Baby blues?

I am 3 weeks post partum and have a beautiful baby girl. I of course love her more than anything, but I feel terrible that I am not enjoying motherhood at all. I haven’t felt that bond with her, and don’t feel as though I am very good at being her mum.
My partner is great and finds it so much easier than me, he burps her, feeds her, changes her and soothes her a lot better than I can. When she’s in my arms she never settles and wriggles constantly, I also feel guilty that I get a dead arm when I feed her and can’t wait to put her back down in her cot.
Every day feels the same, and it feels like I’m doing very regimented chores. I don’t understand when people say things like “soak it all up” and “enjoy your baby bubble” as I just don’t have any positive feelings? I’m posting this to ask if anyone is feeling the same or if anyone has any tips/advice to make the days feel easier and to not stress out about every little detail? Do people actually enjoy these newborn “trenches” despite it being hard?

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I felt like this after I had my son but honestly you’re body is going through so much after recently being pregnant and then giving birth not to mentally and physically I really feel like it takes a good few weeks to get back into the swing on things especially mentally. Everything I googled or spoke about with people jumped straight to post natal depression which I knew I didn’t have I just needed to give myself time to adjust. Enjoy your partner helping out for the time being… I did feel a shift when my partner went back to work and I could have my son all to myself you’re kind of forced to bond it’s the best feeling over time. Relax for now and try to be a bit softer on yourself xx

I was the same after having my son 1.5yrs ago, looking back now i would say it was definitely pp depression but it has improved massively i genuinely love my son so much and have such an amazing bond with him now, it got that much better that i got pregnant again 9m after having him 🤣 dont feel guilty that your partner has a “better bond” if hes anything like my partner he’s just putting it on because he has to. Go easy on yourself and speak to your health visitor mine was amazing at finding me support and don’t worry about what other mums are doing or feeling the fact that you feel bad about these things shows that your an incredible mum and your little girl is lucky to have you x

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