It may not be OCD, it could just be you feel the need to do these things abit more. I have an OCD that is worse than just feeling i have to do something, i convince myself that if i don't do it when i think i should something very bad will happen(like someone i love will die or we will get burgled or something like that)....... I know it sounds stupid but the feeling is so bad i feel i have to do it. I try to fight it off and not do it but then the feeling just gets worse and worse until i feel like i have no choice but to give in and do it. Try not doing something for as long as you can and see what you feel like, you should be able to tell if you have an OCD then.

Hi, needed to respond to this one, I am exactlt the same, my hubby is convinced I have OCD. I don't think I do but I do know that I am obsessive, mainly about housework, I CANNOT rest if I know something needs to be done. We have a puppy n if I see hairs on the floor I have to sweep immediately or it plays on my mind! I get really worked up if I need to do things n I can't do them, dishes can't be left in the sink they have to be washed straight away. If my hubby does the dishes or cleans up I do it again, I don't trust anyone elses cleaning which is really ungrateful but it won't be done "properly" if I haven't done it myself. Same with toys, newspapers, cups, anything, if it isn't beind used it has to go away immediately, do you think I have a problem? Lou x

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I had to write something, I havent got OCD but everyone (family and friends) are admemt I am obsevive sometimes, I am not to bad with Finley however I am with ensuring everything is done by a certain time in the morining, I have be up, housework done, washing on, dishwasher on and finished, Finleys bottles steralised, my exercise and both me and Finley washed and dressed by 9/10 am, I have been like this since he was born and prior to this, I am constantly tired where I don't take a rest when Finley does but tjere is always something to do! I am now going to bed or falling asleep in front of the tv about 8.30pm at night. I have started having to check Finley is ok whether he wakes up at night or not which then disturbs him about 3/4 time. I dont know whther it is a control thing and the need to check ad do certian things is a way of controlling aspects of life that can be controlled where other parts can not for what ever reason.

Hi Sophie, i'm a bit like that with my baby. I always have to pat her with the right then the left hand, or kiss her four times before she goes to bed. I've always been a bit OCD but I think unless it is actually harming your baby or spoiling your enjoyment of being a mum it's fine. I think the thing to remember is that whether you do those things or not, your baby is going to be fine, so you checking she's breathing etc will probably only serve to wake her up rather than anything else. Believe me, your baby will be fine even if you have a night off from checking her constantly - try it - I promise she will be!

Hi- just wondered if there was anyone else out there with the same problem as me..? I have always had Obsessive Compulsive Disorder (OCD) but since I have had my daughter Ellie 5 months ago it has got really bad- checking her every certain amount of minutes in the evening- counting her little breathing in even numbers, poking my head round the door a certain number of times before I walk out her room- it's driving me (and my husband) nuts and I'm not sure how to stop it- just keep inventing new 'things'! I just read that apparently Mylene Klass has this really bad too with her new daughter - does anyone have a solution before it's gets silly?? Please help! Sophiex