Anxiety sorry it’s a longish post but I’m desperate🥲
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@KaylaThank you so much, I’ve been thinking about mentioning it to them for a while but I just feel totally judged as a new mum 🥲 I’ll definitely do that though because I know it won’t improve otherwise, and it’s so scary 😟 thank you so much for the advice I’ll do that and I hope so thank you again ❤️
Plenty of women have postpartum anxiety and/or depression, you are definitely not alone and the doctor should have plenty of resources for you and shouldn’t judge you at all. It’s better to get help before it becomes completely overwhelming! It’s soo hard being a new mom!
Oh my It really is hard and definitely already overwhelming. Thank you for your wonderful advice I’ll most certainly do this in moving forward. Appreciate it so much 😊
Honestly it is for sure due to being a new mom I was the exact same way and people constantly threw it in my face that I was being over bearing and worry to much exc exc. I kept my house at 70 degrees thinking my baby would over heat I stayed up and watched him breath the whole night once cuz I was scared I worried constantly about Sid’s did everything forced a paci in his mouth he didn’t want cuz of Sid’s allat😭 but honestly now that he’s 6 months I was really worried for nun they’re super indestructible
Sid’s is caused by something wrong with the baby itself there is honestly no way to prevent Sid’s if ur lo is waking up normally and u breast feed it’s okay to relax a little my doctor also told me that rsv is the least of your worries and tik tok and people make it seem like the worst ever but it’s rare for your baby to catch it
What I live by now is that if he’s pooping good and eating good he’s perfectly fine and just constantly remind myself that
This was me when I became a first time mum in 2022. Not sure how many weeks or months postpartum u are but I was riddled with anxiety the first few months of my baby’s life. I had suffered losses before so was constantly scared something is going to go wrong. I’d have intrusive thoughts (not me hurting but baby getting hurt) and I even hallucinated once from extreme fatigue of not sleeping that baby was under the cot when in fact he was with my husband :( i would go sit in a&e for hours convinced he was unwell when he was perfectly fine :( I put it down to baby blues in those first few weeks or months that does go away. I would reach out to family friend or my partner and be honest and say I need help and need the extra support. I promise it gets better. I just had my second baby 2 weeks ago and can happily say I didn’t experience any of that this time 🙏🏽🙏🏽🙏🏽 u got this mama x
Anxiety mama here, I was the exact same, and to be honest I still am. I find the older they get the easier it did get for me. My little one is only 17months and I’m so much better than what I was, I spoke to my health visitor and they put me in with the local post natal therapist, this was something I really didn’t want to do but I did it and it helped me massively ❤️ you are not alone and your doing amazing, remember it’s only temporary xx
Thank you all so much, really appreciate all the support from yous alone. I have my husband 4 siblings and my parents who I see everyday so I’ve so much support etc. I defo will seek professional help. I’m currently on Thursday 10 weeks pp but I also think that way as if my baby is getting hurt 😢 I watch him breathe constantly I’m slacking so much sleep from panicking. But thank you all so so so much I’m taken all your answers thoroughly on board! ❤️
I would suggest talking with your doctor about what possible help you might need to help combat the anxiety. Also one thing that I felt helped me was to block all key words and hashtags on social media regarding sids, rsv, infant and child loss because those types of videos are triggering for me too! Hopefully you can get some good rest soon!!