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Bonding with your little one is an amazing feeling, but why are you feeling teary?
What are the baby blues?
Between 50 and 70% of mums get the Baby Blues soon after their baby’s birth. Here's how to make it better
Bonding with your baby
Our guide to bonding with your baby. From skin-to-skin to breastfeeding
Post Natal Depression
These feelings are really common, especially in the first few days after birth. Here are the symptoms
It’s expected that having your new baby will leave you feeling elated and loving, but for a large proportion of new mums, the initial bonding experience with their little one is instead a mixture of teary moments, feelings of exhaustion and unhappiness. These baby blues can set in around three to four days after the birth and can quite often only last a couple of days. During this time it’s a good idea to get support from your family, friends and partner. Make sure that you’re accepting help offered and don’t feel like you need to do it all yourself.
If these low feelings, tiredness and unhappiness continue for longer than two weeks, you may be suffering from post natal depression and may need a little extra help from a medical professional or your doctor to help you during this time.
If you do feel like you’re suffering from post natal depression you’re not alone, it’s estimated 10 and 15 mums out of every 100 experience some form of PND after the birth of their little one and it’s best to seek advice and support from a professional than to try and combat these feelings along.
