Does your anxiety impact your experience and enjoyment of parenthood?

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If so, how? Would love to hear your experiences.

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Well post partum mental issues are Real so of course it impacts you as a parent.

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Baby won't stop crying. Baby stopped crying and isn't making any noises. Is baby breathing? I haven't gotten any chores done. Did I take my vitamins already? How am I supposed to pump every two hours and get stuff done? Why am I not making enough milk? 
These are all things i go through mentally. If you're feeling overwhelmed and can't check yourself, please let your OB know so they can get you some help.

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I've had my anxiety treated so I hardly notice anymore.
But both my depression and anxiety definitely did. A

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If you have anxiety see a counselour for strategies sooner rather than later.
Anxiety destroyed my pregnancies and makes me worry about everything.

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I have severe anxiety (not even postpartum related) and spent the first couple weeks of my son’s life terrified to death that I would somehow mess up with or hurt him on accident

Does your anxiety impact your experience and enjoyment of parenthood?

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