Have you taken anti anxiety medication whilst pregnant and breastfeeding?

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I suffer really badly with anxiety, usually phobia type fear anxiety scared of getting a cold, headache, covid its much worse than it sounds. Anyway in the early days of motherhood I felt awful cos I wasn't getting any sleep and when I should and could sleep I was too anxious to sleep.

I've never taken anti anxiety medicine before only had cbt to help.

However I want a second baby but the biggest thing putting me off is the anxiety that just took me 3 years postpartum to get sort of under control.

I wondered if I started on anxiety medication before pregnancy whilst ttc and then throughout pregnancy and postpartum if that might help?