Postpartum Anxiety

Symptoms of postpartum anxiety disorder include:

• Feeling tense
• Worrying a lot
• Having shortness of breath or feeling like you’re choking
• Having hot or cold flashes
• Feeling tingling hands and/or feet
• Experiencing muscle tension
• Having chest pain
• Feeling agitated or restless
• Fearing that you might die
• Fearing that you might be going crazy
• Feeling anger or rage
• Experiencing intense fear of being alone or fears about your baby’s
  health
• Feeling dizzy or hyperventilating
• Having nausea, diarrhea, or vomiting