I'm really glad someone mentioned it, plus the PPD evaluation.  I know I
had post partum with my first baby when I was 27.

I kept telling my husband that once the baby came out I felt empty and
wanted to crawl inside him.  I just hung onto his front, every chance I
had.  At times I just wanted to run away.

My mother was already deceased and I really had no one to call.  Plus I
had also been obsessive compulsive as a child.

Fortunately, a kind neighbor/friend offered to rock my baby in my
bedroom after she gave me a beer.  I finally fell asleep and she
tiptoed out with my little one.  That was the first REM sleep in days of
coming home.

Now I know it was adrenal overload and exhaustion, the fight/flight
reflex that just wouldn't shut off.
Judy Ritchie

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