Some days I just feel poop!

[AlisonWhite]

I love being a mum, but some days I feel like poop. I feel uncomfortable in my own skin, sticky and hot and with body shape I don't know or like. I want all the jobs doing that are annoying me yet I don't want to do anything. I hate that I can't do the simplest of things without asking or doing it ten times quicker than I need to. I feel like I'm mourning the old me even though I know the new me has more purpose.
Am I alone? X

How old is your baby @AlisonWhite?

@AlisonWhite I feel the same. Today I just burst into tears. I think I am getting depressed but I don't want to admit it to anyone. When people ask how am I? I just tell them I am fine, but really I am not, at all.

You're not alone at all! DD2 is 18 days old and I forgot how hard this newborn bit is. I miss my old self but know from DD1 that it gets better. Not helpful at the moment I know but it really does improve. Big hugs x

@dreamingdream you really do need to tell your DP/DH and your HV, but you know that don't you

It's nothing to feel ashamed of, it happens to lots of women and nobody would choose to be depressed.

If you can't face talking to someone in RL just yet, how about calling the PANDAS Foundation and asking them for some advice?