Postpartum Anxiety?

Hi, my LO is 16 days old and I’ve noticed in the past week or so, I get really anxious in the evenings and either feel like crying or do cry. I’m worrying and feeling anxious about something but can’t put my finger on what. It might be the anticipation of what the night will bring (not that it’s been awful just the usual waking every 1-2 hours to feed). I just feel it every evening and feel low and very emotional. Could this be PPA?

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This was me. My girl is 6 months now. I remember just feeling heavy if that makes sense and a bit of panic. My breathing would be rapid and nothing had actually happened. I think its the shock to the system of having a new baby and adapting to your new life. You're doing absolutely fine. I still struggle now but nowhere near as bad bjt I suffered with anxiety before I had my little girl. It's still so brand new, take a breath you're doing absolutely great and if you need anything just message me. X

Yes, I have this. My son is 4 weeks old and I get anxiety leading up to the evening and throughout the night. X

I have this, it was far worse after my baby was born but after a few weeks eased off. I'm unsure why but I feel it could be in part due to my starting to take post partum pregnacare pills every day. It comes on regularly every evening so I thought maybe it was circadian rhythm related or chemical. Like I was lacking in iron or something. I have to keep on top of my supplements now xx

Thanks all, good to know I’m not alone. I’ve struggled with my mental health in the past but, done so much work on myself and been in a really good place for a long time. It’s weird to have these feelings again and so much emotion but, I guess it’s all normal and I need to remind myself of what I’ve just been through and the huge change of having a baby. I’m not taking in postnatal vitamins (I did take them during pregnancy) so maybe something to look at. Thanks for the support ♥️

I completely understand! I used to dread the evening and had awful anxiety about what the night would be like. I was also terrified of SIDS so for the first 3 weeks, me and my husband slept in shifts (downstairs with her in the bassinet as upstairs stressed me out 🤷🏼‍♀️) so that someone was always awake with her. Then for 2 weeks after that my husband slept upstairs and i slept downstairs with her because I just couldn't bring myself to transition to upstairs. I think having my first child was such a massive shock to the system and the nightly wakeups were causing me so much anxiety because it was so out of the norm. I upped my anti anxiety meds as I suffer anyway and it helped but honestly time was the biggest helper. She's 6 months old now and although she still wakes once or twice a night, I'm used to it xx

I feel anxious on a night time my boy is 6 months old I’m a first time mam he’s an absolute angel n sleeps right threw but I always wake to make sure he’s ok I really panic with SIDS was my biggest fear n I still worry

@Rebecca thanks for this. You reminded me that my iron levels were very low when leaving hospital. They gave me tablets but they make you constipated, the midwife advise that I just ate iron rich food. I'm going to get my blood redone and take supplements. X

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