5. Shifted Sleep Patterns
While it’s very likely that you’re going to get less sleep regardless since you have to care for your baby — such as feeding, rocking them to sleep, and changing diapers — throughout the night, it’s important to distinguish between shifts in your sleep pattern that aren’t related to the baby. For instance, you might find yourself struggling to fall asleep even when the baby isn’t making any noise.
This could actually be a telltale sign of postpartum depression since insomnia is one of the prevalent symptoms. On the other end of the scale, you might find yourself sleeping too much even if you haven’t stayed up the previous night taking care of your baby. It’s important that you get yourself checked immediately before your immune system takes a hit from the lack of sleep. This is one of those cases where treating your symptom is just as important as finding the cause.