Hi all, I gave birth to my baby girl 4 weeks ago. She is honestly so precious and I have been growing to love her more and more day by day. I have felt a mixture of emotions since the birth, it’s like I feel like a new person/feel like I sort of lost myself and life feels different (duh I just gave birth). At the start it was worse I was so so emotional and so down and hopeless and now those emotions have sort of lifted but I do feel down/sad. Some days are better than others, I still do my normal activities and I love leaving the house as this makes me feel some sense of normality again, even having a break from baby girl for a bit and going outside with my partner is so nice. I know the hormone drop after birth can be drastic and lead to many emotions and things but I feel very odd sometimes and when I go on walks I feel like I’m in my own world, I’m not dissociating but I feel like I’m sort of in my head. Before birth I had some panic attacks and anxiety which weird enough have went and I don’t feel them anymore but imnnotnsure if this is anxiety or not I just feel like when I walk I don’t remember much from the walk visually, I try to recall what I saw and what houses I looked at etc but my memory is very blurry. Maybe I am overthinking this too much? I also do have a big support system and my partner is really helpful during night shifts to try and prioritise my sleep, we’ve been getting around 6-7 hours broken sleep.
I have been supplementing with d3, b6 and omega 3 to try and ease these symptoms and balance my hormones, is there any natural ways to stop feeling so down or increasing seratonin again?