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Anxiety and new parents

Dear Sir or Madam, please take a few minutes of your time to complete the following questionnaire. This is for a first time mum of a baby of 4 weeks who is experiencing anxiety.

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When you had your first baby how worried were you about keeping them safe? How did this impact you?

2

Did you have a traumatic birth experience? If so, did it impact upon how scared you were about your baby being safe?

3

Did you have intrusive thoughts about scary ways your baby could die? E.g. tripping up and crushing baby. If so, how often were you having thoughts like this?

4

Did you ever google stories were babies had died or were hurt, so you could gain knowledge to avoid any risk?

5

Did you ever worry that if something did happen to your child that it would ruin your marriage/ relationship?

6

Did you feel like you were being pressured when it came to breast feeding? If you could not breastfeed, did you feel guilty?

7

Did you feel a need to check on baby, e.g. if they were asleep did you ever poke baby/ move their hand to check that they were ok?

8

Were you able to get out of the house after having your baby, or were you stuck inside the house? Did you have support from others?

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Is there anything you would like to say to someone that is struggling with anxiety after giving birth. Anything that helped you?