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What does it mean?

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offmyrocker · 19/01/2011 18:03

Gradually as my DD grows I seem to be getting more fearful of things going wrong.

She's 20wks and I love her so much that even the love I have for her is quite frightening.

I'm neurotic by nature and before I had her I used to be a bit of a hypochondriac (and if I had the time I still would be Blush), but now I obsess about my daughter's health and her mortality.

One of my main worries is that she might choke on her own vomit. I think this might have something to do with the fact that she suffered from reflux and at the beginning before I knew what it was I would put her down to sleep and a few moments later she would projectile vomit, luckily always while I was still nearby to notice, although once by sheer luck I went into the room and found her head in a thick pool of sick and her just quietly lying in it. I can tell you that the image of her a couple of weeks old and in that state still snags in my mind and I really can't stop myself thinking that one day if I'm not careful... I can't bring myself to write it, but I think you can guess Sad.
Is this some form of PND? Or am I just your common garden variety neurotic? Do lots of mums go through similar fears? And what can I do to stop myself turning into a gibbering wreck?

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offmyrocker · 20/01/2011 11:58

Thanks hariboegg for the vote of confidence Smile.
I don't live in England - and where I do live don't have anything like health visitors only dismissive GPs, a great shame for new mums.
You're right about the sharing, but it's such a downer of a subject that I don't want to deflate the atmosphere - my DH keeps me well grounded so that's a good thing.

Thanks though - I suppose what I needed was to know whether these fears go on with other mums and how they coped.

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