ElizabethM

Two things:
1) Most stages last about two weeks. So when you’re feeling totally overwhelmed and exhausted and wondering WHEN WILL THIS GET BETTER, try to give it a few weeks… of course then another something will pop up, but you’ll have two weeks more experience and two weeks more understnading and two weeks more patience (with your wee one and yourself) and each one will feel a bit easier to manage.
2) Do not feel guilty about seeking out medication if your postpartum feelings haven’t stablized after a few weeks. I did not with my first child, and I did with my second at 6 weeks, and it made a world of difference. It helped me to relax, worry less, enjoy more, and just generally feel MUCH more capable to handle being a mom of two.