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June 2012 Moms
Make a Postpartum Plan a Priority
I haven't posted in months, mostly because I haven't had time to be on the board much. I had a friend who had a baby in March and after trying to battle it at home, ended up being admitted to the psych ward to deal with PPD. I love this blog post because it is so true...we know if we are breast or bottle, we know our pediatricians after hours line, we know if we are cloth or disposable but we don't make a plan for dealing with PPD because we just don't think it can happen to us. It can and for a lot of us it will happen. Here is some practical advice mom to mom:
https://mutherford.blogspot.com/2012/06/make-postpartum-plan-priority.html
His Little Foot melted my heart- our first and our baby BOY!
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Re: Make a Postpartum Plan a Priority
This is very true. I suffered from PPD for months following DD's birth, most of it because I got so overwhelmed during my hospital stay and in the days after going home. I got zero sleep in the hospital due to the set up of the UK's "wards" (five mothers with five babies all in one large room, nurses coming in every 20 minutes to take BP, etc).
When I got home, we had my parents staying with us and I felt pressured to ensure they had a good time during they stay in England. We also had friends and neighbors, church friends, etc. dropping by nearly every day, sometimes several times a day.
I also had my mother-in-law call to ask how I was doing. When I told her ok and that I was trying to sleep when the baby slept, she huffily asked "So's who's doing all the jobs around the house then? Is DH doing everything?" I felt entirely deflated and worthless after that.
It was an exhausting time and I spent almost no time holding my baby during those first two weeks except to breastfeed, which I was too embarrassed to do in front of anybody. I felt tired, stressed, ended up with back-to-back mastitis infections and my episiotomy stitches didn't heal correctly. It was horrible and left me an emotional wreck.
This time, we've learned from our mistakes and will not be hosting visitors for a least the first couple of weeks while I get breastfeeding established. As for the house and entertaining people, it can all just wait. I'm prepared to stick a sign on the door saying "Mom and baby resting" as often as necessary. And the housework can just stuff it. Definitely make a plan and stick to your guns.