I always feel sick and completely drained
Hey guys, new mum here. I gave birth to my daughter 4 months ago and I love her more than anything. While my mental health is okay (thank god) my physical health has been extremely poor. I know that the immune system is worn down after pregnancy and birth, but what I am experiencing is really scary. There has hardly been a week where I felt completely healthy. I already been sick twice with throat and ear infection included high fever and nausea. Several very serious colds that last for 2 weeks minimum. My nose is still blocked basically every time I lay down to sleep (that is a thing that hasn’t changed since pregnancy) And the times I don’t have a visual sickness I usually feel like something is about to break out any minute. I always feel a slight joint pain, dry throat, headache and I am feeling cold, then when I dress warm I sweat outside.
Adding to that one, my daughter is going through sleep regression now and basically wakes up every hour of the night and refuses to sleep on her own. I am so tired now that I think I also feel sick from the lack of sleep.
I feel incredibly guilty because I feel I haven’t been there for her 100% since she was born because of this. I always wished for a big family with my husband with at least 2-3 kids but this situation really makes me question if I will be in a position to take care of more than one. I am so sad. I take probiotics already, I don’t drink or smoke and I try to sleep as much as possible (right now not much though)
What else can I do? Will this ever get better? Do you have any advice? I am really desperate