Sunday, June 3/18
Baby Blues is a funny thing. Most people had told me that by day 3 when your milk comes in, you'll cry for no reason at all and be very, very hormonal as your body adjusts. Day 3 came and went, and nothing. (Although my milk hadn't really come in yet due to my lack of breastfeeding while my baby was in the NICU.) Then at day 5 we went home, and I still felt pretty great as far as my hormones were concerned. My husband went back to work the following day and I cried, but I think that was more out of fear of being alone with the baby than anything else. By day 7, I thought I'd actually skipped the baby blues all together and that felt pretty great.
The first 3 weeks of having a newborn have been compared to living in hell (with all of the amazing things and feelings still being there- but just because it's so incredibly difficult). I'd have to agree with the 'hell' statement. I was incredibly sore for 2 out of the 3 weeks from having a c-section, Ivy was my first baby so every experience with her was new and quite daunting, we weren't sleeping very much and I was having a challenging time breastfeeding. My first hope was to exclusively breastfeed, then after Ivy being formula-fed in the hospital and having a big appetite I wasn't producing enough milk to fulfil her needs. This was super stressful for me to come to terms with, and it was only after the third week that I realized combination feeding was actually better for the both of us.
Coming out of week 3 though, I had another big realization. And that was that I knew I loved my baby, and I would certainly have done everything for her that needed to be done, but I did not feel the attachment to her that I'd expected. And between weeks 3 and 4 something changed where I did feel this bond with her, which made me realize I hadn't felt it before that point. And I must have been somewhat aware subconsciously because my husband had a huge bond with her which made me quite jealous deep down, but I felt as though after I'd had this realization it made me feel incredibly guilty that I hadn't felt it sooner and that I wasn't a good mother.
Has anybody else experienced this? Do you think it was delayed Baby Blues, or that I had skipped over the baby blues and just had bonding issues? Let me know your experiences!
Baby Blues is a funny thing. Most people had told me that by day 3 when your milk comes in, you'll cry for no reason at all and be very, very hormonal as your body adjusts. Day 3 came and went, and nothing. (Although my milk hadn't really come in yet due to my lack of breastfeeding while my baby was in the NICU.) Then at day 5 we went home, and I still felt pretty great as far as my hormones were concerned. My husband went back to work the following day and I cried, but I think that was more out of fear of being alone with the baby than anything else. By day 7, I thought I'd actually skipped the baby blues all together and that felt pretty great.
The first 3 weeks of having a newborn have been compared to living in hell (with all of the amazing things and feelings still being there- but just because it's so incredibly difficult). I'd have to agree with the 'hell' statement. I was incredibly sore for 2 out of the 3 weeks from having a c-section, Ivy was my first baby so every experience with her was new and quite daunting, we weren't sleeping very much and I was having a challenging time breastfeeding. My first hope was to exclusively breastfeed, then after Ivy being formula-fed in the hospital and having a big appetite I wasn't producing enough milk to fulfil her needs. This was super stressful for me to come to terms with, and it was only after the third week that I realized combination feeding was actually better for the both of us.
Coming out of week 3 though, I had another big realization. And that was that I knew I loved my baby, and I would certainly have done everything for her that needed to be done, but I did not feel the attachment to her that I'd expected. And between weeks 3 and 4 something changed where I did feel this bond with her, which made me realize I hadn't felt it before that point. And I must have been somewhat aware subconsciously because my husband had a huge bond with her which made me quite jealous deep down, but I felt as though after I'd had this realization it made me feel incredibly guilty that I hadn't felt it sooner and that I wasn't a good mother.
Has anybody else experienced this? Do you think it was delayed Baby Blues, or that I had skipped over the baby blues and just had bonding issues? Let me know your experiences!
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