanbu

indeed 5 days is a classoic hormone change- you'd almosy BU not to feel tearful!

go enjoy your baby and congrats. Hope the house is sorted soon, must be ahrd.

Think fiancee thinks I've gone a bit mad! It's hard for blokes to understand tho! Baby is really good tho, can't believe the bond I have already and very protective!

YANBU at all! 5 days is still so new, plus you have the added stress of living with IL's and not having your own space.

It took me a few weeks to stop feeling weepy, and I'm sure many others will tell you it took longer. I used to find having a good howl in the shower really cleared my head.

I don't know alot about PND, so can't give you any pointers there if that's what you're worried about. But for myself, I used to ratioanlise that if I could recognise the emotion as being related to the new birth, masses of hormones, and that for the most part I felt happy, then there wasn't too much to worry about. Just go with it and have a good cry if you need to.

It'll get a lot easier, promise

And congratulations on becoming a mum!

It's amazing isn't it? Treasure it- my last baby (sob) is 1 next week and although it's ownderful how he is growng that first year is magical (I have 4 so I realise when watching my 9 year old )

Ta for that. Was a bit worried about PND but what you say makes so much sense and I have been known to have a good cry in the shower and come out feeling so much better! For The most part I'm really over the moon, i keep looking at her and thinking how lucky I am!

< passes pink some sugary tea and strokes hair >

Congratulations! All very normal! For some reason I used to burst into tears at 4.30 every day for the first week or so. Your hormones are going nuts. Tell your fiance he just needs to give you a big cuddle and tell you what a fantastic job you're doing. And cake helps.

It can be hard work and confusing, this mothering lark - I burst into tears this morning and my DS is 7 months old! Make sure you get as much sleep as possible and enjoy every minute.

5 days?! Good grief, no! That's not unreasonable at all. Your hormones are still all over the place.

Congratulations and be kinder to yourself. Have a cry if you feel like it - you're not hurting anyone, and it won't last for ever.

The first few weeks just pass by in a blur, anyway - so just kick back and try to enjoy your "babymoon".

It is totally normal to be tearful at 5 days. For me it was always about 7 days and you just feel so silly and 'out of control'. The least things starts you off. It will pass honestly

YANBU at all!!! I think I cried solidly for about the first two weeks.

It does get better,honest.

Totally normal. Be kind to yourself.
Congratulations!

day 5 is pretty much the worst day hormonally.. your milk will be in , you have had a massive crash of certain hormones and others have risen

you let it all out and have a good weep if you need to

all you need to worry about is getting to know your baby

i thikn 5 days postnatally i screamed and ranted and cried so much at DH and my elder child that they went out for the day

YANBU in the slightest - this is totally normal! It will get better promise x

I didn't start feeling terrful till about day 3, so crying on day 5 seems aboslutely normal. You were pregnant for 9 months after all.

Congratulations on your new baby. Don't be too hard on yourself, this is a really common stage and completely normal reaction. Takes time to readjust, but it will happen. Try not to worry.

Yes, it's TOTALLY normal and not AT ALL unreasonable. All those hormones rushing about!

Congratulations btw

Come and join us on the march postnatal thread - we're all just saying how we keep blubbing inappropriately and my dd2 is 17 days old.....

March postnatal thread

most of the new mums that I work with are tearful for at least the first couple of weeks.

Relax and enjoy your new baby! The time really does go fast, soon you'll be discussing toddler tantrums!

Good grief, I was still getting weepy 5 weeks after baba was born!
YADNBU
Congrats by the way!

Not read whole thread but just wanted to reassure you that I was crying on a daily basis for several weeks after the birth of my 1st. No PND here, just normal sleep deprivation, hormones plus being totally overwhelmed with love and responsibility.

one day you realise that you haven't cried and the sleep deprived haze is beginning to lift a bit.

congrats and YANBU x