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Fear of baby becoming ill

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samantharose · 02/08/2022 16:37

I was wondering if anyone has experienced similar feelings.
My daughter is almost 4 months old. I had a previous stillbirth so during this pregnancy was so careful due to covid that I pretty much went to work and that was it as I was so afraid of becoming ill and something happening to my baby after our previous experience.
However, since having my daughter this has not gone away. I am so so scared of her becoming ill by being around others that I have completely isolated myself away from people. A select few people that I do go near I only choose to be around them if they haven't been in any busy places the last few days, will do a covid test and not touch my daughter. Am I being silly? It's such a fear that I am going to lose her that i can't stop thinking about it. I want to be able to feel relaxed and my family and friends spend time with her but I am so afraid. Even the thought of her having just a cold is so awful to me. Yesterday on social media I saw 3 posts of people I follow who's children have hand foot and mouth and I got terrified! I'm not an anxious person in general, I love going out places but recently I don't want too. Unless we stay outside (we do go out but just for walks)
I want to go to baby classes but again I'm so scared as children in general pass germs on so quickly and easily . I feel like im really letting my daughter down, isolating her. What if she resents me for this when she's older. I don't know what to do :(

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GrowBabyGrow · 02/08/2022 21:07

So sorry to hear you are feeling like this OP and to hear about the loss of your child. You aren't being silly, but feeling anxious to the extent you are is not 'normal'. Have you spoken to your GP about how you are feeling? This anxiety, whilst understandable given your history, is really impacting your quality of life and could be a sign of postnatal depression, especially as you used to love going out and about. I hope that you are able to get through it and enjoy new experiences out and about with your daughter

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