It’s perfectly normal to feel this way. I still remember feeling this way (after a c-sect too!) and I thought I was going crazy. I felt sad most of the time. It’s depressing. Everything hurts. To move, to sit, to stand, to turn, to carry a wailing baby, nipples are cracking, pumping took a toll on me, baby latching seemed like a nightmare, trying to figure out baby’s cues, don’t know what baby wants, kept waking up for feeding, not enough sleep, need to adhere to confinement rules, can’t bathe, can’t drink cold water, must wear all covered, having heat rash underneath my clothes, having to deal with plantar fasciitis, don’t even have appetite to eat and the list goes on.
I kept telling myself, this is just a phase. You’ll go through it so quickly that one day you’ll realise, oh s*** tmr going back to work liao. 😭
It’s hard, we all know. You’re not alone. And it’s not that baby doesn’t want you, it’s because she’s just sleepy, hungry, wants to be loved, wants your attention, wants you to sing a lullaby, etc.. after all, you carried her for 9 months in you and tell me she doesn’t want you?? She’s the closest thing you had near your beating heart. Your beating heart calms her. Girl, the more she cries, the more she needs your undivided attention so drop everything and tend to her before she grows too big too fast before your very eyes.
Confinement period will pass, wounds will heal, baby girl will grow and you will become better and stronger every day so chin up, breathe and take it slow. ❤️
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