Small wins

My little man’s 3months old and I haven’t left the house by myself with him yet tbh. Before pregnancy I had pretty bad anxiety about going in public in general. Had a car accident leaving work, didn’t like driving really either. After he was born, I kept making excuses like I couldn’t get the doona in the car by myself, or out the door without the dog getting out. WELL TODAY, I made it out the door (no, dog did not get out, even though he was overly excited and upset he wasn’t going), got bubs into the car and drove us around our neighborhood! It’s …. Small. But it’s a start. Tomorrow we’re going to go to the Starbucks drive thru as a next accomplishment. What were or are your recent small wins? Anything at all.

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Well done! Soon enough you’ll be going to Starbucks for lunch with bubs and the anxiety will be a distant memory. It’s definitely heightened in postpartum but it gets better❤️

Yesss well done!! I’m struggling with this too!! It’s such a barrier. We had a walk to our local library last week and I breast fed outside for the first time. I’ve been so worried about her kicking off and not having anywhere to go, that I get stuck at the leaving the house part. But it felt so empowering to just go with it and deal with whatever happened what we were out and about. We got this Mams! ❤️❤️❤️

That's awesome!!! I'm a single mom with two very feral toddlers so going anywhere is always great anxiety with maximum intrusive thoughts. But I forced myself to do things and once you there slowly it's not so bad. I got postpartum anxiety and it's never gone away but it gets easier to deal with. you got this mama one step at a time.

Well done girl! Every win is a win no matter how small! I struggled so much with leaving the house when my LO was around that age so totally know how you’re feeling! You should be so proud!! ❤️❤️

Well done mama!

I feel this! I have my daughter but my second baby is due soon and I really have so much anxiety about leaving the house with 2!

Well Done i was told the more you do it the easier it becomes

That’s awesome! It took me so long to accomplish that as well!

well done!!! i was the exact same as this so i know how happy you must have felt 😅 after that first drive, and first solo walk it does get easier and your confidence will grow! congrats!

Hell yeah!! I am the same way I’m always terrified of driving and with kids makes it harder. Our recent win was my youngest’s birthday! It was her first and we were going to the aquarium. It’s an hour and a half drive on a good day we have only made it there twice once took us almost 4 hours to get back because she screamed so bad she was throwing up and I had to keep taking her out and going in places to give her a break. Once we made it about 10 miles away and traffic was so bad it was going to take at least an hour and the whole family just cried in the car on the side of the road and went home. This time was perfect! She slept half the way there and the entire way home with 2 pick up stops. It felt like an absolute miracle!! Now we just need one more trip to make the season passes worth it 🤞

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