1 year on feeling a bit low / anxious / teary

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hi,
just reaching out to see if anyone’s in a similar boat to me. I have a 1 year old and I’ve recently been starting to feel a bit teary and down for no particular reason. The closest thing I can compare it to is the first week or so after his birth where I definitely had some small periods of feeling sad and teary. Luckily for me this only happened a few times and I put it down to hormones!
I understand that postnatal depression is a thing but to my understanding it would usually occur straight away/ in the first months of birth.
Does anyone have experience feeling hormonal / down / teary around a year after birth?
I have had anxiety on and off in the past and have been feeling a little anxious in the last few months so I don’t know if this is what has brought these feelings on.
to me it feels completely hormonal as I don’t feel like I have any reason to feel down, my baby is my world and he generally sleeps well and is happy.
essentially just wondering if there are other people feeling the same, as I can’t seem to find a lot of info on low mood after 1 year!
thanks
also just to clarify I’m not trying to say that I think I have pnd, I understand it’s a very serious and complex thing, I just wonder if my feelings can be down to hormones similar to that of pnd. Thanks!

I felt awful about that time with both my DCs it was from about 6 months to 18 months..are you BFing? I think that can contribute to it. Hope you feel better soon

@Gastons5dozenEggs thank you for the reply - I’m not currently bf, I was combi feeding until about 6 months ago. I spoke to the health visitor at my 1 year appointment and I’ve got a therapy phone call arranged which hopefully should help. Do you have any recommendations for how you fought through those months?

I got some support from our early help team but that was more for behaviour for our older one (3) when second baby was 1..it was also lockdown so it was rough for that reason. Just speaking to someone really helped. I guess I just had to kind of ride it, my partner was very supportive. I kept reminding myself I was on edge and this wasn't 'me' I've felt similar on some contraceptive pills where I felt like I don't recognise myself. I would just try to keep things slow, be kind to yourself, seek therapy support if you feel able to and it helps, take each day as it comes really.