Is it normal feeling like this? 3 days old son.. FIRST TIME MOM

Question

So I just had my son July 13 2017. 
I'm 18 years old and ever since I brought him home I'm so constantly worried about him choking or anything happening to him. I can't sleep at all because I always watch him. Also I've been crying and having anxiety.i don't know if it's normal to feel like this or what but I just can't wrap my mind around the fact that I have a baby. Cause I never believed I was pregnant and now I have a beautiful baby boy. Has any first time mom experienced overwhelming and anxiety when they bring their baby home? not getting sleep?

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Yes. It's normal. Your hormones are still all out of whack. You'll always worry about your baby, but it's less irrational worrying once your hormones aren't crazy anymore.

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yes mama it happens all the time. soon your hormones will regulate and your mind & body will adjust to this huge change. i went through the same thing, i was barely sleeping or taking care of myself ,& crying a lot. After you get used to a routine of your new life you'll be able to relax.  
TAKE CARE OF YOURSELF. take a hot shower, nap near baby, buy some yummy snacks for yourself to munch on in the middle of the night. congrats momma❤️

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Yes, it's normal to feel like this! Like others have said, it's hormonal, and you need to give yourself time to make the physical & emotional adjustments to this new situation. Having a baby is a huge change! It's beyond tough! ... Are you still in the hospital? Discuss your concerns with the nurses there. Are you home? Call your OB's office & rely on those folks for questions, concerns, advice. At your baby's upcoming 1 week and 2 week ped appointments, discuss with the pediatrician: Even if you are nervous or feel silly bringing it up, your baby's health and wellbeing is tied to yours, and the ped will absolutely want to know what's going on with you. They are medical professionals & are there to answer your Qs and help you. They can provide reassurance, as they see new parents all the time. In the meantime, take it one day at a time. It's a tough period of adjustment & you are not alone in feeling this way, even if it feels that way. Lots of other mamas feel super scared too. You can do this!

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it's called post partum anxiety. it happens quite often but to varying degrees. if you feel it's getting to be quite extreme I'd discuss it with your doctor.

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Totally normal! I was the same way the first few weeks, and then it leveled out for me. I was terrified she would choke, every sound had me jumping out of bed. I was scared to even go to sleep the first night we were home, but I was so tired that my body just shut down. It'll get better! Gotta love hormones!

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Hi momma! 
Yes, this is incredibly normal. 
My son is now 12 days old - so I'm not a pro by any means but the first few days after we got home were tough. First, my son developed bad jaundice after we left the hospital with him having really low levels. He nursed 24/7, I couldn't get up or move and he would just cry. Then I'd pump and feed him from a bottle because he had lost 10oz since we left the hospital. Then went back to just nursing and he was burning more calories sucking from me than he was getting from eating. I cried again, HARD. Then his head is in the 99th percentile while he's was losing weight (my husband has a big ass head) so we got sent to the hospital to do an ultrasound to make sure he had no excess fluid. THEN he couldn't maintain his temp (or so we thought) which meant he could've had an infection. All good, absolutely nothing wrong with him now.
All of that happened within the first 5 days of life, I cried my eyes out multiple times a day. I couldn't sleep when he slept because I was worried about his breathing, so I just stared at him all night long. He wasn't eating enough so he would cry every 30min-an hour when he wasn't already latched to me. So now, we are on formula with breast milk from whatever I can pump. He was losing to much weight, I cried again because all I wanted to do was successfully breast feed my baby but I was starving him. I cried more about it. 
I cried in the doctors office. I cried in the drive thru line at Chick-fil-A. I cried anytime the song came on that I pushed too. I cried when my husband asked me "how are you doing?"
Just let it out. Go take a shower while someone watches your sweet baby and cry it out. 
You have to take care of yourself, which I know is hard, but here I am 12 days in an my baby boy only woke up twice last night. It gets better. 💕
Don't be afraid to reach out and ask for help! If you need someone to watch him while you nap on the couch next to them. To help you with laundry or even help cook dinner, ask! 💕
Hope you start to feel better, you're not alone!!

Is it normal feeling like this? 3 days old son.. FIRST TIME MOM

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