4th Trimester

Re: 4th Trimester

• mamahen521 member

  November 2024

  All in all, I’m hanging on there. Days are going well and evenings/nights are a bit more of a struggle. 

  For me as a FTM I didn’t experience incontinence during pregnancy so I didn’t expect it postpartum. I’m changing out my pads all the time not from bleeding, but from peeing every time I sit, stand, roll over, walk. 

  Also, night sweats and shakes are really bad for me. I wake up in the night and have to rely on my husband to take care of baby during most of the overnight shifts because I don’t trust myself to hold him when I’m shaking that badly. Not fun, but I have a great partner who would do anything for me and our boy. 

  The mental health side is ok during the day, but it’s like a switch flips when the sun sets. Everything intensifies and it doesn’t matter what the emotions are, it’s just too much to manage and I cry uncontrollably for a little while. I’m talking lots with my support network of family and friends and will likely also connect with some postpartum therapy too. 

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• riley7137 member

  November 2024

  @mamahen521 that feeling when the sun sets is the “night time scaries”. It’s totally normal! Mom of 5 and still get it here and there. 

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