Hi, What you are feeling is a feeling of about 13% of total new mothers. So it is not something unusual. You have given birth to a baby. Your body and life are changed. You are passing through a lot of changes in hormonal levels in your brain. Your life has become very busy and stressful in a completely new way. So feeling depression is quite understandable. There is a specific term for what you are feeling, Postpartum Depression . You need to give yourself some time. You will be habituated with the new life and new routine soon. I can give you some helpful tips if you want to apply them: - Try to rest more. Make sure that you rest while the baby is resting. It is okay if some work or duties are left undone sometimes. Give yourself a break. Don t try to do everything or be too perfect in everything. - You can ask for help from others, like your husband, mother, friends, etc. This will give you more time to relax and will give them some understanding to your duties. Doing stressful work together will decrease some of the stress. - Make time to go out and visit friends. Ask someone to fill in for you with the baby. Giving yourself some time away from baby does not mean you are a bad mother. In fact, when you will come back, you will be more fresh and recharged and will be able to take care of the baby even well. - Don t try to stop talking with everyone and be enclosed in a shell. In fact, talk more. Talk about your feelings and duties with your partner and friends. It will help to vent out. - You might have friends or relatives who are mothers too. Talk with them. Take some tips from them. - Do not try to change anything big for now. You are a new mother and that is enough of a big change for now. Making other changes in life will lead to more stress and you do not want that for now. - Take one day at a time. Do not think too ahead or too back. Just live in today and have trust in yourself for being a good mother. If you feel not to apply any of these tips and not feel good in some days, then I would advise you to visit a psychiatrist. Your gynecologist can refer you to someone in your area. Psychiatrist can give you counselling sessions and can also prescribe you some medicines that can help in coping with the situation. Just take care of yourself and your baby and things will eventually settle and you will feel calm and composed again. I hope this information helps. Thank you for choosing HealthCareMagic. Best, Dr. Viraj Shah