Feeling lonely...husbands depression

Megan

Hi all,

I’m the very proud mama of 5 week old Dominic. He gives me life and I’ve never loved anyone more than him. I had a pretty traumatic labor and delivery experience, but thankfully we are both okay. And he’s been the sweetest little angel baby from the moment he came into this world. I was really afraid I would experience PPD, as I have a history of anxiety and depression. But my time with him has been the happiest I’ve ever felt. That being said....I feel like I’m doing this all alone. My husband has been going through a lot emotionally since Dominic has been born. He’s seeking professional help because he feels so depressed. But at the end of every day we just talk about how he’s feeling that day, how work was for him, and sometimes he’s so disconnected he just stays on his phone all night. He loves and interacts with our son but he only spends a few minutes with him a day. I don’t know. I’m just feeling like I’m in this all on my own. If I say “Dominic was up all night crying with gas” he says “awwww poor guy”. Never asks me how I’m feeling on zero sleep. I don’t even have the platform right now to talk about how I feel as a new mother because my husbands feelings are taking over everything. I just feel very alone. I didn’t anticipate I’d be taking care of a newborn all by myself and a clinically depressed husband. I’m just tired.