Do your hormones negatively effect you more after baby is born? Many women are complaining but its been ...?

Question

these 7 1/2 months have been good for me: My weight gain isn't too bad, although I may call the Guinness Book of World Records for my humongus belly, I haven't been overly emotional, but I always see women blaming so much on hormones. When my 1st child was born 13 yrs ago I was walking on the clouds. I know every one is different, but please share your experience and were you hormonally overwhelmed after the birth of your baby?

Answer 1

no i always hear about these things and i never experience them after i had my son i was fine just a little sleep deprived but that was it i was loving life and my new son

Answer 2

I've had 3 kids, and each one was different, with my son i gained 90 lbs ( I'm normally only 100 lbs ) and i wasn't hormonal till after wards, then i felt the withdrawal of the baby not being in my belly, and went through horrible depression..my second was better...bit moody during, it was a horrible pregnancy, but i didn't have extreme surge of hormones, i felt fine after the birth..my 3rd, i was cranky the whole time...then afterwords have a very mild case of depression, but it only lasted a couple of weeks..all 3 of my pregnancy's were hard, i had morning sickness 24/7 for about 7 months straight. The only time i was ever really overly emotional was during the birth and the first time i heard there heart beats i couldn't stop crying.

Answer 3

For me, after my first child, I was in the house by myself with him, no one there to help me or anything, and the night I brought him home I couldn't stop crying. I was so afraid I was going to break him, either physically or by some bad but well-intentioned parenting choice somewhere down the line. It took me a few days to get it under control.

After my second, I was suicidally depressed, but not until about 3 months after which was when I started depo-provera, and I blame the depo rather than the post-partum.

My third is now 4 months old and sometimes I want to lie down and go to sleep and not wake up- but that is more from exhaustion than hormones- when I have the energy to be happy, I am ecstatic- so glad to finally have a girl!!

Answer 4

I had the "baby blues" really bad. I cried everyday for the first week, and it was a sad feeling that I had. I loved my baby and took really good care of her but I didn't have the head over heels in love with her feeling that I finally got around 3 weeks. Because of that I felt like a bad mother. I thought I was never going to feel happy again. My poor husband didn't know what was wrong with me! My blues were all done by 3 weeks though. I think a lot also had to do with being exhausted. I'm sure that made it worse. I think next time I have a baby it wont be as bad because I'll be better prepared for those feelings and I'll know that they will end.

Answer 5

i wasn't too overwhelmed but i did have alittle bit of postpardum i just didn't want things to change i wanted my daughter to stay little forever so i could carry her around and i so i would know she was safe! my hubby couldn't take any time off from work so i was by myself with her alot which wasn't bad either i caught on quick i think all the reading i did during my pregnancy helped me to prepare somewhat for what was to come! i think the more you want a child the better you adjust when the child gets here and boy did i want her im now 36 weeks pregnant with my second and i pray things will go as well as they did with my first daughter i believe they will

Answer 6

your child is 13 and your pregnet that will make the 13 year act like a baby more cause i have a step daughter and when i had my 1st baby she was 13 and she would wine around and all that.
good luck and the hormones are worse after words.

Answer 7

Yes, but is more about srtess than reality.