Trying to conceive with anxiety

[tegfan]

Hi,

New to the group so please excuse my absolute lack of knowledge of all the abbreviations.

My husband and I have recently started to try for our first baby. I am currently in the middle of quite a lot of anxiety around both my job and my body image.

I was wondering if anybody else has gone through this? I'm worried that the arrival of a period will send me into a tailspin about how useless my body is and how I feel. I am currently awaiting an appointment for CBT but the nature of my anxiety is that I worry before there's anything to worry about and I'm currently right there at the moment.

The logical side of my brain is telling me to wait for a better time to get pregnant but I don't want to put my life on hold, who knows if I'll ever get a grip on it!?

Be good to talk to someone who has gone through this?

I went through a difficult patch with anxiety towards the end of last year, and the thought of ttc in the next few months added to my anxiety. I think if I had become pregnant then it would have been really hard. I started seeing a psychologist and now am feeling a bit more stable and excited to try although still a little anxious. So basically I would say that I wouldn't start trying if I were in the middle of a really severe patch of anxiety but I also wouldn't wait for my anxiety to completely go away as, for me, that just doesn't happen.

I hope this helps!