Constantly worried about baby

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My baby is nearly a week old and I've done nothing but worry that something bad is going to happen to him. Hubby has been great but I just feel like everything is too good to be true. Is this PNd or just general baby blues?

Worrying is something that comes with having a baby and never goes away. From what I understand PND is more about feeling detached from your baby or feelig completely hopeless. Baby blues is similar but less intense from my experience. The best I could advise is keep an eye on how you're feeling and if you're at all worried, speak to your GP/midwife and HV.

Speak to your midwife. I had this and for me it was a sign of a mix of depression and anxiety. I was convinced I would loose the baby to the point of not believing he would be born safely. When he was born I was more in shock than anything else. Then it turned into being convinced he would die, I wouldn't sleep all night to check he was still breathing. It was horrendous. Please speak to someone.

@Mylittlesandwich that's kind of how I'm feeling. I totally am in love with him and have bonded really well. Everything just feels too good to be true if that makes sense?

It makes perfect sense. I loved DS so much, so much that I ended up feeling I wasn't good enough to look after him. Any time anything went "wrong" I blamed myself. I broke down to my mum one day and told her that I just knew he was going to die and it was going to be so hard when he did. PND can take many forms, absolutely speak to your GP/health visitor. Anyone. Just someone who can help you.

@Mylittlesandwich I'm so happy with him. He's such a good boy. I just worry come night time. I've lost my appetite a bit and my milk has come in so I guess there's a lot of hormones going round at the moment. I don't feel helpless with him or anything like that. I'm just worrying something will happen at night time.