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For context - 7 weeks pp from crash c section. I had the baby blues the first two weeks then things leveled out. Now I’m literally devastated my little guy is almost 8 weeks old. Everything is making me sad but not in a depressed way more of a weepy way. Can post partum depression creep up like this? It feels like the worst heart break / grief I’ve known and idk how to feel better bc he’s only getting older each passing day. He just grew out of his newborn clothes last night:( I know they are supposed to grow up I’m just so scared I’ll feel this way forever. I’m taking tons of videos and pictures but I can’t even look at them.

How are you handling post partum nightmares?? I just woke up from one and I’m genuinely scared to go back to sleep. I’ve probably had at least one every night this week. I know they are just dreams but they feel so real and oh my god I feel so sick to my stomach.

I’m 5.5 weeks pp with my first child after a crash c section at 35 weeks so he is premie. Just got off the phone with my mom and sister. My Sister made a comment like idk how you do it just sitting at home on the couch all day. Like between cluster feeding, changing his diaper, and settling a newborn by the time he gets down for a nap the only thing I really have energy for is also taking a nap. We are getting an hour of walks in a day minimum. Then she asked me if I had made any mom friends yet and why I’m not in a mommy and me class. He’s only 5.5 weeks so I was waiting until he had his first round of vaccines - but am I being overly cautious? I joined my community mom group but again waiting until his 8 week pediatrician appointment. Then my mom said “oh come on it’s not that hard. You just feed them change their diaper and repeat.”

Idk maybe I’m being dramatic? Maybe I’m making this harder than it is? I have a very good baby relatively speaking. He eats well and sleeps as well as you can expect for a 5 week old who had to gain a lot of weight back after birth. Idk am I not doing this right? I feel really sad now.

When did you stop considering your baby a newborn?

My son is about to be 1 month old. He was 5 weeks early so technically we aren’t even at our actual due date yet which is crazy. Anyways, I cry so hard every day that he is a day older. The one month date is hitting me hard. I had a crash c section and severe pre eclampsia so I don’t feel like I really absorbed his first week and I’m just devastated I can’t go back to the night we met. It’s making me sick to my stomach and I can’t stop crying. I feel like every month it’s just going to get worse and worse and I feel really helpless. I just love him so much it feels like grief. We also have a night nurse 3 times a week and I’m thinking of cancelling her bc I’m scared to miss out on any newborn minutes as they are fleeting. Has anyone else experienced this? How did you handle it. I’m scared I’m not soaking in moments bc I’m so scared they are passing.

My son is about to be 1 month old. He was 5 weeks early so technically we aren’t even at our actual due date yet which is crazy. Anyways, I cry so hard every day that he is a day older. The one month date is hitting me hard. I had a crash c section and severe pre eclampsia so I don’t feel like I really absorbed his first week and I’m just devastated I can’t go back to the night we met. It’s making me sick to my stomach and I can’t stop crying. I feel like every month it’s just going to get worse and worse and I feel really helpless. I just love him so much it feels like grief. We also have a night nurse 3 times a week and I’m thinking of cancelling her bc I’m scared to miss out on any newborn minutes as they are fleeting. Has anyone else experienced this? How did you handle it. I’m scared I’m not soaking in moments bc I’m so scared they are passing.

I am 3.5 weeks pp from a crash c section. Does anyone else get super achy at incision site / just in general around 6:30/7:00 pm? I’m off the pain meds but find myself having to take Advil at night. Heating pad is the only thing that seems to help but wondering if anyone else experienced this?

I am 3.5 weeks pp from a crash c section. Does anyone else get super achy at incision site / just in general around 6:30/7:00 pm? I’m off the pain meds but find myself having to take Advil at night. Heating pad is the only thing that seems to help but wondering if anyone else experienced this?

06/24/2026 - I posted bc I was driving and a crow flew into the grill of my car. There was legit nothing I could do to avoid it as it was mid air fighting with another crow. I unfortunately hit him and he went under the tire of my car. I was mortified. I sobbed the rest of the day because I love love love love love crows. That day I was 35+3 days pregnant. That night I ended up with bad back pain and crazy high blood pressure so I was induced and ended up having a crash c section. It was super traumatic but we are both happy and healthy and home!!! I just can’t help feeling like it was an omen or something. I still am so upset about it :(

06/24/2026 - I posted bc I was driving and a crow flew into the grill of my car. There was legit nothing I could do to avoid it as it was mid air fighting with another crow. I unfortunately hit him and he went under the tire of my car. I was mortified. I sobbed the rest of the day because I love love love love love crows. That day I was 35+3 days pregnant. That night I ended up with bad back pain and crazy high blood pressure so I was induced and ended up having a crash c section. It was super traumatic but we are both happy and healthy and home!!! I just can’t help feeling like it was an omen or something. I still am so upset about it :(

I am a devout animal lover and also follower of Hecate. Today I was driving and a crow flew into my car, hit the grill, then fell into the road where either my car or the car behind it ran over it. It all happened so fast and there was no way for me to prevent it but I can’t stop crying. I feel horrible. Is there any offering or a ritual I can do to make amends for this horrible accident?

Idk if they have already filmed the reunion but I hope Andy reads Jesse for the necklace / university fund comment when he took out a massive loan and can’t pay Isabella’s health insurance.

30 weeks FTM here. For context, my dog is around 15 years old. I’ve had her since I was a junior in high school. She came to college with me and we have been inseparable ever since I rescued her 13 years ago. Literally attached at the hip. I work from home we are together basically 24/7. I bring her on work trips with me. I would say in the last 3 years the only times w have been apart were for our wedding bc it was in Hawaii and our honeymoon in Europe. So maximum 20 days. Everyone knows her and I are a packaged deal and she’s also incredibly close with my husband since we have been together for 11 years now.

Now that our first baby is on the way I keep getting “oh she doesn’t know what’s going to hit her” and “her life is about to be flipped upside down” and “I hope she’s ready to be second place when the baby comes” and that realllllllly destroys me emotionally. Maybe it’s the hormones but is also the fact that her and I have been through nearly half my life together and I don’t want her to ever feel like she’s being demoted in my eyes. How did you all handle this? Were your senior dogs ok w baby when they arrived? Every time anyone brings it up I start to cry. I feel guilty for having gotten pregnant bc she’s been my baby for so long.

I see a lot of posts saying Nia is a saint for putting up with Danny and is so patient etc etc. while I don’t disagree she seems like a kind human being, it feels a lot darker than that. As someone who has been in an emotionally abusive relationship, you adopt this super sweet / placating demeanor in order to neutralize and deescalate the abuser’s behavior. It becomes more of a survival tactic to reduce the collateral damage.