THE BIG QUESTION
I’ve recently had a baby. Is my total exhaustion normal?
No amount of lavender pillow spray can counter the disrupted sleep many women experience in the months after bringing a baby home. But there could be something else going on if your little one has arrived in the past year, says psychotherapist Charlotte Fox Weber. “Being a new mother is utterly exhausting under ordinary circumstances – add in pandemic fatigue and the level of tiredness can be gargantuan,” she says. In addition to prioritising self care where and national helpline 1300 726 306.
