https://boards.hellobee.com/ Pregnancy, Baby and Parenting blog, by Hellobee en Tue, 16 Jun 2026 06:45:16 +0000 https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-did-you-manage-your-ppa#post-1861971 Sun, 14 Sep 2014 11:18:49 +0000 Mrs. Oatmeal 1861971@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Greentea: I am so, so glad you're doing better! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-did-you-manage-your-ppa#post-1861525 Sat, 13 Sep 2014 16:28:00 +0000 Greentea 1861525@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@LovelyPlum: thanks so much sweetheart. I am doing buttloads better- I just did two weeks solo, I am solo for September and my confidence has really rocketed. It helped to go to counseling just that one time- knowing I had anxiety- knowing that it was a real thing helped me to be able to tackle it. My first week was rough but I am doing much better this week. Sleep, exercise, and slowly tackling things I had avoided have helped a lot. I also learned some antianxiety methods- like telling myself, "that's just my anxiety brain talking," - little things like that, and recognizing when I feel physically stressed, because emotional stress can result from that, also meditating throughout the day to clear my head. I hope you are doing okay. You are not letting LO down.</p> <p>@Mamasig: yes- time- I think I was having a tough adjustment for a variety of reasons and lots of stress in our lives- which we are slowly tackling to reduce it- glad you are feeling better.</p> <p>@ValentineMommy: yes, I love it! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-did-you-manage-your-ppa#post-1848581 Thu, 04 Sep 2014 08:47:46 +0000 Mamasig 1848581@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Time and meds!!! But honestly, I felt a world of difference once the medicine started working. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-did-you-manage-your-ppa#post-1848383 Thu, 04 Sep 2014 05:36:34 +0000 ValentineMommy 1848383@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Greentea: I hope the meditation helps!!! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-did-you-manage-your-ppa#post-1848240 Wed, 03 Sep 2014 21:48:50 +0000 LovelyPlum 1848240@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Greentea: I am so sorry you are dealing with this, too :( I started a thread about it a while back, and someone recently did a check in thread for moms with PPA. It's hard :bummed: I have it, and I'm on Zoloft. My meds have had to be increased twice, and it's not totally made everything better. I'm headed to see a women's counselor next week for the first time, and I'm hoping that will help me. I've also been on a bit of a media break in an attempt to focus on my family. LO is doing so many new things every day, and I really want to enjoy them. It is so hard, though, when I feel like I am letting her down. </p> <p>I hope that you are feeling better and are getting some help. Hang in there, lady :heart: </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-did-you-manage-your-ppa#post-1847943 Wed, 03 Sep 2014 18:51:19 +0000 Greentea 1847943@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@ValentineMommy: I am going to take a meditation class at a local Buddhist center and I am really looking forward to it. The counselor told me to exercise and that seems to be helping as well. Hearing my doc say that parenting is a nightmare made me feel better :) and similar to what you said- knowing anxiety is a real thing that I can learn to manage makes me feel more in control. </p> <p>@Cherrybee: thanks cherry. I know what you mean- today I got stung by a bee on my foot miles away from home while we were out together and then she lost a shoe... it is almost as if the more things I survive the better I feel and they weren't that bad... my foot hurt a lot though! (But I managed to walk through the pain.) </p> <p>@meredithNYC: exercise seems to really help, so I am taking long walls everyday now. Thanks, I didn't know ppa was a thing and now that I know I am working on it and making progress. </p> <p>@BabyTsMom: thanks Tsmom. It is validly stressful! My family practice doc said that he sees a lot of parents and that they are miserable people. It makes me feel better to have someone relate! When LO was born I had a different doctor and she was like, "oh, you wake up at 4 am? Those hours are so precious," and I was thinking, "whhhaaaat." </p> <p>@all- thank you people, thank you. So far I have been exercising, doing some antianxiety strategies, getting more rest, it is all really helping. I am on day 2 of solo and it is going okay. It helps to know others have experienced it too, though it is miserable and I don't wish it! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-did-you-manage-your-ppa#post-1845158 Tue, 02 Sep 2014 11:17:36 +0000 BabyTsMom 1845158@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Greentea: sorry you are going through this. Its horrible! For me, it has been time, counseling, and meds (as needed). As a first-time mom, everything was so overwhelming and I couldn't just "go with the flow." I was having awful panic attacks for a whole... My LO is almost 4 months now and things are much, much better. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-did-you-manage-your-ppa#post-1845055 Tue, 02 Sep 2014 10:35:20 +0000 meredithNYC 1845055@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Exercise + anti-anxiety meds and I'm much better now. Best of luck to you - PPA is awful :bummed: </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-did-you-manage-your-ppa#post-1844901 Tue, 02 Sep 2014 09:24:06 +0000 Cherrybee 1844901@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Sending you lots of hugs. </p> <p>For me, it was just time... and experiencing some of the things I would worry myself silly about. Public poop explosion - wasn't so bad after all. Public screamfest - wasn't so bad after all. Baby got sick - we got through. It took until E was about 8/9 months old before I had it mostly under control and even now I really stressed out when I'm tired. </p> <p>Sending more love. :heart: </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-did-you-manage-your-ppa#post-1844889 Tue, 02 Sep 2014 09:15:07 +0000 Greentea 1844889@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@illumina: thanks illumina. I really relate to what you said about leaning on DH more. I am also very independent; I have a hard time asking for help. I started having DH take at least the first half of the night and putting LO to sleep at night and getting some more sleep has done wonders! If we have another child at some point I will start managing sharing responsibility with DH much sooner- motherhood is definitely a journey, not a destination! I have just been doing too much. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-did-you-manage-your-ppa#post-1844643 Tue, 02 Sep 2014 06:02:27 +0000 ValentineMommy 1844643@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>For me it was a combination of yoga, meditation, acupuncture, and herbal remedies/vitamins. Also, hearing my ob acknowledge that it was PPA and not something else somehow made me feels a whole lot better. Like it wasn't all in my head and wouldn't last forever. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-did-you-manage-your-ppa#post-1844525 Mon, 01 Sep 2014 21:11:53 +0000 Greentea 1844525@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Mrs. Oatmeal: naturopathic remedies sound interesting. I have been feeling really stressed out and am to the point where I need to learn to manage it better. DH starts school and a new job tomorrow and I will be solo parenting for the next couple weeks. To prepare I started having DH handle the nights, I am trying to eat right and exercise... I also met a counselor and unloaded and it felt really good. I found some tips for handling anxiety that seem to be helping as well... gonna meet up with some old friends.... </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-did-you-manage-your-ppa#post-1843552 Sun, 31 Aug 2014 15:19:45 +0000 illumina 1843552@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Mostly just time; getting used to being a Mum, LO being more predictable, knowing what my limits are, taking things slowly so I don't feel so overwhelmed and realising what my triggers are.</p> <p>I also learnt to lean on DH, which was hard because I like to be independent and often take on too much.</p> <p>I'm sorry you're going through this...it is tough :( </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-did-you-manage-your-ppa#post-1843543 Sun, 31 Aug 2014 15:08:49 +0000 Mrs. Oatmeal 1843543@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Hi!<br /> For me, it was a combination of medication, naturopathic remedies, and time. </p> <p>It was overwhelming for the first few months, and then as the medication took effect and I learned to cope, things got easier. I still have some tough days, but they are much, much better than they were. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-did-you-manage-your-ppa#post-1843537 Sun, 31 Aug 2014 14:40:20 +0000 Greentea 1843537@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Please talk to me about PPA. How are you? Have you found successful ways to manage? Feel free to wall me! </p>