Missing my old life

I feel awful writing this. Me and my lovely husband haven’t been together long - 14 months which I know sounds crazy! I love him so much. We have a 5 week old who I adore more than anything. But I miss it being just me and my husband so much. We’re snapping at each other and I feel stressed all the time. It was a really difficult pregnancy towards the end and this is maybe even more difficult. I’m mourning the ease of our old life (which I know didn’t last long!!) I’m a bit sensitive and wanted to just put this out there. Any insights?

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My husband and I rarely ever argued before I was pregnant and then had a newborn, I still wouldn’t say we were bad then, but we definitely argued more than we ever had. It’s so hard during pregnancy and those first few months of having a newborn, on both of you.

Our LO is now almost 15 months and we’ve never been a happier and stronger couple! I love seeing him as a dad and he’s an amazing husband to me.

I think it’ll feel hard for now, but I’m sure things will get easier, as you find your feet as new parents. It’s absolutely normal to still miss your old life though, this is a massive change and completely consumes you to start with, don’t feel guilty for thinking that 😊

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Please please feel free to message me! So... i feel lile we have very similar positions - i do not judge how long you have been together.

My husband and I were in a LDR, first visit (i only known him a month) he asked me to be his gf, second visit 2 mo ths later we were engaged and then a month after that we were married.

Somewhere in only 4 months knowing eachother we decided to have a baby and he was to come here to the UK from the USA to be my life partner.... we actually havent soent THAT much time together considering we are about to have a baby, we already feel its going ro be super tough but one thing we made sure of is that we would NEVER prioritise the baby over our marriage.

Never cancel date night because of the baby, never hold grudges and resentment because of the baby and even know we haven't experienced meeting him yet - we feel very passionately about making this work by setting clear boundaries 😌

Theres a character limit on this but yeah.. message me and we can chat!!

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