7 weeks pregnant and wake up worrying every day!

[HKM94]

Hi all! I’m hoping to get some encouragement and positive thinking vibes from all you wonderful mums-netters 😊 I am currently 7 weeks pregnant with DC number 2 and DP and I are over the moon. DD is currently 8 months and labour didn’t go well and it resulted in me having to have an ECS then I ended up having surgery when she was 6 months old to get my gallbladder out as it turned out I had gallstones when I was pregnant (kept having the awful painful attacks but no one monitored or investigated what it could be because pregnancy wise my DD was fine) fast forward to now and I am so anxious all the time any stomach flutter I am worried I am having a miscarriage or something is going to go wrong and I have taken 15 pregnancy tests.. I take one or two each week just to make sure I’m still pregnant which probably sounds daft but I need to take it just to feel the relief of seeing the two lines.. I had a private scan on Saturday and we heard the little ones heartbeat so I thought like with my 1st pregnancy that I would feel better straight away but as the sonographer said I was measuring at only 6 weeks I am concerned what if the baby is not growing right. I am probably overthinking things and am being too anxious early on and I do try and speak to DP but sometimes his reassurance doesn’t help as I then think I am only reassured because he wants me to be and I am only putting it to the back of my mind for his benefit rather than my own so I needed to hear some reassurance from others. Thank you in advance x

Please bear in mind that nothing was wrong with your first pregnancy and you have your gorgeous DD to prove it.
Did you talk to someone about how the labour and surgery affected you?
After a traumatic birth/labour it is normal to feel anxious, but you might want to talk to your GP and tell that your anxiety is spiralling out of control. You are only 7 weeks, you have 33 to go and can't really keep going like this.
You need to open up about this with a health professional so you can stop worrying and start enjoying your pregnancy.
Wishing you all the best.