Postpartum anxiety

wow i feel the exact same way. literally the same!!!! i’m going to meet with a therapist and a psychiatrist!

I have four anxiety disorders so postpartum is just magnifying everything a million percent. Totally get it!! My son unfortunately had to go to the NICU for a few hours after he was born (elective c-section with no active or early labor so he had a bit of fluid in his lungs he had to work out) so my anxiety is even worse because I’m ALWAYS listening to his breathing. I’m on medication and have asked my OB and his pediatrician about BF and they said it’s totally fine as so little (if any) can pass through the milk. I actually got a large hematoma during my c-section and am still on strong pain meds and was told to breast feed. I was told I didn’t need to space them out to feed even though I do (thanks, anxiety) because again, so little can get into the milk. Take care of your mental health and just check with your pediatrician/OB/lactation consultant about the meds - with what I’m on and still being encouraged to BF I’m sure it’s fine!!

Anybody dealing with the anxiety but just thinking they are gonna die soon

I’m glad I’m not the only one. I’m so sorry @Emily I can’t even begin to imagine what the anxiety is like after the trauma you’ve been through. It makes me feel better to know that medication should be okay if I take that route. I am sending you love and peace.

@Cindy I used to have that kind of anxiety really bad… I still get little flashes of it here and there but I’ve learned to practice grounding techniques in those moments. I will check in with myself in the moment like okay I am breathing, I can see clearly, I can talk, move, etc. and that helps sometimes.

I have really bad anxiety and it started getting worse around the time when I was about 7-8 weeks pregnant. I was SO scared of taking my regular anxiety meds but when I didn’t take my meds I’d be spiraling and get panic attacks. My psychiatrist and my therapist both said I should keep taking my meds and that they’re safe to take while pregnant and postpartum while breastfeeding. I’m on a lot of meds for other things too so my OB sent me to a high risk doctor (MFM) who went over each medication with me. I felt SO much better afterwards. In addition to that, the high risk dr had me come to the office twice a week for tests to make sure the baby was doing okay. My baby was born a bit smaller than most babies so he had to go to the NICU. The drs in the NICU also went over every single medication I was on and told me which are safe to keep taking and which I needed to stop taking if I wanted to breastfeed. The meds for my anxiety were all okay to keep taking.