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If you’re concerned reach out and ask for some more support. Have you considered medication? I suffered a lot with anxiety before I was pregnant and was on a tablet called Promethazine I found it very helpful they also might be able to diagnosed with ocd and I believe there’s medication for that too
Please if you need rhe help get it. I didnt and i struggled hugely
Yes I felt that same way newly postpartum. It took awhile as well as some professional help to improve. Now I’m ok with the house being a mess
i feel and am the exact same way, 14 months since my child was born and i am still the same. i’m always told i never stop and i seem to do is “clean” or “tidy” but i just can’t help it!
Ooh I was this way with the mess and keeping the house clean too 🥲🥲 I still am a bit now and my baby is 10 months old!! I think it’s a bit of general anxiety manifesting in different ways (perhaps a way to cope and try to control our new reality?) not sure! But don’t be too hard on yourself! Like I say to myself sometimes, take a chillpill 😅 it’s not the end of the world. However, Please do seek professional help if it is affecting your wellbeing mama 🫶
I could have wrote this….. My child is now 2 and a half and I’m pregnant again 😂😂 Iv started moping the floors up to three times a day. I have terrible back pain and have had sickness and still can not sit down and switch off! At one point I hired two cleaners to also sort my house out. Writing this down I have realised that’s a bit much! 😂 You’re definitely not alone. Have you got family near by that you can visit to switch off from it? I find it more relaxing to be out of my house than in xx
Unfortunately once the baby is here.... the house is definitely more messy and harder to find time to tidy and clean. Which can be frustrating. I try to just accept that this is life now. And try my best to tidy as best I can. But no rush. At my own pace. As the baby takes so much time. I get my partner to take the baby for a walk once a week for a hour. And in this time.... I hoover, clean, tidy, organise and have a nice bath or shower 🚿 to unwind. Try this. Your "me" time is important x
@Storm thank you so much, I’m really trying my best but I sometimes feel like I’m doing everything wrong 😭 and that gives me anxiety too amongst everything else xx
@Sian I’ve been referred for some counselling which hasn’t started yet, but no I haven’t tried any medication, I’m quite apprehensive about medication tbh xx
@Sofia thank you so much 🥲🥲
@Jolene yes I do take my baby to my mums house a couple times a week so I can get house cleaned and rest abit but it makes me feel so guilty when I do that and even though I do need the break, I miss him and think about him when he’s there. my husband works a lot, but when he can, he does help xx
I don’t have any experience with this but I just wanted to say you sound like your doing a wonderful job and even if you do have OCD or anything similar, it doesn’t mean anything is wrong with you. You sound like an amazing mummy and meeting all baby’s needs, give yourself that time to meet yours too!💕 xxx