I had the thought “I hate you” and it scared me 😭

I’m 2 weeks PP and sleep deprived and exhausted. I had the thought and then felt incredibly guilty and scared. I love my baby so much and I would never do anything to hurt her so this thought freaks me out. I think more accurately I’m just struggling right now and hate some of the changes in my life.

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Having a baby is HARD. Your life is completely different now. You are still recovering from birth and your hormones are all over the place on too of the lack of sleep.
Please give yourself some grace and dont beat yourself up.
I really struggled mentally in the first few weeks and felt the same. I look back now and miss him from when he waa just born which is crazy as im still only 9 weeks pp. just take each day as it comes and enjoy some of the moments you can. Some days will be harder than others and I promise it gets better although the sleep deprivation is still getting to me and i do still have the occasional meltdown.
If you start feeling hopeless and down all the time though and have any suicidal thoughts or any please please reach out to someone.
You got this and remember you are this little ones whole world right now and they dont know they are a separate person yet xx

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