Anxious about being pregnant with current Russia situation?

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Really want to try for another baby but can’t help but feel uneasy about what things might look like over the coming months with Russia. It’s not impossible that the UK will be drawn in to the conflict (as discussed on Radio 4 a few times this week). Might sound a bit daft but I’d need a C section and I have a fear of not being able to access the medical care I’d need if things really kicked off. Anyone else?

P.S. It goes without saying that I’m acutely aware of the suffering that the Ukrainian people are experiencing and that currently in the UK we are enjoying relative safety.

I think your mind is completely running away with you. If it was going to happen, it would have by now. The UK and any NATO countries are very unlikely to get involved due to NATO rules. I think you need to switch of the tv and radio, stop worrying about things that may never happen and just relax. If it's what you and your oartner want, go for it. X

Russia are struggling with a war against the underfunded country next door, do you really think they'll take the rest of Europe? Unless you're living on the Ukrainian border you're being very unreasonable.
If you're this anxious now about this, get some support with your mental health before TTC.

Just go for it, if that's what you want.

There's literally always something going on in the world that could be a reason to not get on with your life. I had my first in 2020 in the height of covid and I'm 6 months pregnant now with my second. I wouldn't change it.

My Mum was pregnant with me during the Cuban Missile Crisis when the world was closer to WW3 then it is now. 60 years later we are still here.

One of my children was born in 1999 and there were all sorts of predictions that civilisation would break down at the turn of the Millennium.

Go ahead and live your life.

I think your anxieties are justified. This is a decision that you must make for yourself and you must listen to your heart, not other people.