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Easier than months 2 and 3!
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Hardest month of my life, hands down. BFing was a major struggle for us. That, along with sleep deprivation and hormones made it fairly awful.
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Hell. No other ay to describe it. I knew babies were hard and I didn't think I'd just know what to do, but it was worse than I could ever imagine. Nighttime with no sleep, waking up at all hours of the night, THEN having to go to work and deal with 22 kids, I'm surprised I made it.
Month 5 and later were great though.
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I honestly don't remember. I don't remember it being crazy hard, but it wasn't easy either!
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It was mixed. The first two weeks were very tough, as I was dealing with severe spinal headaches, and chronic low supply. Breastfeeding was heartbreaking, and my daughter lost way too much of her birth weight, and developed jaundice.
Once we healed up, and started a feeding plan that actually worked, things got so much better. My husband took three weeks off from work, and that last week as a family of three was really special. I had a little trouble adjusting once he first went back, but hit a grove pretty quick. We got lucky with an amazing sleeper, which lent itself to a happier first month, and beyond.
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Let's just say that 6 weeks postpartum, I slammed the door to the nursery, holding both of our babies, and rocked in the rocking chair until my DH came in. That's when I told him it was the biggest mistake of our lives.
Yeah...it gets better. I both laugh and am humiliated by that moment, but it happens. I had already given up breastfeeding at the point, but the sleep deprivation, constant worry, and knowledge that it would be a LOOOOONG time before things ever seemed normal again was killer.
FWIW, they just turned one year, sleep like rockstars, have personalities that charm the world, and only occasionally make me rip my hair out.
It doesn't get perfect, but it gets a damn sight better than those first few weeks. HUGS
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Let's just say that at 6 weeks postpartum, I slammed the door to the nursery, holding both of our babies, and rocked in the rocking chair until my DH came in. That's when I told him it was the biggest mistake of our lives.
Yeah...it gets better. I both laugh and am humiliated by that moment, but it happens, and NO ONE talks about it. I had already given up breastfeeding at the point, but the sleep deprivation, constant worry, and knowledge that it would be a LOOOOONG time before things ever seemed normal again was killer. I wanted a shower! My old body! The freedom to go to bed and wake up whenever I wanted! I felt so selfish, clueless, and bone-tired.
FWIW, they just turned one year, sleep like rockstars, have personalities that charm the world, and only occasionally make me rip my hair out.
It doesn't get perfect, but it gets a damn sight better than those first few weeks. HUGS -
With #1 I remember it being a really hard adjustment. I had serious problems with breastfeeding and that caused the most stress. I was attempting to nurse him and then pumping/bottle feeding him, cleaning parts, etc. He woke up to eat every 1-2 hours. I was absolutely exhausted and completely emotional. I was also a nervous wreck- convinced that every breath would be his last and just...terrified.
With #2 (currently 2 weeks in) it's been MUCH easier. She nurses like a champ which has cut down on my stress level. She sleeps well and doesn't have the colic/gas issues that DS had. I'm handling the sleep deprivation really well. The adjustment to 2 has been fairly seamless. It definitely has it's struggles (most of them centering around the fact that it's HARD to juggle a toddler and a newborn when they both need something RIGHT AWAY) but I'm kind of loving it
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I found the first month to be awesome! I had a section, but I was really comfortable, I felt like I really knew what I was doing (I am an NICU nurse though LOL), and I was loving all the lay down and snuggle time! Even though I struggled with inverted nipples, latch problems and over supply I felt like I had it all under control. I found 6-9 months way harder than the first 3!
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most difficult period of my entire life. oh it was horrific.
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the 1st month was hard with DD, but it was sooo easy with DS! i still thought the 2nd month was the hardest with both kids though - the sleep deprivation was getting to me, they were staying awake longer, and i think there were a couple growth spurts in there too.
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