even though ellie is my 2nd baby, i seriously feel like a 1st time new mommy!! i find myself worrying about everything... even being a hand sanitizer/handwashing nazi with anyone who comes into the house (rach, as i was saying, you'd appreciate that). i was NOT this way with zoe... maybe i was too naive or self-absorbed to worry and stress, but OMG... i hope that this paranoia/worry calms down or i'm going to drive myself crazy.

i'm also a hormonal basket case. i wouldn't go so far as to call it PPD because i JUST delivered 5 days ago and all i'm really feeling is a bit depressed/over emotional... so...

any advice? thoughts?

and 2nd or 3rd (or more) time moms go through any of this?

i feel so :screwy

Your homones are still all about of whack, and each birth and child is different... It will get better and you do what you have to to protect your daughter...

I went through a nervous emotional thing with two and three but not one. Mostly I was the germ nazi with 2( my daughter went to pre-k and i was always like don't touch him don't breathe on him go take a bath. :giggle) number three I was soo worried something was going to happen to her. only because we kept saying we didn't want anymore kids.. so of course paranoia stepped in. Like Heidi said every birth is different and your hormone levels go crazy.. I did notice that after two I was much more emotional than I had ever been and have been that way ever since. I cry way easier than I used to.

I was the same with my kids on the germs. Everything had to be cleaned just so. PPD after number two (for like a year and a half) but number one I had a serious case of baby blues for two weeks, I bawled over everything. LOL. It's all normal, I think they told me if it went past six weeks I needed to go back to the doc. If it's still going on, just talk to yours at your six week check up.

Your hormones are still messed up from having ellie. It will take them a few weeks to get back to normal.

With landen I was the same way. I was a panic mode most of the time. I couldn't help but to freak out about germs and every little thing. I was also an emotional wreck. I feel your pain me emotional and physiclly after my 2nd was totally diffrent. You'll calm down in a few more days and then in the weeks to come.

I think your hormones are still out of whack, that and with Z you had so much other stress you didn't have time to sweat all of the normal first time mom stuff. I think you'll start to feel better in a few days..