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Hard to talk about: possible trigger

JamaicamommaJamaicamomma member
in February 2015 Moms
So I realize I am new to this board and I'm not sure how this will go over but I really have no one to talk to about this. I gave birth to my little girl going on 7 weeks ago. Since then my emotions have been pretty crazy. Sometimes I can't look at LO without crying. I have this overwhelming fear that something bad is going to happen to her. Like everything is too good to be true now and I don't deserve it. Every time she has a stuffy nose or a little congestion I freak out. I'm constantly checking her breathing. This feeling of sadness and dread seems to hit me the most late afternoon and evening. Sometimes I feel like I need to isolate myself
just to deal with this. I'm having crazy dreams as well about the baby. I'm on Zoloft and trazodone and I see a psychiatrist but it's not helping. I'm walking everyday and keeping up with the household stuff and I think I'm doing a goodjjob taking care of baby Simone. But I'm just so sad and worried.

Sorry so long. I just hope someone out there can relate.
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Re: Hard to talk about: possible trigger

  • babyciggs15babyciggs15 member
    I think it's normal to have those thoughts to a point. I'm 6 weeks pp and I worry so much about my LO! I think of these horrible situations for some reason (like her getting sick, hurt, or even worse) it's just bc we have this overwhelming love for them. I'm not depressed but I noticed I cry and become overwhelmed when I don't get some amount of sleep. My suggestion is hold off on house hold chores for right now. Your main focus should be on your baby and you!! Xô hang in there, you're doing a great job
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  • KrizzistaKrizzista member
    ^^ I agree with doing the bare minimum household stuff you can get by with. Sleep deprivation makes everything harder to deal with. My baby, me and my husband all broke down one night the week we came home from the hospital (I've seen my husband cry maybe 3 times before this, but never like this time!) and I think sleep deprivation played a pretty big part of that.
    I too have cried thinking of what could go wrong, especially when he's older, but those thoughts have started to subside (he's 8 weeks now). My husband is very calm and collected in all situations, so that has helped me tremendously in freaking out over every little choking sound LO makes.

    So very sorry you're struggling :( - I don't really have any advice, but T&Ps for you!
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  • mariacsaenzmariacsaenz member
    Hi, I'm really sorry to hear that you are feeling that way. My LO is 8 weeks now, but the first 4 weeks where a nightmare. I had the worst pp depression mixed with mastitis. I felt awfully sad and couldn't stop crying. My doctor decided to check my toroidal hormone , and guess what, it was a mess. He sent me some medicine and everything went back to normal. I couldn't take psychiatric medications because I'm breastfeeding, but everything feels better now.
    I still have terrible thoughts about something wrong happening to my LO, I even feel afraid of going out in the car because we might have an accident, but I just try to let them pass and not think about them.
    Ask your doctor to make you some blood tests, it might be an hormonal disbalance that is causing all you feel. Hope you fell better soon.
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