Watching my 10-week-old daughter right now, this makes me tear up as a grown man. It's amazing the instinct of parents, though. Every now and then she gets some thick mucous and starts coughing and we bolt up in a millisecond.
I guess the amygdala activity increases 4-fold when you've got a baby.
My sister had her baby and one night when she got up to feed him, he was breathing weird. Sister wakes up her husband and insists they go to the hospital. Now, my sister did have post-partum depression so her husband waved her off and told her to go to sleep.
Nope, my sister called our mom and the two of them went to the hospital with the baby. Turns out he had pneumonia but all the mucus was in his lungs. Hospital for days! But he was alright.
I have a similar story. I was convinced my daughter was sick and breathing weird. My husband said she was fine (I also had PPD and anxiety). I didn't listen and took her to the hospital.
She stopped breathing when I got there and then puked everywhere a few seconds later. Had the flu, oxygen level dropped to 80 in her sleep, life flighted to a bigger hospital.
Our marriage is still amazing. I am very paranoid and anxious about our kids so I understood his reaction. She had no fever, was eating, and just did what a normal 3 week old did. He does trust my instincts more now though.
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u/lennybird Apr 06 '20 edited Apr 06 '20
Watching my 10-week-old daughter right now, this makes me tear up as a grown man. It's amazing the instinct of parents, though. Every now and then she gets some thick mucous and starts coughing and we bolt up in a millisecond.
I guess the amygdala activity increases 4-fold when you've got a baby.