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Kind of a sad day... silly hormones...

satreecesatreece
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Well... my mom left today after being here for almost 3 weeks (she lives almost 2,000 miles away in New Mexico) and DH goes back to work tomorrow (sucky that he only got 5 days off after the baby was born - better than nothing, but still...)

I cry every time I think about being home alone.  Not that I'm uncomfortable with the baby... just afraid that I'll be lonely.  And wondering how in the heck I'm going to do all the stuff I did before (managing a household) and take care of the baby.  Granted, I was at work 8+ hours a day before the baby was born and took care of my responsibilities, but it feels a little different now. And, omg... if I start to think about how things will be after my 12 weeks of maternity leave... YIKES... then the waterworks really get going!!!

I was feeling pretty good about myself for a few days last week - proud about how well the birth went and how smoothly everything went afterwards... proud I was pulling off cloth diapering my newborn, despite what everyone had said...  But now I just feel sad :(  

I know it's mostly just my silly hormones.  I'm pretty good at giving myself pep talks (you need to be after being a single parent for 7 years).  How do you guys do it???  More importantly, when the heck will my hormones let up and I can stop being such an emotional wreck???

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Re: Kind of a sad day... silly hormones...

  • thejennigirlthejennigirl

    You won't be lonely, you have us!

    I would try eating some almonds and getting as much rest as you can, that always seems to help settle my PP hormones.

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  • nd01nd01
    I could have almost written this post verbatim two and a half months ago.  I got the hang of the cloth diapering, the laundry, etc but was so very worried about being lonely once she left.  From my experience, the first few days were sort of surreal because my pattern had been so established with my mom (what, I have to make the coffee now?) but I think you might bounce back quicker than you expect.  Your LO might keep you busy enough now that you are doing it solo that you forget for lonliness for awhile.  I did tear up when my mom left too though (first time ever - not even when I went to college) but I say give yourself 2 weeks and you'll feel a lot more settled in your own personal routine.
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  • otcotc

    It is sad when your mom leaves, no matter what age you are.

    Because I dreaded the long nights and the cluster feedings, when I became most anxious, around 430 pm, we always made sure to leave the house and either just go for a walk or go and do errands.  It made the nights more tolerable to have some activity planned.

    I think around 6 weeks it all fell into place.

    Hugs and this is all normal:)

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  • jennterrelljennterrell

    UGH, those hormones did a number on me too the first few weeks. I didn't have anyone here to help or anything, but i remember calling my mom several times just sobbing. It got better for me after 2 weeks, then i had another rough spell later when DS's reflux was gearing up and everyone was giving me their 2 cents (which was in opposition to all of my research and insticts).

    try to be good to yourself, enjoy your little one, and know that it will get better over time.

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