Ttc with anxiety

[Mrsbrooks1]

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I'm hoping to speak to some mamas and mamas to be who have had a family whilst taking SSRIs. I have a moderate anxiety disorder that's triggered by changing events (I know having a baby is the biggest one ha) but I don't want my anxiety to stop me from living my dream of being a mum. Has anyone else been in the same situation? Xx

Jumping on, can't be of much help but in the same situation without the antidepressants, I was prescribed them bit I have so much anxiety I was convinced it have a adverse reaction to them and probably die :) joys of anxiety :)
I have generalised anxiety, social phobia disorder and mild depression. I was having CBT but was signed off due to my therapist leaving..
Ttc in January as getting our ducks in a row ready to start taking care of a baba.
I have huge anxiety over it but I am just so broody and massively ready, just scared shitless.
Good luck OP

Hi apositivemind I know what you mean about taking meds, took me 3 years of hell to finally get the balls to take them!! I'm moving house next week abd the upheaval has set my anxiety off so massively overthinking everything atm including if I could even handle a baby with my condition. Good luck to you for 2019!

Thank you! I feel for you, when me and my OH bought our house I was terrified that I would have constant panic attacks being away from my family and 'home'. But I feel slightly better as plenty of laundry and cleaning to keep my mind off it lol! Xx

That's exactly how I feel!! I feel like I'm going to be trapped there forever with this man hahaha!! Luckily we have a bit of a cross over with the old house so I can take my time over a few days to get used to it. What scares me most about having a baby is that I don't really have a support network around me to help out. And lack of sleep triggers my anxiety 😥 What are your anxieties based around about having a baby? X

I keep trying to remember that after you have a baby you have a mothering instinct to not get enough sleep because you are providing for your child. That keeps me relatively sane. - my anxieties are death during childbirth, carrying my much wanted and much loved child to die in the process and never get the job of meeting them absolutely breaks my heart and gives me palpitations(morbid I know) and also the pain and post-natal depression.
I have slot of family and friends to help, but they don't understand anxiety/depression. I get "it's all in your head" and "i dojt see why your worrying?" a lot from my family so I tend not to talk to them about it, my other half is brilliant though. I worry that post natal depression would too me over the edge and I would end up losing my mind. Xx

Joy of meeting them!*

I too worry about PND and psychosis. Bloody hell look at us! Not even ttc yet and stressing our selves out about these things. I don't think anyone can truly understand depression, anxiety and OCD unless you've experienced it your self. I get a lot of the it's mind over matter bull shit from my mother in law. Yeah? Well so is your kidney disease then 🙄😂 jokes

Honestly we could go either way! Either completely hopeless or we'll be writing books about how to cope with anxiety as a mother! I hope the latter..
As thats such a shame about your MIL, itwould be so much easier to cope with if we just had some local support!