Cannot Control Tears - GRR!

[Amythyst]

Hey there, I just had a c-section on 3/6. I'm doing much better pain wise now and I haven't been on any pain meds in a few days. However, my emotions are driving me batty. I am not "depressed" - at least God I hope I'm not! LOL. I am not afraid of the baby, I take care of him and pick him up and stuff... BUT if he cries uncontrollably then it makes me cry and I don't want to! But the tears just come.

The other day, I was calling the nurse at the pediatrician's office to ask some advice about runny stool and near the end of the message I was leaving - I started crying! Why? Cause I was worried about him that he might have diarrhea.

It has gotten "better" - I think I was a bigger sap in the week after I got home but its driving me insane. I don't want to cry and I don't necessarily feel particularly sad ... the tears just start.

Will this go away? I know my OB's office said it should stabilize in like 2 weeks after giving birth but I am working on my third week now and still appear to be Miss Water Works.

Anybody else struggling with this without having "depression"?

 

[krissie328]

Oh man I was crying like that for 8-9 weeks pp. It does get better I am sure some ladies it just takes a bit longer to stabilize.

 

[Amythyst]

Thanks for that... I'm glad to know that it may take longer than my OB said it would.

 

[justplay91]

Oh, that's comletely normal! Be prepared to feel that for about 8 weeks or so... I'm 7 months post partum, and I still find myself getting weirdly emotional over the silliest things. At this point, though, I'm pretty sure it's just parenthood rather than hormones.

 

[krissie328]

Oh, that's comletely normal! Be prepared to feel that for about 8 weeks or so... I'm 7 months post partum, and I still find myself getting weirdly emotional over the silliest things. At this point, though, I'm pretty sure it's just parenthood rather than hormones.

Yes, I would agree that being a mom makes me extra weepy. I am so grateful for my little guy and sometimes those emotions overwhelm me. But it's a different kind of crying. Pp crying was over everything.little.thing. I felt like crazy some days.