Baby Blues

Really struggling with baby blues and how fast they came on, I’m usually very in check with my emotions but this is wild ! Anyone else have shared experiences with these ? I’m very lucky and my husband is the backbone to everything and is extremely supportive and has taken everything on so we can recover and he is amazing. But these hormones dips are crazy even with the support ! Curious on others experiences and to make sure it’s not just me feeling the feels !

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I cried a lot with my first and my second went on for over a month probably due to a traumatic birth. It does get better. One day you’ll wake up and everything will seem so much less intense and emotional you probably won’t even notice it stopped. Just keep an eye on symptoms for ppd. can happen even with lots of support x

How old is baby?

Rideeeee the wave! I found I was so up and down, one minute hysterically crying and low the next cloud 9, I just tried to take every hour and every day as it came and kept reminding myself the emotions pass like waves and to keep paddling. That being said, if you feel like the waves are pulling you down, and you’re not coming back up for air, definitely seek help from your GP as PPD can creep up on even tho most well supported mothers xx

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