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Ladyraven0483 · 07/10/2021 15:12

I’m only 11 months in my child has always been a good sleeper, I’m told she’s a good baby, but the past couple month I’ve been ill one after the other, first a very heavy period then a water infection then a flu then a stomach flu and now I’ve got conjunctivitis, I’m constantly aching all over my body and that’s happened ever since I had my child. Post partum thyroidism hit me like a bus. I’m constantly feeling hot, impatient and just miserable if I’m honest. I put it down to just my body recovering from birth (c section) but now I feel like somethings wrong and I’ve been to the doctors who are ruling out inflammation and arthritis, my child hasn’t slept well the past couple weeks and I find myself getting more angry and impatient by the day, she’s been constantly crying because she’s had the flu too and teething and I feel like such a rubbish mom. I really enjoyed the newborn phase but this phase I’m finding hard, i know I’d be a much better mom if it wasn’t for how I feel in my body. I’m now stressed it’s something sinister and I’ll die soon. My anxiety and depression is quite bad at the moment because of it too. I just don’t now what to do. I’ve tried exercise it just makes me feel more stiff and achy, has this happened to anyone else?

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Are your children’s vaccines up to date?
Gardenlass · 07/10/2021 15:16

You are absolutely not a rubbish mum. You are tired, and not your usual self because of illness. Try to nap when your baby naps, or do you have family or friends who would look after baby for an hour or two, to give you some rest?

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