sleep deprivation

gracefulash

I know being a new mom comes with lack of sleep because of LO. My problem is l just don't know how to shut down and be able to sleep. She sleeps 3-4 hours at a time, but l can not force myself to sleep when she does. My sister even watched her for a while today to see if l could sleep but any little thing would wake me up and then l couldn't go back to sleep. Please help and give me some advice.

Sunshine+Luv

No advice here, but I am going through the same thing. For me I get anxious when I am away from ds. I talked to my ob about it today and I may have ppd. 

Cheerio B

Just keep trying. And if it doesn't get better, call your OB for advice. I did the same thing on my maternity leave with DD. I might have napped once the entire 12 weeks. It was not healthy, physically or mentally. I ended up in a bad place and looking back I am 100% sure I had PPD.

Steffie17

It sounds really cheesy but I turn on the sleep sheep for myself! I also try to do some deep breathing and try to relax my whole body. Even if I put the tv on just to have some background noise it helps. 

Naps have become easier over the last few days though.  Even if it was just for a cat nap or an extra hour here and there. I also found once I ate a bit more and upped my fluids I was able to relax more. 

katcarls

Steffie17:

It sounds really cheesy but I turn on the sleep sheep for myself! I also try to do some deep breathing and try to relax my whole body. Even if I put the tv on just to have some background noise it helps. 

Naps have become easier over the last few days though.  Even if it was just for a cat nap or an extra hour here and there. I also found once I ate a bit more and upped my fluids I was able to relax more. 

I had a really hard time sleeping after DS was born and I used the Sleep Sheep too.  It worked really well for me.