I'm currently 23 weeks pregnant and really struggling to believe that I am actually going to have a healthy baby in September. I feel really weird and almost jealous when my friends and family announce their pregnancies, even though I am currently happily pregnant with my first baby. It's almost as if I believe that they will get their babies at the end of their pregnancy but that I won't. I really want to let the constant anxiety and worry go, and actually start to enjoy my pregnancy but I find it hard not to think dark thoughts about what might go wrong, even though I have no real reason to think anything bad will happen and I know that statistically it's unlikely (although sadly does happen to some people)
I had a miscarriage at 8 weeks last year, and I hoped that the constant mentalling that things are going to go wrong would ease off after the 12 week scan but it doesn't seem to be showing much sign of going away.
I was wondering - do other people have this too? Can anyone suggest any coping strategies? I'm reluctant to go to my GP as I feel that they'll just say "it's unlikely anything will go wrong, think positively" - obviously I'm trying to be positive but I'm just finding it very very difficult to plan ahead for the baby actually arriving. Any advice or ideas very welcome!
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Struggling to suppress the constant anxiety
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PinkFondantFancy · 02/06/2011 21:19
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