The worry over a baby/ child never ends - light hearted

[Irishfarmer]

I was texting my friend earlier asking how she is getting on with her new baby, he's a few weeks old now. I am due my DS this July. I had a few MCs prior and lost a twin with this pregnancy. I think I have remained fairly relaxed over this pregnancy, I have just tried to go with the flow. But I am still worried/ anxious sometimes.

I was thinking ' won't it be great when he is here and I can relax/ stop worrying' but that probably won't be the case will it? I'll probably always worry to some degree or another about him for the rest of my life!!

Yes, you will worry about him for the rest of your life. But - for me anyway - it isn't like it is when you're pregnant after repeated miscarriages. I look back at that as one of the worst times of my life and it really, really did get much better when he was safely here. I'm so sorry for your losses and wishing you the absolute best for the rest of your pregnancy and for you and your little boy.

Once he’s here that will be when you really START worrying and it never ends. I used to think that once the children were eighteen that I would have done my job and off they would fly to lead independent lives without me needing to worry about them. How naive could I have been!!! Your love for them is so deep and all consuming that they always occupy a bit of your mind no matter where in the world they are.

My first baby is 31 YEARS old . The worrying never stops !!!! But it’s worth every minute of stress when they smile at you even as adults

I've just had a baby after several miscarriages and whilst yes, I worry constantly about him, it's very different to the soul crushing anxiety I felt whilst pregnant with him.
I couldn't relax and enjoy being pregnant at all but now he's here I have chilled out somewhat.
But ultimately yes, the worrying doesn't stop.

DS is 3.5 and yeah, the worry never stops! It's different once they're born though because you're in control more.

I think it was just the way it dawned on me this morning, in the shower of all places (prob looking at my belly!). I was thinking ah won't it be great when he is here and I can see him/ know he is safe and relax. Then it was like, wait, you'll always worry you still cow 😂I wouldn't consider myself an overly anxious person btw

Dd is coming up 33. Still worry..

@MovinOnUp I think that is probably close to how I feel. I am trying to relax with my pregnancy and have managed to do that a lot of the time. But all my MCs were in 1st trimester so I had some relief after that. Sorry about your MCs they aren't nice.

@Irishfarmer thank you, I'm glad everything has worked out.
Mine were all first trimester too, So I did settle a bit after the twelve week scan (was still an absolute nervous wreck though) ☺️