Hi mums I need some advice could this be a sign of postpartum depression starting or something different. I was just sat down today kids were put to bed sound asleep had some time to myself, all of sudden I just cried out of nowhere like everything was hitting me like a ton of bricks , my very bad childhood, my relationship etc just all came in my head kept having flashback as well I just cried. After when I had my first little girl I suffered with postpartum depression but never experienced flashbacks or anything as bad as what I just experienced.
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Talk to your health visitor, mine went into a lot of detail about childhood Trauma and said how normal it is that something big like having a baby will make us reflect. It’s normal, don’t be hard on yourself but ask for help if you need it, I have x