I have been frustrated lately. We have yet to find a reason why Easton won't eat more than 2-3 oz at a time. He's still wanting a bottle every two hours, night and day. I am exhausted. Mentally, physically and emotionally. I don't want to hear about another person's baby is sleeping through the night. I don't want to hear how your baby is taking 6 oz bottles at 4 months. I just want MINE to do it. When is this going to end?? Easton has also started to be a turd. By that I mean he's fighting his sleep. It can take up to an hour for him to lay down. Yesterday he only took one, one hour nap. On top of all of his issues, I'm dealing with HUGE self esteem issues. I have always disliked the way I look, which has led to about a million crash diets. Gaining 20, losing 20. The story of my chubby life. Well, when you gain almost 60 lbs while you're pregnant..it doesn't help anything. I know it was my fault. I ate a few to many dinners of mac and cheese. I wasn't thinking about still being in maternity pants 4 months postpartum. I feel hideous. My hormones still have to be out of whack. I have horrible hot flashes, mood swings, zits everywhere. (on my legs???? Who has that??) I can't stand to look in the mirror and I know it's not helping my depression. I went to the dr to have my hormone levels and thyroid checked. I will find out what's going on tomorrow. I am so paranoid that I will go into the office and the Dr. will sit down and say.."well, everything came back normal! Turns out you're just fat and crazy!" That would SO be my luck. He told me at my appointment when I had my blood drawn that according to the weight chart, that I am obese. Great. Faaan-tastic!! He really knows how to make a depressed girl's day! He also took me off Zoloft, which I think was really helping me, because he said I couldn't lose weight on that. He put me on Cymbalta, which I think is not helping me at all. So needless to say I am struggling. I want my baby to eat and sleep normally. I want to put on a pair of non-maternity pants and not want to cry. I want a full nights sleep. I want to sleep in a bed with my husband again. I want my life back.
You will get it back and you will lose the weight. You have done it before. I am praying that you get good news at the doc. tomorrow and I'm going to get you on a workout plan! As soon as school is out I am going to come down there and we are going to have baby bootcamp and whip that baby easton into shape!! The good news is that all your problems are temporary. They just don't seem like that right now, but remember that this too shall pass.
ReplyDeleteOh, I'm so sorry. I remember how exhausted and despairing I felt when my baby wasn't sleeping and I was depressed and I felt like I'd lost my whole life and it felt like it would never get better. I remember it so well, and am sending you a big hug and a promise that it really, really does get better. Really. I am hoping for some helpful info for you from the doc tomorrow and I hope that if the cymbalta doesn't work, you insist he put you back on meds that do. Sending you peace and love. Hang in there!
ReplyDeleteHi Julie,
ReplyDeleteI am taking Cymbalta and it did take almost 6 weeks to kick in. But when it did...WHOA. What a difference.
I too struggle with the weight thing. I suspect that it is the Remeron that is making me fat...and not the ph kind of fat. Ugh, I know your frustrations, but I try to look at it this way "I'd rather be jiggly in the waist than jiggly in the brain."
Big hugs to you!!
Kimberly
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