When Christine finally saw how worried her mom was about her, she realized that she was not okay.
Transcript
So, if I wasn’t pumping, I was laying down in bed. And my mom, I remember that day stayed all day when he was two weeks old. And I stayed in bed the entire day, I barely saw my son, I didn’t feel this drive to go and see how, see him or hold him. I just wanted to lay in bed.
And I could hear my mom on the phone with her friend saying she was worried about me. And my mom’s someone who’s she doesn’t get overly worked up. So, I knew oh, she’s worried about me something must really not be OK with me. And I felt guilty that I was taking advantage of her to just be there all day so that I could sleep.
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