Emotional and other things - baby is 1 month

[Baby3at40]

My baby is a month old and I'm still a bit emotional, but I don't feel depressed!

So I know I'm really sensitive about things at the moment, I'm really sensitive about jokes to do with the baby but still find other things outside the baby funny (meaning I haven't lost my sense of humour which is a symptom of PND).

I dance about the house happy as I'm so happy she's here and easy to parent generally outside the waking for feeding.

Whenever I get a hug though I burst in to tears. It's all a bit strange. I can still joke about with my 14 yo son, even went to an outdoor gig with baby and son the other day, really enjoyed, looking forward to a good festival on the weekend.

I feel like I'm fine until something negative happens that I'd normally be able to bat away, feel like I don't have much emotional reserve if you know what I mean! So when anything a bit stressful happens that I'd normally be able to handle, I get teary.

But when things are just normal I'm not sitting about crying, I'm getting on with things happily. So I'm a bit confused - does this sound like PND? Or am I just really tired and still recovering so need to build up some emotional strength?!

Help!

*food festival on the weekend 🤦‍♀️ don't want anyone to think I'm constantly taking baby to gigs and festivals ha!

Hello, you're me! My baby is 4m and I am sooooo emotional but definitely not depressed. Music, TV, my husband bringing me a cuppa, it all makes me cry. Stressful stuff, exactly the same!

My theory is that the cause is sleep deprivation. I'm so tired now that my ability to cope is just massively diminished.

@MolliciousIntent oh I'm so pleased it's not just me! Yes it's exactly that what you said in the last part of the message! I just don't feel like I have my normal coping mechanisms in place but don't feel depressed. How bizarre ha!

Did you ask anyone like the health visitor about it?

No, to be honest it didn't really bother me that much, I just used to say to my husband that I was obviously too tired to function properly. When I got better sleep it got much better. There wasn't anything else we could have done to fix it, I just needed more sleep.