Good morning Mumsnet,
I had my beautiful little boy 13 weeks ago, he's fit into our family a dream. Unfortunately this is my 3rd week back at work, I have reduced my hours by putting in holidays so I can be with my kids more and they attend the same childcare setting I work at. I have a toddler with potential ASD who has been presenting challenging behaviours and my little boy still isn't sleeping through the night however their is a glimmer of hope as he's sleeping longer and longer every night at the moment...
I've been taking an iron supplement for the last few weeks as I'm anaemic but I've noticed I feel so achy, just want to sleep all of the time, exhausted and I just feel really lethargic. I don't know if I'm fighting one of those daycare bugs as I've been away from it for so long or I'm just a burnt out mamma. I had to return due to going on leave early with pregnancy related issues, I was very poorly in my pregnancy.
I've had a lot go on in my personal life around the time before my son was born and afterwards, I think it has definitely taken its toll on me. I've found that due to this I'm very resentful to my partner and have been feeling pretty down recently, not bothered about being romantic and can't be bothered with him, he's trying his best to make amends about what happened (betrayal) and I want to work on things but my body just seems to say different. I have had PND in my last pregnancy but to prevent this I went on antidepressants before my beautiful boy was born.
Please someone tell me it gets better 😮💨
I have a holiday booked for 4 weeks time in the sun, I'm hoping it will make me feel better and a little more relaxed.