I just had my baby on March 20th and I can not stop crying. I am so emotional. I keep thinking about how fast all of this has happened and it makes me sad to think how quickly he's going to grow up. I am a mess of emotions right now and am feeling like a fool. I just feel so blessed to have such a wonderful family I cry all the time!!! Please tell me I am not the only one!! This is all so emotionally over whelming.

You are NOT the only one! This is very common! You should be going for your Post Op soon. Tell you doc. You may need to be put on an anti depressant meds for a few months. I assure you, it is very common! This too will pass!
Yes, they grow up so quick. Mine are 14 & 8. I get emotional about it still but each phase is wonderful and a blessing of its own. :wave:

Oh honey dont worry to day is only the 25th that is so normal, the blues will last about 2 weeks give or take a few days it doesnt necesarily mean you have PPD , I was emotional too for the first 2 weeks..do you have alot of support? you need help it is really over whelming but if it gets WORSE then go to the dr but feel it out for another week

It is funny because it is a happy cry. I have wanted to be a mom for so long that now that I am it is SOO emotional. I could not even sing him a song today without crying my eyes out! I don't feel "sad" per say, and I am enjoying him so much, even the middle of the night feedings! I look forward to them. But the crying is becoming embarrassing when I break out in front of people.

I had that too right after DS was born. I'd hear a song on the radio, or see a commercial and cry. Same thing, it was a happy cry. I was so happy and excited after DS was born that I went for about of week on a kind of overdrive mode. Running around like a chicken with my head cut off, getting up at all hours and trying to learn all I could about looking after him. After about a week the fatigue set in. All the running and not sleeping hit like a tonne of bricks. Don't forget to get some rest even if you are feeling really good right now. I don't know about others, but I had a kind of a crash after the "baby high" wore off. I probably could have slept a week straight! lol

I cried too! Any sort of gentle music or even seeing the hospitals or nurses that helped me during labour I cried! During the middle of the night when I was nursing ds I would just sit there and cry..dh would sit with us through the night to offer support and be with me! I agree with Valerie..it only lasted a few weeks and then I was better but talk to your Dr. too!
Congrats and get some rest!!
S :)

Hi,

yes completely normal l kept crying about everything, it was worse because l was trying to breast feed and dd was not latching on then l wa sin pain because l had an emergency c-section. But know all is well. Congratulations on your bundle of joy and hope you are in the best of health. x

Aww honey it does get better....just remember your hormones are going crazy right now and it will take a while for them to go back to normal....Heck, it's been six months for me, and the other day I was watching Grey's Anatomy and started to cry...it's ridiculous. I think when we have babies, our bodies make us super sensitive. It might be due to how we feel more maternal and loving. But it is really extremem for the first 1-2 months.

Anyways, don't be afraid to cry. I am sure nearby mothers will understand...and for those who don't, give them fair warning beforehand.

If your feelings ever start to swing into anger, or extreme sadness, then you should seek additional help. Post Partum Depression is nothing to be ashamed of nowadays thanks to some brave women who came out and made it easier for us to get help!

<3 <3 lots of love for you and your newborn!!! Enjoy your baby....sometimes I look at alex and miss those first few weeks :D

I cried really easy too - the first few weeks - everytime a gift would arrive or I would read a card for the baby - I cried.... LOL! and now its been 2 months pp and I still can't handle hearing my girl cry - I get sick to my stomach because I want to comfort her and find out what is wrong so I can fix it.

the other day she was really cranky for hours - and I had vomit in my throat - and a sick stomach... fun stuff being a mom..... LOL - I can't wait till she is bigger (I know I know you are all going to say I will miss this stage)... but then maybe she won't cry as much and I will be able to know what is wrong... I guess babies are just fussy and she will outgrow this - till then I have to deal with sick to stomach feeling on her cranky days.

I just had my baby on March 20th and I can not stop crying. I am so emotional. I keep thinking about how fast all of this has happened and it makes me sad to think how quickly he's going to grow up. I am a mess of emotions right now and am feeling like a fool. I just feel so blessed to have such a wonderful family I cry all the time!!! Please tell me I am not the only one!! This is all so emotionally over whelming.

Heck no you aren't the only one! :)
I had the baby blues pretty badly, and I had previous thought I was the most emotionally stable person! Hormones are a pain sometimes. :)
It will get better, give it a few weeks. Once you get on a routine with your baby and the "newness" dies down a bit and you get used to things, it'll get much better.
Good luck with everything and CONGRATS on the new baby!!!

I am the same way I just look at her and start crying because I cant believe my DD is mine, I had a csection and went to the doctors office today to have my staples removed and heard a babys heart beat in the next room and started crying because I was sad my pregnancy was over and I wasnt going to get to hear or feel her inside me anymore it is really weird, I had her on the 21st and if I even think about her in pain or someone hurting her from holding her I start crying I am really paranoid..