Anyone here with perinatal/postnatal OCD?

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I really feel like I could do with ranting on at someone about it.
I am feeling much, much better; ds 6 weeks on sertraline since he was 2 days old as had OCD in pregnancy too, imagery is all gone and compulsions are rare but I have what if's/magical thinking more or less all day on and off. I feel like every time my baby smiles or looks cute I am suddenly thinking about him being dead etc. I am doing CBT/mindfulness at present too but it is really tricky to distance myself from those thoughts/not feel the anxiety/appreciate they are just thoughts and not premonitions. I'd love to know how it is for someone else.

Hi, didn't want your post to go unanswered. I have prenantal anxiety and depression as opposed to ocd (although have often wondered if I do have some form of that), but have suffered from horrible obsessional thoughts in the past and its hellish.

It sounds like you have had similar problems to a friend of mine, only she never got proper help or took medication. I have always thought this was a big mistake and you have definately done the right things to help yourself, I think you should be really proud of yourself for being so proactive.

I understand what it is like to be plagued by unwanted thoughts and how hard it is to dismiss them. Am in my second very difficult pregnancy and the voice of doom is shouting in my head at times. You have to be very focused on the present and its a real struggle at times.

Keep up the meds and the therapy. I found my feelings easier to deal with post pregnancy rather than during it and am praying it will be the same this time. Long way to go yet tho :(. Take care of yourself.