I normally have anxiety but it seems these past few weeks Ive been getting this odd/uncomfortable/anxious feeling around 5-5:30 every night. Anyone else have this? Maybe it's seasonal? I hope it's not the blues....??
I normally have anxiety too. I've been noticing right around 530pm I get an uneasy stomach, I googled it and there is a link between being postpartum and nausea for the first 8 weeks. Yuck! I've never experienced that with my other two kids. I dealt with some baby blues the first couple weeks, but I've noticed the past 3 days have gotten better, I'm glad!
Is it anxiety related to onset of the evening and nighttime about to come? I notice I get anxious in the evenings because I never know how the night is going to go with the newborn or how much sleep I will get. It happens almost every evening around 6/7, lol
Thanks for the replies ladies! Im going to keep an eye on it just Incase it's the blues but I think it could be anticipation about the evening. Such a big change to life!
Nighttime anxiety is actually very common but rest assured it is very temporary. It'll pass as the days go by and the adjustment period comes to an end. Before you know it'll become a new routine for you and baby will start sleeping more at night!
So glad to know someone else is feeling this way. I am so anxious between 3-6ish PM. I think it's because I know the day is winding down and I start to feel anxious about the nighttime and how it will go. Plus, my mom comes over a lot in the late morning/early afternoon to keep me and LO company while DH is at work, so around that time I know she will be heading home and I have a few hours before DH comes home. Plus I really start to miss DH around that time, so I think it's a mix of everything. Nighttime has made me anxious since the moment I had LO though, even when I had the nurses on call in the hospital, so I think that's why the anxiety kicks in around that time. I am two weeks PP today and am hoping it will start to ease up soon. Some days are better than others.
I have the same issue our LO is 12 days today and at first I had horrible anxiety and cried before bed because I was nervous about the night, waking up when LO would or something happening to her while she was asleep. It gets better! I still have little times where I'm emotional and anxious but my LO husband and I are all settling into our routine now and it's even more enjoyable
@jburrell13, yes! I think you hit the nail on the head - worrying about something happening to LO while sleeping. I think that is why I get anxious more than anything, and it hasn't even dawned on me when I responded. My LO has a hard time sleeping in his bassinet right now; he just wants to fall asleep on my chest after he's done feeding, and it makes me nervous because we often fall asleep together, and I don't want to cosleep.
@jadi1215 our little girl is the same way she nurses and falls asleep only on my chest, her bassinet is right next to me but she fuses and of course I feel bad so right back on my chest she goes! Thankfully now that I'm more confident I can put her in her bassinet for about 4 hours a night!
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