First Time Mom Anxiety?

Question

I need to know if this is normal... I think I have anxiety about not being around my new little man. Ryan is 1 week old, we have been home since Monday afternoon. I feel best when he is nursing or laying on my chest sleeping or when I can sit next to him while he is in his bassinet. We currently have the bassinet in the living room and my hubby plays video games out there so I have been hanging out in the bedroom watching Netflix. (We live in a single wide trailer, so it’s not far from him). I am constantly worried and I feel this anxiousness and like I’m always listening for him. I feel like I can hear him cry when he isn’t... I am constantly watching the clock for how long he has been asleep to see when he will wake for his next feeding. I am exhausted and having a hard time napping while he’s asleep due to this anxiety. 
Am I the only one? 
Please help.. advise, recommend, support..

Answer

Was very much the same with my first! It’s a huge change, your hormones are going nuts, your brain has tapped into a new skill of hearing the baby and jolting into mama mode (and the phantom cries—my goodness, don’t get me started on how many times a certain chord on the car radio would set my adrenaline off thinking she’s crying!), and its like a two-week average for the “baby blues” to pass—the crying, the extra can’t-sleep, the everything. I remember EXACTLY where I was when that two weeks ended. It was very abrupt, an almost physical sensation, and such a relief to have those extra hormones just stop. Still couldn’t sleep when she slept or anything, still needed to be with her, but the weepy bluesy thing was done. The whole parenting thing seems to be a ginormous learning curve that starts with being thrown off a cliff for a lot of us—you’re physically broken, hormonally charged, emotionally spent, and sleep deprived to top it all off 🙃 I didn’t have a cognizant conversation with anyone for three or four months, didn’t remember to pluck my eyebrows for six—you’re only a week in and on-the-ball enough to ask for input/help, so you’re doing great!

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There’s been studies that show if baby is near or with you it lowers the chances of PPD. So this feeling your having is normal and I remember having it too with my first. I kept him close every chance I got and I had low depression and anxiety when he was skin to skin with me. If you can and not tired I would just have him lay on your chest and see if your anxiety would get better.

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Sounds pretty normal. With my first, I was basically always in the same room as her for weeks. The first time I went out of the house without her I had a full blown panic attack. It gets easier with time. Your hormones are insane right now and you have been through a lot.

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I was a lot like that with my first! I feel like I’m still always listening for them and they are almost 3 and 22 months haha. Maybe look into getting an owlet or Snuza! It’s the only reason I slept with my first and really helped with the anxiety of them sleeping in their own space!

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I feel the same way! My baby is two weeks old and my anxiety has been through the roof. I keep thinking she’s like me when I was a baby, I had breathing problems and had to have surgery. So I always panic and think somethings wrong when she’s perfectly fine. I’m starting to get better now as the days go on. The best way to think as long as your baby is happy, fed and sleeping comfortable they’re fine!

First Time Mom Anxiety?

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