Is it normal to feel this anxious as a new mother?

If motherhood feels more anxious than you expected, you are not broken and you are not alone. Here is what is actually happening in your nervous system, and why it matters for your baby too.
The science of calm: how your breath changes your baby’s nervous system (and yours).

Calm is not a personality trait, it is a nervous-system skill. Here is what happens in your baby’s body when you breathe slowly, and why it is one of the most powerful things you can do together.