Your brain is re-wiring to keep your baby safe

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So if you're postpartum and your brain keeps jumping to those worst case scenarios, there's actually a reason for that. After birth, your amygdala, which is like your brain's alarm system, it goes on high alert. It's literally trying to keep your baby alive. Your brain rewires so that that part of your brain is more active. This hypervigilance is why mothers and babies have survived for thousands of years. But sometimes your brain can overshoot. It sees danger where there isn't any. And that's when anxiety starts to feel overwhelming and starts to impact our functioning. So there's nothing wrong with you. Your brain is just adapting and it might need support as it recalibrates.