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I cannot cope anymore :(

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Catchingrainbows · 08/09/2022 15:53

I’m a FTM to a beautiful baby girl who is 5.5 months old

My birth was pretty traumatic and I was ill after with anemia and still recovering from covid. I had huge anxiety about being so ill.

My LG has always been formula fed and I feel she had a bottle aversion from being on incorrect formula and pressured to feed.

She’s now taking bottles alot better but I have and still do have major anxiety about this and feeding in general because I’m scared we will go back to that place of rejecting bottles.

For the last 2 weeks I have been having horrendous sleep. I will fall asleep easily on the sofa but wake up at 2am / 3am
or I cannot get to sleep until 3am.
My LG doesnt wake for feeds anymore, she might stir for her dummy but there are many hours now where she is asleep and I cannot sleep.

I feel exhausted and it’s impacting on my MH.

Today I thought about how I would end my life if nothing gets better.

I just feel like a failure, like I cannot cope with this, with being a Mum. I don’t know who I am anymore.

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FlissMumsnet · 08/09/2022 15:58

We're so sorry you're going through such a difficult time.

We can see you're getting lots of good advice and support on this thread but we just wanted to add a few more links to organisations which may be able to give you some support in real life.

First of all, here's a link to our Mental Health resources. There are lots of organisations listed which can give you some extra support.
You can also go to the Samaritans website, or email them on [email protected], or call them, any time, on 116 123.
Your baby is still very young and you may well be experiencing postnatal depression, so we'd urge you to take a look at an organisation called PANDAS Foundation which was set up to support families through PND & AND. Their webpage is here and they have a free helpline, available Monday – Sunday 11am-10pm - 0808 1961 776. Please take a look at their website and consider giving them a call - we know they've helped many Mumsnetters in the past.

We'd also urge you to take a look at the [[https://www.cry-sis.org.uk/
cry-sis website]]. Their helpline number is 08451 228 669
and their lines are open 7 days a week 9am-10pm.

Sending good wishes from all at MNHQ. We really hope things start to get a bit easier for you soon. Flowers

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