Convinced I'm going to miscarry

[LauraO1905]

I feel completely stupid but I'm convinced I'm going to miscarry. I'm 5+4 and Just ridiculously nervous and just can't shake the feeling that this pregnancy won't progress and I don't know why ☹️

If I do miscarry I know there is nothing I can do/could have done and it's just one of those things but I just can't help feeling that it's going to happen.

I had a CP and then two heathy pregnancies and this is my 3rd pregnancy (not including CP) and the only one where I've felt like this. Maybe it's because I'm lucky enough not to have had one so feel it's my 'turn' I don't know. Like I said, stupid.

Anyone else feel like this? Or just tell me I'm being daft and what will be will be!

Take your vitamins and think positive!! I found out at 4/5 weeks god it's dragged I'm 11+3 now I have my scan on Thursday so excited!! We haven't even announced to our daughters,hope all progresses well xx

I wrote this earlier on someone else’s thread. I’m sorry to just copy and paste but I think it’s all relevant.
I hope you feel better

I have recently been very anxious too. And i've had none of the major reasons you have. I woke up one day and just burst into tears and basically cried on and off for 2 days. I worried that the baby had stopped growing, that the baby had died and I hadn't realised, that I would lose the baby and never be able to have another...and stuff like that!
The day after all this I had a very small bleed - its my first bleed in the pregnancy so I ended up at the hospital. It all looks ok.and ive had none since. My husband booked in locally for a private scan yesterday to just reassure me. And sure enough the baby is looking well.

I heard Womens Hour on radio 4 on tuesday discussing post natal depression and studies show that those who suffer anxiety during pregnancy are more likely to suffer from Post natal depression after.
Im not saying this to scare you.
But I say it to motivate you to help yourself. You need to think of anxiety as an illness. If you had a broken arm you would seek medical support, get the right medication etc.
You need to do the same for the anxiety. You need to try and find stuff that can help you make it better. This is what I'm trying to do. I don't want to sound patronising, i'm just trying to share my thinking..
A few things_

• I was recommended to speak to IAPT - they can help you access emotional support during and after pregnancy. Are you based in London by any chance? I would need to know which borough as they have a separate number in each borough. I can give you the info. You could PM your area if you wanted.

• There are different tools. Mindfulness, yoga, meditation. How about trying some and seeing if one appeals?
  I was recommended this:

www.youtube.com/channel/UC-0CzRZeML8zw4pFTVDq65Q

She has ones for stress relief etc.

And this one:
www.youtube.com/channel/UCUK-gz5bmmjn2W2tJRJWeew

How about trying daily, nightly quick routines to try and calm your thought patterns and ground yourself.

I hope some of that helps

Thanks for your replies.

That's really helpful. I know I'm worrying for nothing and if I'm going to miscarry there is nothing I can do. Just feel a bit silly

I think its completely natural to worry. This is my first pregnancy so all I kept thinking was what if i can't carry babys, what if every pregnancy i ever have will end in miscarriage, what if i can't grow my baby like i should and i have to terminate. Every single one of these questions came from nowhere because I had absolutely no reason to think any of that would happen. And im not an anxious person AT ALL usually. I think it's the realisation that another life now depends on me to keep it safe. The 12 week scan seems so far away but we never went for an early scan as i knew there was still a chance of miscarriage even if that was ok so whats the point.
The fact you've had two healthy pregnancies is a massive bonus because you know your body can do it. Try to distract yourself until your 12 week scan. Congratulations!