Mom with POCD

There are a lot of moms with POCD on here and yes, intrusive thoughts and images and feelings can be in the form of ANYTHING. PCD is very imaginative.

I’m not a mum, but I am pregnant. Unfortunately, I cannot keep this child. I do think if it wasn’t for this POCD, It could be a possibility that I would keep this baby. Where I’m not very maternal anyway (again I think due to POCD) I feel like the fact I’m not keeping it doesn’t effect me as much because of being scared etc. But then recently, it really has been upsetting knowing I’ll probably never be like most women, excited to have a child, scan pictures, birthdays etc, seeing their announce their pregnancy. N then it hits me x

Hi! So sorry to hear about your struggles with postpartum. I am not a mom, but OCD subtypes should all be treated the same way. OCD can show up in many different forms. It will try to trick you any which way so that you don’t even realize that it potentially is OCD and you fall into compulsions. I would suggest checking out Jenna Overbaugh! She is a lovely therapist here on NOCD and she has had some OCD themes with her babies too.