Mamas with depression, anxiety, and other mental health disorders

Anxiety

Hi, first time mum here. Just wanting to know and any advice on whether anyone had or has anxiety constantly since having baby? Sometimes it’s horrific 😢 does it go away? I’m getting therapy and I just want this feeling to go away!

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I have had anxiety massively since my LO turned around 4 weeks old and it is crippling. Sometimes my anxiety isn’t even about her health I’m just stuck in high alert! Reach out to all the support available is the best advice I can give x

My little girl is 4 months now and I’m not sure if it happened around 3 months but I stopped being terrified about everything that could go wrong or that I could be doing wrong and actually started enjoying my time with her, even though I was happy she’d started to sleep well finally I would also be kind of sad I wouldn’t have any more time with her for the day and looked forward to seeing her smiling face first thing in the morning! It took a while but motherhood has become second nature and I’m finally actually enjoying it, I hope it’s the same for you but if you ever need to talk to someone I’m here 💞

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