Pregnant and panicking nonstop

[pregnantanxious]

I have never had significant mental health problems until I had a traumatic birth a few years ago. It took me a long time to really notice how the birth had negatively affected me and I eventually sought therapy to help me deal with it. In the meantime, I gave birth to my second baby which went very smoothly.

Now I am 7 months pregnant with our third baby and over the last few weeks I have become incapacitated with fear and anxiety. I think I am having an existential crisis as I am so worried about death all the time that it is impacting my day. I am barely able to function because all I can think about is losing everyone I love, about when I might die. I am on the brink of tears and cold panic all day long and I can barely eat. I am a SAHM but if I did have a job there is no way I’d be able to do it at the moment.

I have sought help via my local perinatal mental health service and they have said they will be in touch at some point next week. I am terrified I will feel like this forever.

I don’t know why I’m posting really, I am just in a complete state.

Hello! I didn't want to read and run but i don't really have any useful advice. I just wanted to say that I see you! I'm nearly 16 weeks pregnant with my 4th and I've had a weekend just plagued by anxiety. I'm either worried about dying during this inevitable 4th c section and leaving my kids without a mum, or I'm worried about the 1 in 260 risk of Down syndrome I've just got back or I'm worried about my sons speech delay... if it's not one thing, my mind finds another thing to fixate on.

ive always been a worrier but at certain points in this pregnancy, my anxiety just seems to go through the roof and I can't control it no matter how I try to rationalise things.

im putting it down to hormones! Like I say, I know this doesn't help but you're not alone xxx