Anxiety in early pregnancy

[KDM73]

Hi

Looking for a bit advice...

I’ve had anxiety at varying degrees for a long time now. A huge source of my anxiety is work (public speaking etc) and medication has helped me manage this in the past. Now pregnant, I can’t take my medication and feel awful - poor sleep, panic, constant tension, worrying, crying. Not functioning at work but still anxious at home too. I had a miscarriage before and worry about the impact of anxiety on the baby; I reckon the previous miscarriage is probably adding hugely to my anxiety and I’m over-analysing every twang and sensation in my body! I’m very early on in my pregnancy but worry I’m going to get stuck feeling this way - has anyone been in a similar situation that could offer some advice on what they found helpful?

Apologies if this is not the place to post this, I’m not too sure how the chat section works!

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Hi, I really do feel your pain. I cannot offer any advice with anxiety as I'm in the same boat but I'm very interested in the advice others can provide!

I was incredibly anxious in early pregnancy following an early miscarriage the first time (now nearly 36 weeks). The anxiety is still there a little bit but much reduced.
Things I did/have done/am doing! To help are:
Keep saying to yourself 'my body knows exactly what to do'
Lots of fresh air and gentle exercise
Talk about how you're feeling with people in real life
Repeat to yourself 'today I'm pregnant' and try to really invest calmly in how amazing that is.
Remember that statistically, you're more than likely to have a healthy pregnancy.
It also really helped me to make daily notes on my fertility app so that I could look back to an ache or twinge and remember that I'd had it previously and all was ok.
Remember that in early pregnancy everything is changing and stretching in there, so slight crampy feelings are normal. Xx

You need to seek help from your gp, the anxiety will be a huge risk factor in your pregnancy