{"id":46656,"date":"2026-08-15T12:52:24","date_gmt":"2026-08-15T07:52:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/usnews-14267fa.ingress-comporellon.ewp.live\/?p=46656"},"modified":"2026-08-15T12:52:24","modified_gmt":"2026-08-15T07:52:24","slug":"18-postpartum-struggles-moms-say-nobody-warned-them-about","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/usnews-14267fa.ingress-comporellon.ewp.live\/?p=46656","title":{"rendered":"18 Postpartum Struggles Moms Say Nobody Warned Them About"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><script>\r\n  atOptions = {\r\n    'key' : '644b717812d811d6a1c1fc5b6ccd6fa6',\r\n    'format' : 'iframe',\r\n    'height' : 90,\r\n    'width' : 728,\r\n    'params' : {}\r\n  };\r\n<\/script>\r\n<script src=\"https:\/\/www.highperformanceformat.com\/644b717812d811d6a1c1fc5b6ccd6fa6\/invoke.js\"><\/script>\r\n<br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div data-module=\"subbuzz-text\">\n<h2 class=\"subbuzz__header subbuzz__header--standard subbuzz__title  \">\n<p>      <span class=\"subbuzz__number\">9.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>      <span class=\"js-subbuzz__title-text\">&#8220;<a data-affiliate=\"true\" data-skimlinks-tracking=\"8098933\" data-vars-affiliate=\"www.parents.com\" data-vars-href=\"https:\/\/www.parents.com\/what-are-the-sunset-scaries-8732062\" data-vars-link-id=\"0\" data-vars-name=\"Sundown scaries\" data-vars-price.value=\"0\" data-vars-subbuzz-id=\"141074138\" data-vars-subbuzz-pos=\"14\" data-vars-text=\"Sundown scaries\" href=\"https:\/\/www.parents.com\/what-are-the-sunset-scaries-8732062\" rel=\"sponsored\" target=\"_blank\">Sundown scaries<\/a>. It\u2019s apparently pretty common, but I would get SUCH a sense of dread as the evening approached and the sun started to go down. It faded after a few weeks, but woo boy, was it tough.&#8221;<\/span><\/p>\n<\/h2>\n<p>\u2014<a data-vars-affiliate=\"www.parents.com\" data-vars-href=\"https:\/\/www.reddit.com\/r\/NewParents\/comments\/1u4azea\/comment\/orbqdb8\/\" data-vars-name=\"u\/buttdip\" data-vars-price.value=\"0\" data-vars-subbuzz-id=\"141074138\" data-vars-subbuzz-pos=\"14\" data-vars-text=\"Sundown scaries\" href=\"https:\/\/www.reddit.com\/r\/NewParents\/comments\/1u4azea\/comment\/orbqdb8\/\" rel=\"sponsored\" target=\"_blank\">u\/buttdip<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&#8220;As a parent of a now 4 and 2-year-old, I didn\u2019t know this was a thing. I thought it was just me, and I never expressed it before. I just told my husband about your post and told him how much I dreaded the nighttime, how it filled me with anxiety, and he had no idea.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>\u2014<a data-vars-affiliate=\"www.parents.com\" data-vars-href=\"https:\/\/www.reddit.com\/r\/NewParents\/comments\/1u4azea\/comment\/orbzkow\/\" data-vars-name=\"u\/poulsondl\" data-vars-price.value=\"0\" data-vars-subbuzz-id=\"141074138\" data-vars-subbuzz-pos=\"14\" data-vars-text=\"Sundown scaries\" href=\"https:\/\/www.reddit.com\/r\/NewParents\/comments\/1u4azea\/comment\/orbzkow\/\" rel=\"sponsored\" target=\"_blank\">u\/poulsondl<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Me, too! I dreaded falling asleep, like I was going to die if I did.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>\u2014<a data-vars-affiliate=\"www.parents.com\" data-vars-href=\"https:\/\/www.reddit.com\/r\/NewParents\/comments\/1u4azea\/comment\/ordarfo\/\" data-vars-name=\"u\/Forward-Try6907\" data-vars-price.value=\"0\" data-vars-subbuzz-id=\"141074138\" data-vars-subbuzz-pos=\"14\" data-vars-text=\"Sundown scaries\" href=\"https:\/\/www.reddit.com\/r\/NewParents\/comments\/1u4azea\/comment\/ordarfo\/\" rel=\"sponsored\" target=\"_blank\">u\/Forward-Try6907<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<script async=\"async\" data-cfasync=\"false\" src=\"https:\/\/pl30214220.effectivecpmnetwork.com\/9ab3d4df8a7e1a6171e16ddbf732cc19\/invoke.js\"><\/script>\r\n<div id=\"container-9ab3d4df8a7e1a6171e16ddbf732cc19\"><\/div>\r\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>9. &#8220;Sundown scaries. It\u2019s apparently pretty common, but I would get SUCH a sense of dread as the evening approached and the sun started to go down. 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