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KgirlyKgirly
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I don't feel "depressed", I don't feel incompetent over my parenting skills, I don't feel sad or upset, but I do have anxiety that I can't seem to shake.  I am totally in love with my LO, but the idea of spending the next 6 weeks (the rest of my maternity leave) stuck with him in the house, doing nothing but feeding, changing and trying to get him to sleep with no sleep myself is sort of making me panic.  My DH was home with us the first two weeks and my mom was with us last week and now I'm all on my own and feeling trapped, and worrying about how I'm going to do this for 6 more weeks!  I'm sick of daytime TV, sick of the cold weather outside, and sort of miss working (even though I really hated where I worked - I think I miss being "me" and adult conversation, etc.). I feel like I could cry at the drop of a hat over nothing in particular, I just feel like the anxiety is always right under the surface, waiting for me to not be able to control it.

Is this anxiety going to pass? Is this the baby blues?  Am I just being stupid and silly?  I'm sorry for whining, this has just been on my mind the last week or so.

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  • DontblinkDontblink
    I had similiar issues after I had my second son. I felt like I had everything under control as far as my kids. I was able to take care of them but I was a mess if I was alone. I was anxious and sad. I cried a lot. I needed to be busy or I was a mess. My best advice is to keep busy...have friends over, go to the mall just to walk around if you can. I would talk to your doctor. I definitely had PPD and PTSD from a traumatic event earlier in my life and from the loss of our stillborn son. I am in therapy and on medication. Therapy is amazing. It is such a great help to me. I would definitely look into it. I am here if you need to talk.
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  • SarahGroves11SarahGroves11
    Even after medication for anxiety, I still feel a little nervous every time DH leaves for work in the evenings. I am bored and sick of being in the house all of the time. I beg just to go to the grocery store so I can get out of the house. I will say that I have gotten more used to it over time. I am about to go back to work part-time and I think then I will be back to normal. It just sucks with winter and being stuck inside doing the same things OVER and OVER again. So I am right there with you!! :) Hang in there though, spring is almost here and I can't wait to take LO to the park. Try to atleast get out in the evenings. Maybe go out to dinner or something. I found getting out as much as possible when I could helped me deal with when I am stuck inside. I am hoping your anxiety will pass or atleast get better. When he was first born it was so bad, and now that I am used to his nap schedule and I am healed from my c-section I clean up around the house and come to the bump in my free time. :)
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    imageSarahGroves11:
    Even after medication for anxiety, I still feel a little nervous every time DH leaves for work in the evenings. I am bored and sick of being in the house all of the time. I beg just to go to the grocery store so I can get out of the house. I will say that I have gotten more used to it over time. I am about to go back to work part-time and I think then I will be back to normal. It just sucks with winter and being stuck inside doing the same things OVER and OVER again. So I am right there with you!! :) Hang in there though, spring is almost here and I can't wait to take LO to the park. Try to atleast get out in the evenings. Maybe go out to dinner or something. I found getting out as much as possible when I could helped me deal with when I am stuck inside. I am hoping your anxiety will pass or atleast get better. When he was first born it was so bad, and now that I am used to his nap schedule and I am healed from my c-section I clean up around the house and come to the bump in my free time. :)

     

    I could have written this, I had/have such bad anxiety when left alone with my baby. And I agree, therapy is the best thing, has really made the difference. And I agree...again that getting out when you can really does help. DH and I have already talked about planning (if we can) our next baby better so it's not a winter baby and I am stuck in the house all the time.  

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