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Anxiety out of control!

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Kelsey28 · 31/12/2016 13:29

Sorry for yet another post! I am looking for some advice. I have always had really bad anxiety since I was about 16. I was on medicine for it but stopped this summer as I was in my dream job, moving in with my OH etc and just felt really released and happy. In hindsight I probably felt so relaxed because of the medicine Sad.
In late September I found out I was 10 weeks pregnant. This was a lovely surprise but obviously it's brought my anxiety back in a huge way. I can't stop thinking that something will happen to my baby. All day every day I wait and wait for her to move and then a few minutes after she's moved I panic until she moves again. I feel like I didn't enjoy Christmas at all because I did was think about baby moving. I can't sleep because of it. I spend all my time googling about kick counts etc. I must have read everything about it on the internet! I'm driving my poor OH (very relaxed by nature) mad as well as myself. I have no idea how I'll cope when I'm back at work next week (I'm a primary school teacher) because I'm struggling to concentrate on anything else. I have an appointment with my midwife on the 12th but every day I want to go to the hospital because I'm so scared 🙈🙈🙈. Any advice on relaxing? Thanks!

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100milesanhour · 31/12/2016 13:43

You can ask your midwife to the pregnancy mental health team and they can help guide you forward.

Have you tried any videos on YouTube? There's a lot of pregnancy meditation videos. X

Whitechester · 31/12/2016 18:53

I too suffer from anxiety. Mine has got worse since being pregnant, although mine isn't to do with the baby, however I really struggled to relax - in fact I am struggling now and im 9 months. The only way to calm my anxiety and switch off is a bath, candles and some
Calm music.

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