What part of becoming a parent was the hardest for you? A poll!
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Well LO isn't born yet, but so far TTC has been the toughest part. I have PCOS and it took us a year to conceive. I was one cycle away from starting fertility treatments when I discovered I was pregnant. I am already dreading TTC #2.
Pregnancy has been pretty easy for me thus far at 32 weeks. I was sick in the beginning, but it wasn't that bad (I threw up maybe 10 times?) but that was the worst of it.
We'll see how I feel after labour lol.
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Tie between labor and delivery, and emotional recovery from labor and delivery. I'm still not there emotionally. #3 would be sleep regressions!
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For me, it was dealing with the newborn days. If I could have kept her in for the "fourth trimester" I think I would have. I was lucky that pregnancy, delivery, and recovery weren't too bad, all things considered. But the newborn days were brutal.
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physical recovery was the hardest thing for me (and sleep issues!). It's one of the main reasons I'm TERRIFIED to have another.
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i didn't vote because the hardest part has been her as an older infant/toddler.
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Newborn days for us. I was lucky to have an easy pregnancy, relatively straightforward delivery, and quick recovery. She was fairly high needs and never had those "sleep all day long" days, so the first few months were rough.
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It's a tie between TTC and a three week NICU stay after DS was born.
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It wasn't an option, but I would have said BF'ing - none of the rest of it was terribly difficult. I voted for physical recovery because I'd classify BF'ing pain under that, and it was also a bit uncomfortable waiting for my second degree tear to heal. Second time around, the afterbirth cramps and the pain of restarting BF'ing were far and away the hardest!
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newborn days for sure
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@birdofafeather: Well, in my head that's 'being a parent' as opposed to 'becoming a parent'. But also, C is much easier as an older infant than she was as a newborn so that's where I'm coming from.
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Newborn days
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@Ree723: Oops, meant to add breastfeeding. Just did.
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TTC was long so it was very hard but I also picked Breastfeeding - it was horrible with my 1st!
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Newborn days--hands down!
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Ugh newborn hands down.
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newborn days for sure!
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None of those things. The hardest part of parenting has been the general loss of freedom in our lives. It's not a BAD change, it's just different. Over the last year DH and I have grieved aspects of our old child free days, despite the fact that we love our kids. It's just a new normal.
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@Foodnerd81: I guess with that clarification I would have to vote and say the hardest part was labor and delivery - by far!
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Labor & Delivery. I was in the hospital for five days before I had DD. I was so overtired that I hardly remember what happened in the first week of her life. I wish I had been more present during that time.
Newborn days were fairly easy for us.
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Lack of sleep. LO is a year old and slept from 11pm to 6am with 6 wake ups. Whhhhyyyyy.
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Emotional recovery from delivery/breastfeeding. The newborn days were rough, but only lasted a couple months. The initial period of actually attempting to breastfeed was rough, but only lasted a couple months.
The emotional toll it took on me still hasn't fully gone away. She's almost 27 months old.
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@Foodnerd81: got it! i didn't see the distinction there. i would say the emotional component of becoming a parent. the overwhelming sense of responsibility that entailed... so not the emotional recovery of delivery as how i interpret you mean. i used to be pretty footloose and fancy free. and i haven't felt that way since before she was born. and i doubt i ever will.
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@loveisstrange:
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Newborn stage x1000000!
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TTC and emotions after LO was born (PPA)
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For me it was a tie between TTC (unexplained infertility) and breastfeeding, it hurt for so long and I was afraid I was doing something wrong. Actually both of these issues boil down to me being afraid my body isn't doing something right. Both worked out but they messed with me emotionally before the did.
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newborn days!
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Sleep sleep sleep. DS is 11 months and still doesn't STTN. *facepalm* He's constantly teething and currently has all 4 of his lateral incisors coming in. Cue non-existent sleep at night. And here we are thinking about TTC for #2.....
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I voted the newborn days and emotional recovery from childbirth - and, really, the two are linked. Breastfeeding was hard to the point of impossible for me but I had given up trying just a few weeks in.
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I would have to say dealing with disobedience/ bad attitudes from older (4+) children.
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Breastfeeding/pumping was the hardest for me. We switched to formula around 10 weeks old, and we were all much happier.
We are beginning TTC again, and it's taking longer than last time, it's hard not to get discouraged even though it's early.
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I voted newborn days, although I feel like DD has taken it pretty easy on me/us from the start! But she was jaundiced at first and wouldn't stay awake to eat, and then once that wore off she wanted to be held ALL THE TIME for the next few weeks...honestly, it was pretty tolerable in the grand scheme of things, but definitely tiring. But I consider us really lucky thus far, just waiting for her to flip the script on us at some point, haha.
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Definitely BF. Looking back, everything else seems like it was a breeze compared to BF in the first 8 weeks. I'm happy I continued but there were days I wasn't so sure I would. I'm hoping it'll be a lot less painful the second time around.
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Physical recovery from delivery, emotional recovery from delivery, and BFing.
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Well, I haven't gotten past pregnancy yet, but I can't imagine anything topping TTC: 1.75years + 2 m/c + Lovenox
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Newborn days for me! SNS, a take home bili blanket and crazy engorgement/oversupply issues leading to frothy green poops and reflux are all I can recall sometimes!
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The newborn days were hard, but the ttc problems were more draining. And lasted much longer
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Pregnancy. The anxiety that I had was...horrible.
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None of the above. Sleep has definitely been the hardest part for me so far.
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