Postnatal depression or just a horrible person!!??

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My son is 7 weeks old and I don't know if I have postnatal depression or if I'm just a horrible person! I feel like I don't want him at all. I miss the simple life without him and wish I had never had him. I keep looking at putting him up for adoption cause I just feel like I can't cope and that I don't want him! I don't know what to do 😢😢😢

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You're not a bad mom, but you are depressed which is normal. Your life has been flipped upside down and there's an alien that suddenly needs all of your time and attention.

I've felt disconnected and miserable too, but not so severe to consider giving up my child. Please talk to someone. Even if it's just someone that can relate. It will pass I promise, stick it out.

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That's exactly how I felt when I had my first, it was ppd. Usually after 6 weeks it's called ppd unless you know the signs. Call your obgyn, your not a bad mom and it a lot more common than you think. They will guide you and help you in the right direction. It does and will get better even though it doesn't seem like it now. I'm going through it my second time around

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Those are signs of post partum depression. You should call your doctor. They can help.

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You ar not a bad mom 
It's hard the first few weeks until about two months or three you should be better.
A newborn always wants to feed every two hours and as a mom this is were sacrifices would come in ! I remember it would be 4 6 am and I would be feeding the baby and I would be snoring and feeding the baby. I would doze off and hit the back of my head of the back board haha it was bad . 
Also 
I remember when it was my husbands birthday the whole family was outside in the pool and havin a BBQ and I was inside my room with a newborn I couldn't be outside because the kids would want to be grabbing the baby or she can get a virus 
So I missed my husbands birthday party and when they cut the cake I wasn't even there !  I don't think you don't have it any worse . 
Now that was something part of my life which I never though would ever happen! 
Instead I just cried and cried my eyes out that I missed his birthday I felt so bad because I wasn't able to be there with him but then I realized that now I am a mom and I would just see my little newborn in my arms and I cried from sadness because I heard everyone singing happy birthday  to him yet happiness because I had my wonderful little newborn in my arms. It was a hard  moment in my life. But that's life and I moved on from it and now my husband and I go out together with the family and our little one is with us everywhere we go . 
She is 4 months now and I am happy with her. Like today she was just crying and crying and I didn't know what to do . I just shooth her until she calm down and fell asleep. 
It's not going to be easy but you will get through this and just be strong and be happy with your little one.

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Yes that's depression. I felt the same. I thought I had make the biggest mistake (and still do on my bad days) but overall I am ok. 
Try to figure out what is making you feel this way. Did you try to breastfeed and couldn't? Did you want an all natural non -medicated birth and ended up with a c-section? Did they take baby away instead of doing skin-to-skin?
Sometimes just figuring out what went wrong, even just the littlest thing can cause it so dealing with the issue can stop it.

Postnatal depression or just a horrible person!!??

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