OMG! Is all I can really say. I was on an endorphin high for what felt like days. The hospital was nice because there were a lot of nurses to help but it was also a pain in the behind because someone was walking in every 30 minutes. Can a woman get some sleep after she has a baby?!?! And take my advice on this one…if they offer you pain killers, just take them in case. I didn't and the day after I left the hospital I had some serious pain break through, yikes! I am a firm believer in holistic approaches to health, but my holistic is realistic. Medicine is so advanced today, so use its advances within reason. A little bit of pain killers here and there won't hurt, and new mammas need sleep and energy.
I felt like a zombie for days, weeks, months even. I decided to nurse, so about week three my baby was hysterical. Nothing I did would make him stop crying. So I dove into my La Leche League, The Womanly Art of Breastfeeding and decided that it might be food sensitivities, and calling the pediatrician and every lactation specialist I could get a hold of. I eliminated dairy products and eggs from my diet. It took about a week and the little guy was feeling some relief. Oh and gripe water too! Gripe water and Ergobaby were my life savers!
Once this subsided I started having nursing issues. I've had everything short of mastitis that can go wrong with nursing that one woman can have…milk blisters, clogged ducts, yeast infections, and yes, postpartum. Don't be ashamed. Its real! You don't have to be institutional for postpartum to be real. Any sort of persistent ill feelings, depression, or abnormal levels of anxiety. Get help, you won't regret it! Now that I've been on my treatment for postpartum everything is so much better! Oh and did I mention that my baby wasn't napping and wanted to be held all day. And when I say all day, I literally mean, ALL DAY. Then I learned that breastfed babies have higher levels of attachment during the first months. SO now that everything is under control, things are so much better! He's napping now and I feel like I'm getting my life back. I feel excited about the new chapter opening in my life and am very much in love with my new little man!
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