First pregnancy, first trimester, emotions??

[Hubbythecatandme]

When I first found out I was pregnant (I am 5 weeks, 2 days), I was on cloud 9, really happy, positive, life couldn't be any better. I was looking forward to meeting my baby in due course etc.
Today for some reason I have felt nothing but anxiety and fear. "How am going to cope with labour" "what about if it's really bad", "what am I going to do if my midwife is not supporting", "what if other mums have a great birth and mine is really bad and I don't cope" etc etc etc.
I can't understand how I can have gone from so happy to so scared lol!
Did this happen to you?

you will be fine, it will be hormones driving you crazy! you will manage because that is what you will have to do and im sure in labour you will do whatever it takes for baby to arrive safely!! you will be fine :)

Thanks newlywed! Do you think it's the hormones doing this? So weird, I was so happy and confident, then today out of nowhere total panic!

All sorts of emotions can hit at any time.

You need to talk to your HCPs, especially if you have any history of anxiety or other MH issues.

Or perhaps you'll find support via the MN antenatal thread for your due date. I think this is the one for you.

Thanks Edith :)

of course it will be hte hormones, just dont let things bottle up, speak about what your anxieties are to your OH so if at the time you are feeling like labour terrifies you he knows whats going on and will be able to support you!!
Remember you are growing a new life inside you!!

Thanks newlywed, hubby says he is looking forward to me meeting new GP who is lovely so I can ask all questions I have and tell her about all the things that are worrying me!! I did exactly the same when had to have tooth extraction lol, couldn't sleep very well, spent my time worrying about it over and over, expected the worse and in the end, when D day came, I went and left it in the hands of dentist I trusted and it went really well.
Am just hoping this will be the same.

see you will be fine!! im terrified of telling dr too as it will make it official!

I know!!! Wonder if all first time mums feel a bit scared?

im a first timer and bricking it!!

Lol I surprised myself by being so calm, happy and composed when we found out, hubby was like "I feel a bit wobbly" and I was like "it will be absolutely fine!". Then today I had my big freak out, seems to be getting better though, I think talking about it helps. Usually I find the way I imagine things is always worse than the way things usually turn out!!!!!
I am sooo not watching any programs or videos about women giving birth though :S

ha ha ha! hubby is as calm as a cutecumber atm!! i rekon when it comes to the scan it will get him! or in a few weeks when we tell his dad! ha ha ha

Hubby said when we first found out he would look at little kids in supermarket and try to imagine what it's like to have one like that hahaha!

Oh yeah hubby totally freaking out about telling his dad on Friday mouahaha!

If it's any consolation, it's second time round for me and I was really anxious at around 6 weeks (what do we do with DS when I go into labour, how long can I afford to take off work, what if it's twins etc etc) but it's tapered off at 8 weeks and I'm starting to get excited again now

Pfew that sounds very comforting Pervy!
I am feeling a little bit better now, wonder if it was just a bit of anxiety attack or sthg... I want to feel blissful and excited again not scared!!!

Just think of it step by step. Still a long way to go
Before you need to worry about labour.

It's very normal. The hormones are mental at this stage.

Thanks very much for your answer Mabelandrose, I think it must be why, I was feeling so chilled and happy, can't see why today would have to be such a worrying day, out of the blue, for no reason!

I'm 6 weeks and feeling totally the same. Its bitten me on the ass really as a couple of weeks ago I was being rather smug about my fineness lol. I think its starting to pass now but trying not to be alone with my own thoughts for a couple of days.

AprilS I am exactly the same, I swear my brain produced lots of happy hormons when I first found out as I was sooo happy and nothing could worry me about the birth!!! I am reading childbirth without fear and I have to say it is helping massively. I think auto-suggestion, self fulfilling prophecy, the whole "it's going to be awful" is something we have to be really careful about because being worried will make labour so much worse I think. I will be trying to read as much as possible about the various stages of labour, then try to use methods of relaxations etc to try to prepare myself as much as I can. xx

Hey, i feel exactly the same...worried, excited, nervous!...This is my first baby so feel every emotion atm...I am 4 weeks 4 days pregnant...My husband and me started trying for a baby in december after being married for 4 months, not realising it would happen for us first time...Still in complete shock...Dreading going to GP as dont know what to expect :(

I'm feeling very scared, not about the end, I like to think i have a high pain threshold, plus watching hubby have a kidney stone i think i learnt how to best deal with pain, (moving about) helped. I'm quite scared about loosing the baby or complications. We've been married 3 yrs and decided Nov 2012 we would ttc in dec 2013 for a Sept 2014 baby, if our house sale and purchase went through, which I still can't believe it did, came off pill after 15yrs in Sept and luckily had af 23 days later, cycles very regular straight away, had obvious ovulation discharge (sorry) every month even on pill so i knew my cycles well, when we stopped contraception in mid Dec i was so worried it wasn't going to go our way, i didn't even notice any ovulation musus (sorry again :)) and i thought i'd got too worked up about it and stopped it with stress but took test NYE, wasn't going to not drink if i didn't need to and it was positive!, so far everything has gone a little too well, just keep thinking something has to go wrong, anyone else having these awfull thoughts?

Hey, I'm in the same boat! Found out on 27th Dec I was pregnant (I think about 5 weeks), and got my first appointment with docs on 9th jan....very apprehensive. I was ecstatic when I found out, partner too, he started making lists of things we need to do straight away! Haha. But I've gone back to work today after Christmas and I'm drained, so not in the best mood about things. I'm worried about the docs app as not sure what will happen? I guess it will just be a general check and then they refer you to the midwives.
Wish everyone good luck with their baby adventures this year!

Casey - yes, I'm the same. I can't even worry about labour because I'm so scared that something will go wrong before then. All you can do is remember that if it does go wrong, there is nothing you could have done. But most pregnancies go well and why won't yours/mine?

I get most scared about a mmc because then I would not even know that something had gone wrong but,again, that is rare and I need to remind myself that I do deserve this and why won't I be like millions of other women who become mothers?

Well looks like my massive panic over labour is gone for now! I was terrified for solid 48 hours but seem chilled and happy again (until next time!).
How is everyone?

Miscarriage is my biggest fear too. It's just so common it's scary. Let's keep fingers crossed for healthy babies at our scans.