Baby blues

[Jessie2024]

I’m on day 7 after giving birth to my first baby, and my emotions are all over the place! I keep randomly crying and feeling upset or anxious, and then the next minute I’ll be fine. I don’t think it’s PPD, as I generally feel very happy, it’s just sometimes my emotions kick in and I feel everything at once! How do I deal with this? And when will this subside? Thanks!

[Sailawaygirl]

Don't want to read an run..
Congratulations on your little one. I found my emotions were all over the place. tears then happy then happy tears then anxious.
I found doing some meditation and breathing exercises really helped if that's something you've done before?
Otherwise just try and go with the flow and accept things are bit topsy-turvy at the moment.
Hope ppl around you are helpful and supportive.
It's also OK to talk to health visitor and midwife. I told them I was crying at least once a day but otherwise in good mood and they said that's pretty much normal

[Row23]

Ahh it’s such a tricky time! Your hormones are just crazy right now and it takes a little while for them to settle down, but they will, I promise!
Crying is totally normal, but make sure you do tell your health visitor or midwife when you see them. Mine were very good and referred me to the maternal mental health team which was helpful and I only needed to see them twice, but just that little bit of help really made such a difference. Though at this stage I didn’t feel in a good mood at all.
In the early days people used to say to me ‘it gets better’ and I just couldn’t see or imagine how. But a year on I can confidently say that things get sooo much better, especially once you’re out of the newborn stage.
Make sure you cry when you need to, tell someone close to you how you feel throughout the day as sometimes they’ll be able to pick up on something easier than you can.
I think things definitely got easier once my body felt more recovered - the bleeding and postpartum recovery just made me feel so much worse.
Also celebrate the wins - like you’ve survived a week with a newborn! Well done! If you manage to get a shower - Yey! Got outside for a 5 minute walk - brilliant! Seems silly but it does help :)

[BurbageBrook]

For me it peaked at day 7 and pretty much disappeared by day 14. I hope it's the same for you. For me the baby blues descended really badly every day around 5pm like clockwork!