How to overcome PPA?!

Question

I am calling some therapists tomorrow  I was referred too but I just need to vent right now. I was on TikTok and came across a video of a baby who passed away from SIDS. My WORST fear!!!!!! My daughter is 2 months and it literally makes me sick to my stomach thinking about it. I don’t know what I would do if something happened to her. I really don’t. And thinking about it makes my heart race right now. When I wake up in the middle of the night I’m constantly checking on her and I’m super cautious about safe sleep. Is there anything any of you girls have done to help you feel a bit better? I can’t look at her right now without getting upset because of it.
Also, I’m well aware of how I am right now and that’s why I’m going to a therapist!

Answer

Get a breathing and heart rate monitor for baby while she sleeps. I used a ‘Snuza’ when my bubs were young and it saved my sanity. There’s other products in the market too, the owlet sock is also popular. If bub stops breathing or if there’s anything irregular about the breathing it sounds an alarm. 
I was always anxious while they were sleeping.

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I bought an owlet monitor to help with my anxiety. I never had one with my first son and was up literally every 15-20 mins just to make sure he was still breathing and the anxiety I had was exhausting. This baby isn't here yet but I got the monitor so hopefully I can breathe this time around. My first son is now 5 going on 6 and I still check him 1-4 times during the night to make sure he is still breathing and okay. Tbh I probably need some sort of therapy 😅

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I’m agree with the others. I had both the Snuza and owlet. I used the snuza with second baby until he started sleeping in his own too , then I got the owlet because I couldn’t hear the snuza alarm through the camera. I have the owlet camera as well. 
Pros to snuza: 
No internet required, super durable 
Cons: my baby wiggled out of it a few times, couldn’t hear it when baby slept in another room. 
Pros to owlet: 
The base and your phone both go off when a red alert happens so it’s hard to miss. (It alerted us to our baby having a febrile seizure in the night)
Cons: it’s expensive, they don’t like to replace them even within the 1 year warranty so they will try hard not to if it breaks. 
Either way, a little peace of mind is well worth it here. I will use a monitor for my third baby too.

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Infeel you i had to stop liking those videos on tik tok because I saw sooo many infant loss ones its sonsad and my husband and Iboth have the worst anxiety when it comes to that ughh

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