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Please come and talk to me about late onset PND

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ilovehotsauce · 19/10/2014 12:00

Dd is 11months in the last 6-8 weeks I've become extremely anxious I'm struggling to sleep and deal with the day to day cleanin,washing, food shop, general house stuff- it's getting done but is wearing me down I never finish before 10pm.
I don't have that much support dh works alot and isn't very helpful around the house ,family aren't helpful they are the come over and ask for a cup of tea type rather than actually offer to help(as a result ive not seen them in a while.)

Ive always felt slightly anxious ie checking to make sure she's still alive If she's not stirred in a while but nothing more than than really. It started getting bad when I had my flexible working refused work have pretty much said come back full time or not at all I work in retail and in a very Christmas focused business my hours will be incredibly unsociable my dh also works similar hours and I have no idea how to manage our childcare, every time I feel like I could do it my manager drops something else on me- 3 out of 4 weekends + extended working hours we use to finish at 6.30 we will now leave at 7.30 moving to 11pm at peak trading early starts are moved to 7am.

We are also trying to move which is absolutely hellish.

OP posts:
ilovehotsauce · 19/10/2014 12:34

Anyone

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Biscoff · 19/10/2014 14:56

You should go and see your gp- they will be able to test you then help you. It is possible to get Pnd up to five years after the birth.

dante88 · 03/03/2015 12:31

Oh my goodness. I can so relate to your story. My dd was around 11 months when I went to talk to work about flexible working. They said full time or nothing. Although they finally agreed to some reduction in hours, the whole situation set off a spiral of anxiety and depression that I am still struggling to overcome. Somehow being back at work pt is really difficult. How are you getting on? I don't imagine you live in Dorset do you? X

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