I am 26 years old and my husband and I are trying to have a baby. We have been married for almost 3 years now and feel ready to have a child. I am so scared because I have OCD when it comes to cleaning and being neat. It comsumes my life a lot. I am scared to have a child not knowing what or how my OCD will go once we bring a child into this world. Can I still be a good mom and keep my OCD under controll or should I not have children??? Any advice you can give me would be great.
Dear Scooby hi, there is a foundation for people that have OCD you can find it on www.ocfoundation.org . I would be quite confident to say that this is not something that in genetically inherited. Have you been diagnosed with the disorder?? there is a difference between being very super fussy about cleanliness, and OCD . I once listened with great interest to a discussion about OCD and it seems like the majority of people have funny habits, not necessarily being OCD , me too, like l cant stand having towels not straight, toilet paper must be hung a certain way, my kitchen looks like it belongs in a display home, my bed must have no wrinkles on it. Cushions must be a certain way, if these things are not this way l go around straightning things , the list goes on!! but l do not have OCD. Visit the website and see what you can find out. Dont let this worry you about having a baby, you didnt mention that your husband complains about your habits, so dont stress to much
Yes I have been to the doctors and they told me I have OCD. I have been on and off medications for it. I also do OCD work books. My husband tries to be there for me. I have good days and bad days with it. He tries to help me but I just have to go through my little routine to feel better. Thank you very much for your info. I wasn't sure if it could be passed on or not. No one in my family has OCD but me. I just don't want my child to go through the struggles I go through having this. Becuase some days it's really hard. Thank you so much for your help.
Scooby, still think it might be helpful for you to join the organisation l mentioned above, nothing like getting a bit of support from people with the same issue.
Good to see OCD is not inherited, as you being the only one in your family just proved it to yourself, that your future baby will not have it, that should give you some comfort. :-D
go easy on yourself, everyone has some quirk l think , and viva la difference in us all, how boring if we were all the same !
Good to see OCD is not inherited, as you being the only one in your family just proved it to yourself, that your future baby will not have it, that should give you some comfort. :-D
go easy on yourself, everyone has some quirk l think , and viva la difference in us all, how boring if we were all the same !