Crying every day

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I am not sure if I have post natal depression. I'm crying every day (usually several times) at the moment. I LOVE my baby and get so much happiness from caring for her. But I cannot stand the constant whinging when I am not near her, I cant even make a cup of tea without her whining. She's six months so I don't know if this is normal as she's my first. I have signed up to a baby class once a week but all the others I can find have waitlists as the restrictions limit numbers. I feel the walls are closing in at home, but if I meet someone out of the house it has to be outside in the cold (tier 3) and the baby just whines the whole time and gets cold no matter how much I wrap her up, and it's just a miserable experience. I know having a baby is lonely and repetitive but I think lockdown is making this worse. Should I go to my GP or is this situational do you think, and what can I do to make it better? I know everyone has had a tough year of it whereas at least I'm lucky I've had a baby to enjoy? I don't know what to do.

Hi,

I'm just looking through some posts as my wife is struggling, I saw that no one had replied to you.

I have nothing to say to help but I thought I should reach out to you and let you know my wife is finding it hard too, especially in lock down.

I wouldn't worry about labelling whether you have or don't have PND, it is tough.

If a child is whining sometimes the best thing to do is ignore them, but you have to just make sure they generally feel supported and are getting their basic needs met.

You only need to go to the gp if you feel like you could do with some drugs to dope you out, but you could just smoke some dope too to the same effect!

I'm recently had a baby and was suicidal A few days after she was born o was been considered for admission to mbu but managed to convince do to if I has sleep I might feet better. Thing is it worked while I had the support i could take the tablets n started to feel better after taking sertraline but months passed n shes now three months old I'm now on 150mg of sertraline. I don't feel right at all I'm crying a lot I quiet I havent eaten for weeks just a biscuit here or there for energy I stay in my room allday with my baby n newer leave it my kids are suffering by not going to school o feel like a useless mum n they be better off with out me the father abandoned my baby when told I was pregnant I have no support I dont know whether I was imagining it or not ut I could hear whispers the dau while I was trying to sleep it woke me up m I thought I could see a person I've my bed whispering I went down stairs n asked my brother bit hed not been in my room all day . I am rwfereed to perinatal for the second time but not heard nothing with being Christmas I'm gonna call my gp Monday and say all this because I don't feel right. I love my baby to bits but I resent her a little because of her fathers reaction. O was considering adoption in the earlier days but all my friends said theyd support me but not one has been near I just know I'd rather not be here anymore of I feel like this for mich longer. I have thoughts of ending my life but then think of my children. I lost my mum n I miss her very day. I didn't expect to have a baby again ever I'm 40 it was a massively shock as tubes tied :(
Anyone got any words of hope for me