Increased anxiety in second trimester...Anyone else?

[Gemma0711]

So, I'm 17 weeks, and am generally an anxious person. But right now my anxiety is sky high!

I've not got the best track record with hormone-health...I have extremely heavy painful periods, and when doctors try to remedy it with contraception I end up seriously depressive before my period, bleeding for 12 weeks at a time, and the mirena coil even managed to make me expel a massive chunk of my own womb. I also have chronic migraine.

So how I'm pregnant, and I just suddenly feel so scared of everything. I'm terrified of labour, of the changes to my body, of being in my own with the baby (my husband will be here for 2 weeks after birth and his family are 20 mins away, but my mum is 200 miles away)...I have a history of PMDD so I'm scared of postnatal depression...I am a jeweller and work from home so I'm scared about working from home and being a mum at the same time....

Even though I know I'll make it work, I'm scared. At the moment it feels like im scared of absolutely everything!!!

Did anyone else find pregnancy increased their anxiety? And can anyone recommend anything to calm it a little?

Thank you so much!

I am the exact same! I almost posted basically this exact thread yesterday til my anxiety got the better of me.

I have an anxiety disorder, so I have found pregnancy in general quite stressful, but for the last 5-6 weeks it has sky rocketed! I’m 23 weeks tomorrow. I also have been worried about my changing body, I had an eating disorder when I was younger and seeing stretch marks appear has really freaked me out. I have stopped weighing myself for now 😂

I don’t know if it’s just the state of the world right now, the hormones, the isolation or a mixture of it all but I’ve been a ball of stress.

Hope you feel better soon