Hi, I'm new to Mumsnet and I'm sure lots of first time mums have asked this before but when did having a baby get easier for you?
My daughter is 5 weeks old tomorrow and we had a really rough first couple of weeks with her and me both being poorly. During this time I tried to breast feed (after her being given formula whilst poorly in hospital so they could measure intake) which due to me becoming ill had to stop because of medication. So whilst she is now formula fed the first 2 weeks when my partner was off work he wasn't able to help at night and she never slept as constantly wanted to feed to catch me up from when she was formula fed in hospital which all happened after 5 days with only 5 hours sleep due to labour. Whilst she sleeps better now (still not great but better) I am finding it hard to work out how I will ever have time to catch up on sleep, clean my house, have a shower in the morning rather than wait until her dad gets home in the evening or even get out of the house to go to the supermarket or see friends. I mean are you only able to do household jobs whilst they are asleep?
Sorry to ramble on, last night was a bad night and am looking for reassurance that at some point in the near future we may get a loose routine, I might learn how to cope and that I might actually get a bit of sleep and lose this constant headache and start to enjoy her awake time rather than waiting in fear that when she wakes up she won't settle again for the rest of the night (or day).