Dealing with sudden change from pregnancy to baby?

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Anyone else finding it hard and a crying trigger sometimes when baby is no longer inside of you? I looked at my closet with all pregnancy clothes and started balling. Also cried when I realized I could bend down to dry my feet after bath. I was induced so I didn't have much time to process her arrival.

I am so in love with baby and so happy. However I am also feeling emotional about this huge change - no longer pregnant and I kind of want it back!!

Other stories out there ??

Edit: she has also had jaundice. So I have had to jump and supplement her with my lumped milk with syringe feeding. It is so hard there is only around 1 hour off in between feedings and getting everything prepped. On top of that my boyfriend has no idea how to help he sleeps through the night. He wants to be daddy and loves her but 1 week postpartum I am hitting a brick wall.

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I felt this way after having my baby, it's such a huge change!! I would be so sad thinking about my empty tummy, but so happy to look at my baby girl. It's weird! I think because they are growing in you for 9 months and then one day they aren't there anymore. I didn't even want to sleep on my stomach for a good while because it made me miss her being in there lol. Don't worry, It does get better though :) I'd say by 2 months pp I wasn't feeling this way anymore.

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Same here. I always catch myself looking at videos of her kicking my stomach. So sad

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Yes!! My son is almost three weeks old (tomorrow) and has severe reflux and a possible lactose problem. He lost a pound from his birth weight in 4 days.

We have been on meds and now switched to soy formula and he's a little better but I spent a week bawling my eyes out because I feel like now that he's outside of my body that I'm failing him. I feel like I can't protect him and provide for him anymore. It's so hard.

Dealing with sudden change from pregnancy to baby?

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