Anyone else feel..

So exhausted… baby is 5 months..I am back to full time work, in sales, home office and some day traveling.. breastfeeding and pumping exclusively still. We have in home care.. 2 friends, 1 family member and our neighbor take care of baby during the week at our house. Brain feels so spacey. Stressed about my job. Want to feel normal again… but also want another baby, but can’t imagine having another baby or feeling any more tired.. want my body back.. am back to working out out consistently, running 3 x a week.. and just idk OVERWHELMED.. like love being mom it is so amazing and I’m so happy and blessed but also constantly scared and anxious. Idk. I have great friends and family, wonderful supporting husband.. it’s so tough. Mondays I have been trying to work from home and take care of baby and it’s very difficult think just feeling that cause the rest of the week is much more manageable

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This is exactly how I feel with work, another baby and body. I think it’s normal but scary

Right here! 🙌🙌🙌🙌

You sound like me. I am exhausted all the time. I have help this time around but my toddler is exhausting. I want my body back :( I can’t find time to work out with exclusively pumping. I have diastasis recti and have been working on my core strength in the evenings. I feel better reading your message. I guess it’s not just me.

Me, and I don’t even work. I’m wondering if I will ever feel normal again

being a ftm is hard work! It’s straight up a full time job.

yes. all of this just yes, right on the nail!!

It’s rough! I have 3 kids and one of them is a bonus child so I’m full time with 2. I just started working from home and it’s been an adjustment because this is my first time with a small baby. But yes it’s feels like an auto pilot program being ran.

I haven’t been consistent with working out but doing what I can.

you will!

I also work in sales and couldn’t agree more with exactly how ur feeling!!! Ur not alone 💖

Same here! Working in sales is taking so much of a toll! I want to go to a non client facing job :(

“Spacey brain” is so spot on. I think we are all juggling so much more now vs pre-baby, but we expect to have the same output and efficiency at work. We need to be kind to ourselves

I had to double check the poster bc I thought I wrote this 🤣 I’m with you girl. I cried today from exhaustion. Baby girl is not sleeping well throughout the night and I’m doing it all too, sales jobs, wfh, trying to be present with the baby, but also not suck at my job. It’s hard but it’s a phase. (That’s what I tell myself) lol

so true. Thank you. I know I just have high expectations unrealistic .. no one else is putting this pressure on me I have to realize!

hahahah. Aw I was close to a good cry too. Definitely no one prepared me to feel this tired and everything. HUGE adjustment, had no idea. But I freaking love it. lol beautiful chaos. Yes very true my mom says we can have it all just not all at once. Yes my baby was sleeping through the night then I went back to work at 4 months and he went way backwards. It’s one thing to have interrupted sleep while on maternity leave but a freaking nother when you wake up and need to be on!

yes it is very tough to be on and sharp with such interrupted sleep omg. I just feel so stupid

thank you feels good to not be alone. Feel there are a lot of sah mommas which I think is harder honestly. I need a job but I feel just so stupid

yes auto pilot exactly

honestly I think being a sahm is harder than working! We are adults it’s so overstimulating the baby talk and trying to keep up a household

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Oh my God, oh my God I hope this is not true!!!! I’m kind of scared

I’ve been throwing up and taking a shit all night!!! I just hope that it’s not what I think it is

Small head reported following 20 week scan

Has anyone else had it flagged that their baby is in the bottom 5th percentile for head size?

They said everything was fine whilst we were in the scan and then I got a phone call the next day saying that it’s on the small side and we’re being referred to a paediatric specialist at St George’s. Has anyone else had this and how did things go??

Would you bring 9 week old to a family party of 35+ people?

These are also people who will want to pass the baby around and get a turn to hold him. He just got his 2 month shots two days ago

Exercise 6 weeks after c section

What movement did people start to introduce? I won’t do anything too vigorous until I’ve seen the pelvic physio as I don’t want to compromise anything that may have been extremely weakened through pregnancy! But just wondering what types of classes/movement people started off with?

Induction experience

I just wanted to share my experience with being induced as I wasn’t sure what to expect and thought it may help others.

I opted for the foley balloon which was inserted at 8am Saturday morning, I had to stay in hospital due to hypertension and protein urine however usually you can just go home once this has been done. The insertion of the balloon was not painful, was slightly uncomfortable as there was slight pressure. I actually found having the cervix checked prior to be worse (again not painful at this point just uncomfortable) The balloon had little effect and after having it removed I was still only 1cm. Removal also was pain free and hardly even noticeable.

I then had my first dose of the gel and definitely noticed a difference, I started experiencing period like cramps almost immediately however they were light and manageable. After 6 hours I had another cervix check and although my cervix was soft it was still only 1cm and was only open at the front. I had another dose of the gel and felt an increase in pressure and more intense cramping where I now required pain relief (codeine). After another 6 hours I had another cervix check and I had now dilated to 2-3cm however was still quite difficult to get all the way through so a third gel was recommended which I agreed to.

Almost immediately I noticed the difference and was in considerable pain, I had paracetamol and codeine however the contractions had now become intense and a lot closer together (around 3 minutes apart). After a couple of hours I had my last cervix check and was 4cm and taken down to the Labour ward to have my waters broken and an epidural.

I had been in my room for approx 20minutes when my waters broke by themselves and I was now 10cm and actively pushing…. There was no time for the epidural and my beautiful girl arrived into the world within 2 minutes of pushing.

All in all I would say the cramps/contractions were manageable up until the third gel where it became pretty unbearable however it was for a very short time a gas and air helped take the edge off. The worst part about any of it was actually the later cervix checks where after stimulating the cervix my contractions were at their most painful.

If I had to be induced again I would skip the balloon and opt for the gels immediately as thy had a quicker effect and I would have been out a lot sooner if I had done this to begin with.

One more thing, I’ve never believed when people say “you forget the pain once they’re here” but I can honestly say this is true. It’s been 4 days and I would do it all again in a heartbeat.

Scan needed at 33 weeks

Hi ladies! I just had a midwife appointment (I am 33+5)..the midwife was different to my usual midwife. She's requested I have a scan within 72 hours as she said baby is measuring a little small, however, she did say that it's likely nothing to worry about and it's probably just her measuring me a bit different to my usual midwife. Has anyone else had this? Am a bit worried although babys heartbeat and movements are completely fine.