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Baby blues or PND

My baby girl is 3 weeks old and every day I feel overwhelmed with fear and I am crying constantly. I have a constant feeling of dread, I feel guilty and as though she’s better without me. I feel like I am a bad person all the time. I have turned really bitter and hateful towards my partner too. I don’t want to be this person I absolutely love my daughter so much but I also miss my old life and I miss being pregnant. I’m waiting patiently for these feelings to fade but I feel like they are just constantly there every day and not improving. Just to add I’m a first time mum and had quite a traumatic birth x

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I am sorry you are feeling like this, it's horrific. I had postnatal depression soon after my baby was born. It got really bad, professionals kept saying it was baby blues but I just knew it was more. You are not a bad person you are doing an amazing job, even though you have all these feelings your keeping going. I can relate to all your feelings as I felt exactly the same. I definitely think you should speak to doctor or health visitor if its not getting better, as trust me you don't want it to get worse. X

Thank you both - sorry @Leanne I didn’t notice your response until now! I am feeling a lot brighter in myself recently I think a lot of it is exhaustion but I have suffered with anxiety and desperation a lot in the past and I know the warning signs hence why I posted this in the first place. I will deffo speak to my doctor if I feel I need to x

Hey girl how are you feeling now? Did you end up talking to someone? I’m also wondering if I’m feeling the baby blues or PND, but I rang a helpline and they said to give it another week as these feelings are super normal (I am 2 weeks after a traumatic birth) xx

Hey @Leire honestly I’m feeling so much better, my little girl is 6 weeks today and all those overwhelming emotions seem to have settled. I really think it was a mixture of everything getting to me. Please do just give it more time, i cried every night it was always about 5/6pm and I would sob . Feel free to message me if you need to talk x

Just realised I am anonymous 🤣 @Leire I will message you if you if you want to talk just let me know x

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