I posted a while back when my DS was younger worrying about having PND and not being bonded to him.
He's now nearly 7 months old, I've been on ADs for 5 months and I still don't love him. I've been trying to convince myself that when he reaches certain milestones everything will change, as he becomes more interactive things will change... but nothing has. I still feel trapped when I'm with him, I dread having to leave work and go back home to him. I've been pretending I'm in love with him as DH is but I'm not sure I can keep it up much longer. I know DS can tell, he doesn't interact with me the same way he does with other people or cuddle into me like he does with others.
My GP seems to think as long as I don't want to hurt him nothing is wrong and we just have to wait for it to pass but I'm not sure how much longer I can cope. I want to be a good mum, I want to love him, but I don't know how to make that happen.
I've been looking into getting a counsellor and I just wondered if anyone else thought that could be a good idea? I'm not expecting a magical overnight fix, just desperate for something that can maybe help me at least work out why I don't love my DS.
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Counselling for PND?
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Koalagone · 09/11/2013 21:26
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