My experience with Baby Blues.

No, I didn't talk to my doctor RIGHT when I was going through it because I was ashamed. However, I did talk to her when I was coming out of it and she diagnosed it as the Baby Blues. (For any of you that were wondering...)

I went through a brief period of baby blues that I never really talked about. I think I was ashamed and that's why I didn't share it with y'all. Since then, I have realized that it's nothing to be ashamed of and it happens to TONS of women. I figured I should share my story and hopefully help others.

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[ielkinc05]

You are amazing, very insiprational. Im sure this helped loads of people! You should feel so proud, thank you Lora x x x

[Loraandlayton]

@ielkinc05 Aww thank you so much.

[gunesgun]

contınued (4) over the next two weeks- I felt so sad and mıserable, and I could not control ıt even though ı was tryıng so hard. I was cryıng and just screamıng ın the name of God. and just prayıng that thıs feelıng of anxıety, panıc attack and depressıon wıll go away soon. and ıt dıd-slowly.. at the end of the two weeks I was fıne, stıll lıttle sensıteve but not that much. Wow-I have never felt anythıng lıke that ın my lıfe before ıt was so scary-I couldnt even sleep . I had my mom sleepıng

[Loraandlayton]

@gunesgun I am SO sorry you went thru all of this. Thank you so much for being so brave and sharing your story. It's important that others know that they aren't alone.

[laurettabear]

Thank you for posting this. I am struggling now and am not really sure what to do. I cloves about it in my last upload (6 weeks postpartum). I'm not sure if I'm just late with these emotions because of my circumstances or if I should get back in touch with my midwife. I, like you am normally upbeat and happy, but I've been struggling. Thanks again for being open and posting about your baby blues.

[Loraandlayton]

@laurettabear No problem. It's importnant that other mothers going thru this know that they are NOT alone. It's a very common problem and it's hard to open up about.

[mrstbraid]

Thank you so much for sharing this. I'm pretty sure I went through this a couple of weeks ago. My husband is in the military and he works 48 hours, sometime 72 hours straight without coming home. We live in Ohio now, our friends and family are back home in Florida. I had those overwhelming feelings of being scared to be alone. I had no support system unless my husband was home. It was so hard to overcome. I think it just took some getting used to, and realizing that I can do it alone! Xoxo.

[ielkinc05]

Oh and your hair this length is my fav! Looks beautiful! x

[Klm10810]

cont... its still nice to see someone else go through this.

[Klm10810]

cont...

I had a lot of help but i felt like if i shouldn't ask for help because i could do this all myself. My fiance travels for work so hes gone 4 nights in a row a week. So i was really struggling then. Luckly i bounced out of this within a couple weeks but i did feel like i was the only one like this and felt so bad for feeling this way. Now my babies are 2 months and i couldnt be happier with my life. Thanks for posting even though im out of my baby blues

[Klm10810]

I wish i would of seen this when I was going through this. My baby blues were a little different. i was mostly a emotional wreck for the first two weeks. I had twins and everything was fine at the hospital but when i came home it seems like all i did was cry. I missed my old life and i felt like i should of scond guessed having babies. And i felt like a horrible mom for thinking that. I would cry all the time usually in the bathroom where my fiance couldnt hear because like you i was ashamed.

[maryd02893]

Thank you SO much! I cannot thank you enough for this. I cried when I watched this, thinking "thank God I'm not alone. My baby is 1 week old, and I have been a wreck. I feel bad for my poor husband, trying to anticipate my moods. I've been anxious and my panic attacks have been more frequent. I wake up at night, heart racing, thinking horrible thoughts. My husband is going back to work tomorrow, but I've just realized after watching this that I have a great support team.

[gunesgun]

ı couldnt see all my story here .. but ıt's okay. ı ment to be short and look how much ı wrote about ıt:) anway- ı want everyone to know that this ıs common among many women. ıt wıll go away though. but ıf you keep yourself wıth people around you espeıcally durıng that few weeks after bırth, ı thınk you wıll feel ıt some what less. ıt ıs very ımprotant to have people helpıng you ın every way they can. goodluck. everyhtıng wıll be alrıght soon:)