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I’ve heard a lot of people say that the first two weeks at home with a newborn are the hardest. I have also heard that the first four months are the hardest.

What part was the hardest for you? I am interested in hearing your experiences. I have an almost two year-old, and a 3-week old newborn and right now it sure feels VERY hard, but I want to be prepared for what’s to come.

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The first 4 weeks were super hard for me. I had baby blues though and really struggled. Don't think I had a single day in those first 4 weeks where I wasn't crying 😔 I'm fine now though and coping alot better. Getting out more and doing more has helped

For me, the first 2 weeks was the hardest just because my hormones and therefore, emotions, were ALL over the place. Not to mention c section recovery. I've been blessed with a very easy baby, so far though. 15.5 weeks pp with my first

5 months. Separation anxiety and sleep deprivation are killing me 🥱

I would say for me it was at month 4. You have just gotten into the swing of things feeding wise and sleep wise and then there is a sleep regression and my LO started teething so there were some breastfeeding issues. Lots and lots of gas from all the crying. I had to pump more cause while teething she did better with the bottle...pumping is by far my least favorite thing and for me the most mentally exhausting thing. Good news sleep gets better after a couple of weeks and teething subsides within a few days. By month five things got better and the next sleep regression was easier to handle.

I think it's hard for the first 12 weeks.or so until baby can start giving you some attention back. It feels very thankless at first and like everyone is all about baby and you are.just there as caregiver

It's wen they start crawling getting in to stuff and that my twins are 2 girl I wish they was new born but at least get to 4/5 years old lol

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Have you started collecting colostrum yet? If so how’s it going and do you have any tips? ❤️

Is this a positive?

I’m 11 dpo and honestly in disbelief it. It took me a full year to conceive our first, and this was our first time trying for our second. 🥹

Trying not to get too excited yet…

What do you guys think

Any mommas gotten pregnant with IUD

Specifically copper IUD. If so, what happen did they take the IUD out or left it inside since it has no hormones.

This is a blood pregnancy test

#10DPO
I DID A REGULAR PREGNANCY TEST (IN COMMENTS) AND THIS IS THE RESULT BUT ALSO I DID A BLOOD PREGNANCY TEST AND BOTH ARE THE HAVING RESULT PRETTY SIMILAR ON MY EYES , BOTH WAS IN THE FRAME TIME ,

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The hardest part about having no village

We hear moms talk all the time about not having a village and how parenting is just awful without having support. But I think the worse part about not having a village is watching my kid have no friends. I remember growing up and having cousins to play with, and my parents friends kids. There were always people around. But my kid, he has no one. I had kids late in life so the friends I had when I was pregnant all had kids much older than mine. My brothers kids are much older than mine. Now, those same friends dont talk to me anymore. Even if they did, their older kids probably wouldn't want to play with mine. Its hard watching my child be so desperate for friends that he latches onto whatever kid at the park he can find. He instantly calls them his friend, even if they are being mean to him. His "friends" are his stuffed animals. Thats who he has to play with. I've tried making mom friends with moms who have kids the same age, and it never works out. I've talked to moms at the park, even exchanged numbers and nothing. I dont really care that i have no friends. But my heart hurts for my son. We even had another baby just so he would have one constant kid to play with. But it took us longer than we wanted to get pregnant, and his brother is still a baby so hes not much fun yet. He's in school now, so I thought maybe he would make friends there, but when I try to talk to moms of his classmates to maybe set up playdates, I dont get anywhere there either. I dont know what I wanted to come from this post, just sharing my thoughts I guess. Maybe other moms can relate.