Normal to feel like you’re dying after birth?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Not normal. Could be birth trauma/postpartum PTSD, anxiety, sleep deprivation, sepsis, or preeclampsia. Go see your OB immediately, and get a full work up. Also get a referral
To a perinatal psychiatrist. The shakiness and pelvic floor injuries make me lean to postpartum PTSD (I had this - could not sleep also) but you want to rule out medical issues first.

All lined up. I will say the shakiness has all but left. Now mostly exhaustion and nausea.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Not normal. Could be birth trauma/postpartum PTSD, anxiety, sleep deprivation, sepsis, or preeclampsia. Go see your OB immediately, and get a full work up. Also get a referral
To a perinatal psychiatrist. The shakiness and pelvic floor injuries make me lean to postpartum PTSD (I had this - could not sleep also) but you want to rule out medical issues first.

All lined up. I will say the shakiness has all but left. Now mostly exhaustion and nausea.

OP, please make sure that they run a full thyroid panel on you. I went hypothyroid after the birth of my first DD. It is often overlooked, but thyroid issues after pregnancy/delivery are common.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I would give up breastfeeding (if you are doing it now), and just sleep all I want. I will order carry out for all meals, and have your husband or family take turn taking care of baby in the house while you recover.

Yep, this solved similar issues for me.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Not normal. Could be birth trauma/postpartum PTSD, anxiety, sleep deprivation, sepsis, or preeclampsia. Go see your OB immediately, and get a full work up. Also get a referral
To a perinatal psychiatrist. The shakiness and pelvic floor injuries make me lean to postpartum PTSD (I had this - could not sleep also) but you want to rule out medical issues first.

All lined up. I will say the shakiness has all but left. Now mostly exhaustion and nausea.

Which anxiety med are you on? When I took Zoloft when my son was a few months old I wanted to sleep 16hours a day and couldn’t eat from the nausea.

Side effects on SSRIs do happen and you might want to talk to you OB about trying another one.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:PS. also - despite PPs saying this is not normal, it's actually incredibly common for new moms to have feelings and symptoms like this. I remember feeling like I had never felt so terrible in my entire life as I felt about a week into being a new mom. I felt physically terrible from the birth, I was exhausted and stressed about breastfeeding and experiencing major anxiety. I think PPs are saying instead that it's important that you get help from your doctor and also a therapist/psychiatrist. Also more moms feel this way than you might think. It's a hard transformation into motherhood. You're just at the hardest part right now - hang in there.

It is absolutely not normal to be exhausted and not be able to shut your brain off for more than an hour to sleep.

I had this problem. It was like adrenaline was pumping and my mind was constantly on. I couldn’t relax enough to sleep, eat, or sit still. I was 106 pounds at my six week checkup and the doctor had absolutely nothing to ask/say. It was my first and I felt like it was normal. I have another now and I know it was PPA. I didn’t treat it but I should have.

Same exact story. It was awful. I went on to have another baby and it was night and day.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Not normal. Could be birth trauma/postpartum PTSD, anxiety, sleep deprivation, sepsis, or preeclampsia. Go see your OB immediately, and get a full work up. Also get a referral
To a perinatal psychiatrist. The shakiness and pelvic floor injuries make me lean to postpartum PTSD (I had this - could not sleep also) but you want to rule out medical issues first.

All lined up. I will say the shakiness has all but left. Now mostly exhaustion and nausea.

Which anxiety med are you on? When I took Zoloft when my son was a few months old I wanted to sleep 16hours a day and couldn’t eat from the nausea.

Side effects on SSRIs do happen and you might want to talk to you OB about trying another one.

Celexa

[Anonymous]

I know this is no longer relevant but I am 2 years and 5 years postpartum and feel like I’m dying everyday …parenting while working full time with no support is misery. I am so, so tired.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I know this is no longer relevant but I am 2 years and 5 years postpartum and feel like I’m dying everyday …parenting while working full time with no support is misery. I am so, so tired.

Parenting is difficult. Especially with a full time job and life.

I’m not convinced many women even have PPD. I think it’s that having a baby sucks. You gained a significant amount of weight and can no longer fit in your clothes, you have a baby on your boob for hours a day, can’t do anything social, can’t have sex, can’t go to work….I could go on. Of course many women are miserable under these conditions!

[Anonymous]

Update.

I’m doing much better. Seemed like the issue was extreme anxiety and adjusting to anxiety medication.

Sleep deprived and exhausted but feeling much better physically and recovering really well so far.

[Anonymous]

That's good to hear OP, that you were checked out and were able to get it identified.

Good luck going forward!