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MADforever2009
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Am I jumping the gun?
MADforever2009
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Wow, things really are going well. Great eaters of course great sleepers, diaper changes...meh, getting better. 6-8 of broken sleep a night with cat naps during day. I'm more in love with mark then before and I'm more attracted to him. (ready to get back into bed with him)
still bleeding (over the pads!!!), swelling pretty much gone.
But I want to workout and feel like it's possible for me energy wise ( at least a 20 minute something a day)
Would I be pushing it? The boys are almost 2 weeks old and I'm waiting to have that overwhelming breakdown everyone talks about. Is it possible I won't hit it? Or should I still be expecting it?
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Re: Am I jumping the gun?
I would definitely wait. You need to allow your body time to recover, and working out so soon may stall your recovery.
As for the overwhelming breakdown, mine didn't come until about 6 weeks after they were born - I just lost it one day, even though E and M were always good sleepers/eaters and had fine temperaments. I think at the beginning you are running on adrenaline and once the dust settles is when you realize how much work it really is. That being said, my "breakdown" only lasted a short time, and then I was back to my normal self.
I think my "breakdown" arrived at 7 weeks. But my son's reflux was terrible at that point and I was just exhausted and stressed. I have to say things are easier now (even though he went from sleeping 6 hour stretches to about 3. Not sure what is going on here). I think it's so great you feel good though. Yay!
Definitely weight until you're cleared from your doc. After DS1 was born (probably a week old or so), I went on a mile or so long walk with DH and IL's and my bleeding was insane the next day. I noticed that anytime I did anything extra for a few weeks, my bleeding would really pick up the next day. I didn't try anything with the twins because of the c/s (don't know if you had a vaginal or c/s delivery).
As far as the overwhelming, snapping feeling, I remember it, but I don't remember when it hit. Luckily we have a great support team around here, IL's are wonderful lifesavers that are always ready and willing to help us out when we start to get overwhelmed, they jump in for a few hours so we can get a break, I don't know what we'd do without them.
Maybe you won't have any rough patches, but at 2 weeks in you're still in the honeymoon phase of being a new mom.
I had two breakdown periods. The first was around 6-8 weeks when Riley was hospitalized and no one could tell us what was wrong. We figured out reflux (like I had known all along but couldn't get anyone to take me seriously, but that's another story) and then until we started seeing a pedi GI who actually had a plan it was rough. The second was around 4 1/2-6 months when they were.not.going.to.bed. at night. Before that they had always been amazing sleepers, but all of a sudden every single night was taking DH and I at least 2 hours to get them to sleep. When he wasn't home because of training? 4 hours minimum by myself of almost nonstop screaming. After they fell asleep they STTN, but the 2-4 hours to get them there was killing me. Once we got over that hump I was golden with everything else that has happened so far.
Get clearance from your doctor before you start working out for sure......
As far as a breakdown...I didn't really have my full-on breakdown until they were a month old, then at 6 weeks, and then by 8 weeks the pace totally changed and I was doing ok. I obviously still have hard days, but nothing like those early weeks.
You may do fine...I was hit with eating problems, weight gain problems, etc. which definitely escalated everything.
Don't work out yet, especially if you're still bleeding. Give your body time to heal.
The first 2 months of being a mom, I felt amazing- both physically and emotionally. Around 12 weeks, I started to get overwhelmed and although it didn't last long, the feelings were there. You do run on adrenaline for awhile and when things are going good, its easy to feel comfortable. Once you hit your first night of constant screaming or continual spit up, you might feel different. But who knows, maybe you'll be lucky and won't go through any of that!