Baby blues: 6 tips against the mood slump after the birth

Not only does the hormone balance go haywire during pregnancy – your everyday life changes, your body experiences completely new feelings and your environment also perceives you completely differently. All the excitement can cause a low mood after the birth.

We show you 6 helpful tips to escape the “baby noise”.

What exactly is the baby blues?

You may find in the first week that you feel like crying all the time, but you don’t know why. The reality of what parenthood actually means is beginning to dawn on you. You’re suddenly anxious, irritable, lacking concentration and exhausted – but still can’t sleep well. These typical symptoms speak for a baby blues, which is also called “cry days”.
It probably catches you completely unprepared, because shortly before you could have burst with pride and happiness.

The good news: The baby blues is usually just a phase and usually disappears as quickly as it came.

Mood swings after childbirth are not uncommon

Almost every second woman suffers from a depressive mood after giving birth.
The joy about the child is overshadowed by negative feelings.
Women with baby blues are not bad mothers and need not have a guilty conscience. Even if the change in mood often occurs completely unexpectedly and seemingly without reason, it has very natural reasons.

For example, hormone levels change after childbirth. The body reacts to this change with the baby blues symptoms. Stress, lack of sleep, the experience of giving birth and the change in life situation can also be responsible for the emotional roller coaster ride.

Duration of the baby blues

Even if you still have the impression that your low mood will never go away. It gets better!
The baby blues is not an illness and usually disappears after two weeks at the latest. If you still feel depressed afterwards, this can be a sign of postpartum depression . If you think this might be the case, see a doctor as a precaution.

Tips to beat the baby blues

Wondering if there’s anything that will help with the baby blues? Try the following tips!

1. Acceptance:

Expectations of mothers and how they should feel are high. After all, there is nothing more beautiful than the birth of a child. In addition to breastfeeding, changing diapers and household chores, you should ideally be permanently radiant. The reality usually looks different. Nobody is born a mother and you have to get used to the new situation. Are you stressed and tired? That’s perfectly legitimate.
Stop feeling guilty about it.

2. Let your feelings run free

Once you’ve accepted your feelings, be honest with others about them.
let me comfort you Surround yourself with understanding people who make you feel comfortable and who will listen to you.
If you feel like it, then just have a good cry.

3. Division of labor

Taking care of everything all by yourself can be a huge burden. After all, something always falls by the wayside with a child. Submit a few tasks, you don’t have to do everything alone. If you are not offered support, ask for it!

4. Get out into the world

If you sit at home with your baby all day, the covers can fall on your head. Grab your child and stroller and go on a trip. A coffee with a friend, a walk, or a little stroll through town – distraction chases away the baby blues thoughts.

5. Have a lie-in again!

I know – sleeping late with babies. That’s pretty easy to say. Ask your partner to do the waking up one night. It is important that you do not forget yourself because of your baby.

6. Exit

Think about who in your environment would one day play babysitter. Even if you are tired, an evening in “freedom” can work wonders. Make yourself pretty and treat yourself to a nice evening together with your partner or a friend. This is guaranteed to give you something else to think about.