Table 3.

Numerical Summary of Anxiety Scores Across the 419 Postpartum Women

Scale Item	Mean	Standard deviation	Skewness	Kurtosis
Infant Safety and Welfare Anxieties
I have felt frightened when my baby is not with me	3.51	0.68	-1.40	2.03
I have repeatedly checked on my sleeping baby	3.49	0.65	-1.35	2.28
I have worried that my baby will stop breathing while sleeping	2.97	0.93	-0.77	-0.16
I have worried about my baby being accidentally harmed by someone or something else	2.13	0.89	0.10	-1.10
I have worried about leaving my baby in a childcare setting	2.89	0.56	-0.62	2.95
I have worried about accidentally harming my baby	2.13	0.90	0.16	-0.95
I have thought of ways to avoid exposing my baby to germs	2.99	0.50	-0.14	3.32
I have not taken part in an everyday activity with my baby because I fear they may come to harm	2.72	0.72	-0.04	-0.33
I have worried about my baby’s health even after reassurance from others	2.75	0.76	-0.72	0.62
I have worried that I will become too ill to care for my baby	2.82	0.45	-1.04	2.88
I have felt a greater need to do things in a certain way or order than before my baby was born	2.93	0.54	-0.43	1.61
Practical Infant Care Anxieties
I have worried about my baby’s milk intake	2.75	0.71	-0.05	-0.30
I have worried about my baby’s weight	2.87	0.54	-0.92	2.49
I have worried about getting my baby into a routine	2.75	0.71	-0.05	-0.30
I have worried about the way that I feed my baby	1.43	0.79	1.91	2.92
I have worried about the length of time that my baby sleeps	2.38	0.90	0.17	-0.71
I have used the internet for reassurance about my baby’s health	1.70	1.09	1.25	0.01
I have worried that my baby is not developing as quickly as other babies	1.62	1.02	1.43	0.62

Note: Mothers reported the frequency of experiencing each feeling on a scale ranging from 1 (not at all) to 4 (almost always). Higher scores on each four-point Likert scale item show higher levels of postpartum infant-focused anxieties.