I'm 22 weeks pregnant and I'm constantly worrying. I'm always on the verfe of tears and feel like I'm a huge failure.
People keep asking me if I'm excited and what a wonderful experience it'll be.
I've had nothing but worry after worry, the 12 week scan, the 20 week scan and now it's counting the kicks. If I don't feel him move by a cettain time in the morning, I panic. I feel like he should be moving more than he is during the daytime and panic if I haven't felt him enough by bedtime. I'm only 22 weeks! I can't imagine how it'll be when I'm further on.
As I already suffer with anxiety and panic attacks, I've been referred to the MH midwife. She's coming to see me at my house on Tuesday. I think it'll help me to talk things through with her.
My partner is supportive but he doesn't really understand or appreciate my intense worries about the baby and just keeps saying 'relax, he'll be fine, he's probably just having a quiet day' etc. Which doesn't really help.
I'm mostly afraid of how I will cope as a mother and whether or not my pre existing anxiety will raise its ugly head again.
Ant help and advice would be greatly appreciated 