I am somebody with an extremely strong immune system. I rarely get sick ... and I've been this way my entire life. And yet, since I've had my baby 4 weeks ago I've gotten sick TWICE. Why? Because I'm horrible at taking care of myself!! I realized that it was because I'm now keeping such strange hours with my daughter that I forget to eat. I'm devoting way too much time to sleeping (and ending up not getting very much at all). But during all the "night" hours I don't even think that I should be eating something. In reality, if I am awake and trying to take care of her from 11pm - 6am then I should most definitely be eating.
I know I'm not the only one. I've talked to other new momma's who've also gotten sick shortly after giving birth and I wouldn't be surprised if it were for the same reason. So here's a lesson to all the new momma's out there ... really make sure you take care of yourself because being up all night with your baby is hard enough when you are healthy. When you're achy and feverish ... it's even harder.
On the bright side ... both times it's only lasted about a day and a half and tylenol was a big help!
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