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Adjusting or do I have a problem?

mrsducky11mrsducky11
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Hello, my daughter is almost 6 weeks old and up until about a week ago I felt fine, but lately I haven't been feeling like myself. I'm breast feeding and it's causing me to feel trapped, I resent my husband because he can just get up and go and I feel so tied down, he works close to 75 hours a week and we only have one car, so I don't get out much at all. I feel like I've losing myself, like "I" no longer exsist, I've just become mommy. I love being a mom, this isn't my first, my other daughter is eight, but with her I don't have to be attached 24/7. Also, I'm just feeling completely unattractive, I feel like my husband isn't attracted to me and unfortunately it's resulting in me being very insecure, I feel like my husband is looking at other women and this makes me feel rediculous, I'm not some jealous 16 year old girl, I used to have confidence in myself, I only have 7 lbs til I'm back to my pre-pregnancy weight, I should be feeling great. I feel so distant from.my husband and we are normally such a fun, happy couple. I always have this feeling in the pit of my stomach, like there's a weight in my stomach. I don't feel like hurting myself, I'm just sad. Am I just adjusting or should I talk to someone?
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Re: Adjusting or do I have a problem?

  • dragossoul84dragossoul84 member
    I'd talk to your Dr. I'm not a professional but I had some of those feelings and they progressively got worse. I'd also talk to DH so he knows how your feeling so he can help look after you. I'm on a very low dose of celexa and it has made a huge difference already and if you dont need medication just talking to a professional about how your feeling could really take a load off of you
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  • BPHBPH

    I'm going through something so very similar.  Communication I feel is so key but I think maybe we should both speak to our dr.s like she recommended, maybe there is something that can help take the edge off and help us to enjoy this time more!

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