Needing reassurance

Hi I am in my third hospital stay with baby already (3 months pp) and the noise and business on the ward get me 2-4 hours of sleep a night max. I can tell you I am not coping. My mind is definitely going dark places but for my baby I am getting back to being strong. It's an up and down. I think I should reach out to my health visitor asking for a referral to some mental health help as it's inhumane what I am going through. So first and foremost: don't expect yourself to get about your day as normal. This is a majorly insufficient amount of sleep per night, especially pregnant when your need for rest is even bigger. Be gentle on yourself and don't expect anything at all. Assert your need for rest wherever possible throughout the day too. Secondly, once baby is there and in the case of the sleep deprivation continuing you can also reach out to your health visitor or GP telling them you are not coping well and need some support xx

Mines 11 months old and maybe wakes every 3 hours still. Im alive 😂

Some days i get more
Some days i get less

But usually maybe in thr 4 to 5 hour range

Last night for instance he woke maybe 4 or t times from 10pm till 7.30am

As a mum though, your body hot wires you to survive these wake ups 🥲

Wishing you well x

You need to take every chance you can to sleep with a newborn so go to sleep when older kids do and partner have baby a few hours