I had postpartum anxiety with my first (almost 3), but didn’t realize it until my period returned at 5 months pp.Once my period came back, my hormones leveled out and the anxiety was gone. As a FTM, I wasn’t aware of what I was going through at the time was abnormal. I did talk to my OB about it though.

I’m currently 3 months pp with my second, and the anxiety is back. It didn’t come on as quickly this time, but it has slowly built (or maybe I just realized it was back now that baby is a little older and I’m getting into more of a routine with two 😆).

Let me be clear: the anxiety is NOT impeding my ability to function or take care of the house, myself, or the kids - we’re all happy, healthy, clean, and fed every day.

My question is: do I reach out to my OB? I don’t feel like meds are necessary, nor do I want to be on them. Do I just deal with it like I did with my first? Some of the thoughts scare me (like, omg, why am I thinking like that?!), but again, I shake it off and move on with my day.

What do you think??

And! I’m not sure if it makes a difference or not, but we did have a MMC between the kids which was hard for both my husband and me.

Thanks in advance for your input, and for sticking with this long post.

Also, if you have nothing nice to say, then please move on to the next post.