As a mother with extreme postpartum anxiety and OCD this article spoke so clearly to my own struggles and my own slow recovery. There was a point where I could barely drive a block without stopping the car to check my baby was still breathing in the back-seat. I cried for hours convinced we had permanently damaged her spine by letting her sleep in a portacot for more than a week at two months old. Thank you for voicing these fears and the truth that we can't control so much. Letting go of that control is scary and freeing at the same time.
It is important to be careful in this world, but it is also important to know that God is sovereign and in charge of whatever you do (or forget to do). Proverbs 3:5-6.
Wow, this so clearly articulates how I felt. I decided against the back seat mirror and would literally not turn the heat on (in the winter in New England) so I could *hear* my baby breathing. Once I started taking lexapro I finally let my husband put the plastic (bpa free! Dishwasher safe!) toddler cups in the dishwasher. Phew.
i could have written this . I’ve always suffered from anxiety but the post partum anxiety was next level. i literally just didn’t sleep when my son was an infant - i watched him sleep, terrified if i took my eyes off him, he’d stop breathing. it is intense- all i think about is what can go wrong. i’ve delayed starting him in daycare coz i don’t trust anyone else to look after him. i have so many files saved on my phone on baby first aid, choking, signs of sepsis, how to tell if a baby is having trouble breathing etc . i am just so overprepared for every little thing that it’s exhausting . and the reason is 100% social media- half my worries would never have occurred to me if i hadn’t of read some
horror story about it in mums groups. i think i need to give them up.
though it is sometimes fun to ask about forward facing an under one year old and seeing what happens in the comments.
As a mother with extreme postpartum anxiety and OCD this article spoke so clearly to my own struggles and my own slow recovery. There was a point where I could barely drive a block without stopping the car to check my baby was still breathing in the back-seat. I cried for hours convinced we had permanently damaged her spine by letting her sleep in a portacot for more than a week at two months old. Thank you for voicing these fears and the truth that we can't control so much. Letting go of that control is scary and freeing at the same time.
We used to call it “baby brain” and that excused any “slip ups”. Seemed reasonable to me🥰
It is important to be careful in this world, but it is also important to know that God is sovereign and in charge of whatever you do (or forget to do). Proverbs 3:5-6.
Wow, this so clearly articulates how I felt. I decided against the back seat mirror and would literally not turn the heat on (in the winter in New England) so I could *hear* my baby breathing. Once I started taking lexapro I finally let my husband put the plastic (bpa free! Dishwasher safe!) toddler cups in the dishwasher. Phew.
I appreciate you sharing this so very much! As a mother who experienced postpartum depression 3 times, you captured it well.
i could have written this . I’ve always suffered from anxiety but the post partum anxiety was next level. i literally just didn’t sleep when my son was an infant - i watched him sleep, terrified if i took my eyes off him, he’d stop breathing. it is intense- all i think about is what can go wrong. i’ve delayed starting him in daycare coz i don’t trust anyone else to look after him. i have so many files saved on my phone on baby first aid, choking, signs of sepsis, how to tell if a baby is having trouble breathing etc . i am just so overprepared for every little thing that it’s exhausting . and the reason is 100% social media- half my worries would never have occurred to me if i hadn’t of read some
horror story about it in mums groups. i think i need to give them up.
though it is sometimes fun to ask about forward facing an under one year old and seeing what happens in the comments.