Hello, I’m just wanting a little insight or maybe encouragement. I’m a little over 3 weeks postpartum, I had a difficult pregnancy…bleeding the first 6 months, 3 months of bedrest, baby had nuchal cord (not tight and caused no problems for him but I saw it on ultrasound and so I worried about it for the last month before he was born)..not to mention we had been trying for 2 years to even get pregnant and then had a miscarriage prior to this baby. Anyways he’s here now and healthy but I literally can’t stop thinking something is going to go wrong. Like I’m incredibly fearful of him getting any type of sickness, I don’t want anyone holding him except me or my husband, I’m scared of SIDS, I just can’t stop worrying about everything and feeling a sense of dread. My question is since I’m only 3 weeks postpartum could this be normal or does it seem extreme?

I have a daughter as well, she’s 9 so it’s been a while but I do recall being very anxious about things happening to her as well but this feels like more than it did with her.