Bad dreams
So shortly after giving birth I remember having crazy scary dreams that something would happen to my baby. I still remember our 2nd night in the hospital, I dreamt that she had fallen out of the hospital bassinet. Chances of that happening? Probably zero. But for a FTM it was the scariest dream I’ve probably ever had. The dreams went away after the second month probably. I still struggle with postpartum depression and anxiety. Fast forward to this past week, just about every night I’ve had some type of scary dream about my little girl. Some are realist scenarios and some aren’t. Example: she was kidnapped by some crazy serial killer type guy... not going to happen. Then last nights dream she was choking on something and started to go into a seizure.
So now I’m left with the thought of is this the postpartum stuff still messing with me, do I need to talk to my doctor, or is this somewhat normal? Any thoughts would be helpful. My SO says “it’s just crazy dreams”. But when I wake up and I’m all stressed out and anxious about LO’s every more, or I can’t get back to sleep bc I’m literally watching my LO on the monitor making sure she’s ok.. I feel like I don’t want to underplay my mental health but I don’t want to overreact to some dreams. Ugh 😕
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