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Petrified I'm going to die and leave my baby behind

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goolish · 21/03/2020 22:34

I had a baby last year and up until last week everything has been so perfect. Every day full of so much love and excitement for the future and now I am consumed with the risk of this disease killing me and taking me away from him. I finally had everything I ever wanted and it's all being threatened and I'm struggling so much.

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Felicitycity · 21/03/2020 22:39

Have you got any risk factors? If not you are worrying unnecessarily. To be fair we are all worried. Worrying doesn't help. Lots of love and keep well

FlushedZebra · 21/03/2020 22:45

Everyone feels that to some extent. I have my perfect life too - 3 children, adore them all, great DH, great extended family & friends.

So I really sympathise. Try to calm down, and be pragmatic - this isn't karma, or hubris, it's a virus. And all we can do is take all the measures to minimise our risk. So self isolation, and social distancing as far as humanly possible. That means staying at home, unless your outing is essential, and I mean essential. And wash hands, wash everything. If your partner is still working, distance yourslef even from him. Just for now. It's not forever.

Think of it this way - the virus might be anywhere, and I'm going to do my best to stop it being anywhere near me, but even if it does get me, I'm likely to survive. Even the high risk groups have a better-than-not chance of surviving. It's the highly prolific and contagious nature of this virus - the sheer numbers involved - that produces the high death rates.

And finally - I do feel the same as you. It's really, really hard Thanks

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