I’m having my first child. A girl. Excited and nervous all rolled into one. Any sz moms out there with any advice?
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Make your mental health a priority so that you can take care of your daughter. Take each day as it comes and enjoy your time with your daughter. Life will be more stressful so expect that and work at staying healthy.
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That’s wonderful news!
you can pick up some nice items at garage sales
I guess the baby’s car seat is supposed to face backward now.
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Firstly, congrats. Secondly, you’ll do great if you maintain a regimen of proper self-care.
I was undiagnosed when pregnant; the signs were all there but I had no concept of mental illness until my career was ruined by psychotic episodes.
I don’t know your symptoms, but the hardest part for me was bonding with the baby, but my husband did all of the nurturing that I couldn’t. I eventually did form an amazing bond out of guilt and the unconditional love you experience over time. It’s a very weird thing to have a helpless life to take care of. You’ll read the same books over and over. You’ll get bored but every day you find something to keep you going. I can’t believe it but my daughter is now a 14yo straight A student who has the best features of each of our personalities and work ethics. I won’t know until she’s older if she’s going to be schiz like me (i don’t believe so because i was an uncontrollable child with many emotional problems that i still cannot control) but for now she is thriving and that’s all you can hope for.
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the child needs to learn from setbacks, mistakes, and non perfect situations
after all, we’re just flesh and blood humans
don’t do it all for her, but let her fight her own battles.
Learn to say, You should be very proud of yourself,
and not
I’m so proud of you.
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Paging @anon4362788 @LED @spiderpig and probably others, who I can’t think of, since I’ve just woken up.
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I can’t give advice bc I messed up so horribly with mine. Watch super nanny.
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Just be sure to be good to YOU. Take breaks. Don’t beat yourself up over mistakes or feeling bad. Always be ready to reach out for help. Never forget that you are important and need care.
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I’m a mom. Whenever I was really sick I went to the hospital. I didn’t let her visit me when I was sick. I wanted to protect her. I try not to talk about my paranoid thoughts around her. I take my meds religiously. And I just enjoy being with her. We are like friends now that she’s grown. I love her with all my heart. She says I’m a good mom. Thank God! I put 1000% effort into giving her the best life I could.
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Labor really hurts. Go for a c-section if you can.
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The only advice I have whilst you are pregnant is if you want to go out or to the shops! Then go!!
Because when your little one comes, it will take a brass band and procession to get outside.
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You Look beautiful
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