I asked my local perinatal mental health team to find me and my three-month-old a place in a Mother and Baby Unit after reaching the point of despair after many months of struggling with intrusive thoughts, constant rumination and severe insomnia which all started during pregnancy. I’ve got some CBT lined up but it doesn’t start until May and every day is a struggle, although I am able to care for my baby. More info on that in this thread: https://www.mumsnet.com/talk/feeling_depressed/5027800-intrusive-thoughts-about-baby-ruining-my-life?reply=133749941
The team have found me a place and I need to let them know if I’ll take them up on it tomorrow and I’m not sure what to do. I’m so desperate to make some progress that I’ll try anything at this point but I don’t know if I’m being naive in thinking that an MBU could help me (I’ll only have sessions with a psychologist once a week for example, they are unlikely to be an OCD specialist and I wonder how they can really me reclaim the life I’ve lost if I’m an inpatient…).
Does anyone with experience of MBUs have a view?
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Will a Mother and Baby Unit help me?
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ocdmum24 · 24/03/2024 19:28
Intrusive thoughts about baby ruining my life | Mumsnet
I may regret posting this but I’m at my wit’s end and could really do with some support. When I was in month 6/7 of my pregnancy, I started being bom...
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