Does anybody else feel like this?

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My baby will be a week old tomorrow and I just keep feeling like I can't do this. I get absolutely no sleep and he's awake from around 2-3 am till like 8 constantly feeding and fussing. I just sit there and cry cause thats all he does. I keep asking family for help just to sleep everyday but I know I can't keep doing this. I need to learn how to handle it, but I just feel like a failure. I don't see how I can keep going on like this :(

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Hang in there! I was in the same situation last week.. Uncontrollable crying, anxiety.  It took us over 2 years to conceive and now that she was here, I couldn't do it. I wanted someone else to be by me all day/night because I was afraid of being alone with her. But it does get better! Hormones start to subside and even in 1 weeks time she's come so far (she was 3 weeks yesterday). Keep up the great work! You've got this.

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Op here
Thank you guys so much, it makes me feel so not alone and not so bad knowing other people are going/have gone through this. I'm just gonna keep pushing through, no sleep and all and wait for the easier days.

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Yes, oh god especially then. You need sleep there is no shame in asking for help. My baby needed to eat frequently especially at first because they cluster feed. What I did was start trying to pump a little, then when I was really tired my husband would relieve me for just a little and feed what I pumped, at first just 10ml. By week 2 we got the routine where at 7am husband relieved me and gave baby one morning bottle of expressed milk so I could get a couple hours. Now he just went back to work and missing those couple hours is killing me, I was crying last week because I was so tired that I failed a test for the first time in years, I couldn't even understand the questions I was so tired.

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I'm crying as I'm typing this! Yes! I'm a FTM and can't help but feel like I am not doing a good job. My baby has been getting fussy and I don't know what to do to make him stop crying at times. I think I'm facing postpartum depression. I started crying out of no where earlier because my husband will go back to work tomorrow and I will be caring for the baby on my own from 3pm to midnight.

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You're doing amazing mama! It's not easy being a mom but you got this! It WILL get easier I promise! It seems like a struggle right now but hang in there! It's ok to ask for help! Just know you're learning with your baby sadly they don't come with instructions but you have a community of people willing to help you along the way here 💕

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It will get better mama! You guys are finding your groove and your little one will start to sleep more and more and so will you. I know it's cliche but sleep when the baby sleeps if you can. Don't worry about getting things done right now, the first few weeks is survival mode. And keep asking for help..I'm sorry no one has been very helpful so far but you can do it!!

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