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There’s nothing like impending motherhood for bringing out the paranoid within. The world, suddenly, is filled with peril: pollutants, aggressors, toxins, accidents waiting to happen. ‘Throughout my pregnancy I worried the entire time about chemicals in body lotions harming the baby,’ says Jazz, mother of Karim (2). ‘I think I read it in some newspaper somewhere. It didn’t stop me putting lotion on every day, but it really bothered me.’

The rule is: if you find yourself worrying about some half-reported issue, physical twinge or weird feeling discuss it with your GP or midwife, no matter how mad or silly you feel. If they are vague or don’t have the answer, ask them where you can get it. For a good midwife, no question is too silly. If your general anxiety is stopping you sleeping, eating or otherwise preoccupying you, talk to them about the anxiety itself. Counselling, as well as treatment for more serious anxiety disorders, is available and now is a good time to get it (parenthood is unlikely to make it go away).