Posts tagged postpartum anxiety
The Nighttime Dread
The Nighttime Dread

Everyone tells you you don’t get much sleep after you have a baby. You don’t really internalize that before your baby is here. Then it hits you like a ton of bricks. OH. You don’t get much sleep after you have a baby. You can deal with that fatigue fine during the day but when the sun sets…the nighttime dread sets in. Some might even call it anxiety.

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4th Trimester, Doulas, Infant Sleep, Newborn, Postpartum Recovery, Postpartum Doulas, Self-care, SleepHeather Clementspostpartum support, postpartum depression, postpartum anxiety, postpartum mood and anxiety disorders, postpartum mood disorders, newborn, newborn sleep, postpartum recovery, postpartum, postpartum doula, sleep supportComment
I'm Exhausted and Overwhelmed
I'm Exhausted and Overwhelmed

There I was..maybe 5 days postpartum..sprawled across my bed. My eyes were tightly closed, I was balled up in a fetal position, desperately trying to get some sleep. My parents had come to stay with us for a few days and sent me off to take a much needed nap. Except, I couldn’t sleep.

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4th Trimester, Breastfeeding, Doulas, New Parents, Newborn, Postpartum Recovery, Relationships, SleepHeather Clementspostpartum support, postpartum anxiety, newborn, new baby, postpartum, postpartum recovery, breastfeeding