Anxiety Covid third trimester

[LilyRose89]

Hi MN,

First time poster here :)

I wondered if anyone felt anxious in their third trimester of pregnancy due to Covid and social isolation, and if so if we could support each other?

If I should sum up my feelings these days, it's a constant loop of: stress of getting too close to someone in the streets or shops, stress my DH is getting too close to people and catching the virus, guilt of feeling stressed and not just keeping my feelings in check as I did all year, anger that this pandemic is still raging, sadness of being cut from my family who's abroad for almost a year, disappointment of not being able to celebrate with friends and family all the big milestones of my life that happened this year (wedding and pregnancy).

Guilt again reading this message, as I sound like a whiny little girl whereas I should just be happy and grateful of all these happy life events (and I am!)

But I cannot help thinking I imagined my life a little bit differently in January, maybe strolling through the shops for a buggy instead of stressing out the delivery guy from Amazon didn't wear a mask and was too close to me when I opened the door...

Just feeling a bit lost and hopeless after staying strong all last year through the multiple rounds of lockdown, now that the arrival of our baby is so close. Also concern around the end of my pregnancy with high risk of preeclampsia (not diagnosed yet) which makes me do many trips to the hospital for monitoring, which kind of fuels this low level anxiety.

Hoping I can find women in the same situation so we try and stay positive together! And look forward to all the wonderful things to come :)

All of the above. I've realised that this anxiety and inability to leave he house without very good reason is really getting me down. I think it's the cause of breathlessness and dizziness that I get more mornings (have to lie down, sitting doesn't help, but then it goes by noon and I can breathe and stand up again).

Starting to get nervous for the birth. This is my second, so not nervous for the actual birth per say, more "will dh be there? Will they support me after the birth at all?" Things like that... I couldn't really walk after dd was born for a while, so he night after she was born, with no support in hospital was way way worse than the 86 hours of labour I'd had...

Forgot to mention: in 27+5!

Hi Ladies, I’m 23+5 and am feeling incredibly anxious. I’m a primary teacher and feeling very unsure about work and feel like the government are happy to put us at risk. I’ve hardly slept and cried for the last three days.

I’m 31+5 and completely understand where you are coming from. I have 2 other children that we have now decided to keep off of school as we deem it far too much of a risk them being at school. So I now have the added stress of home schooling them. My husband is working from home as much as he can but with his job that’s not always possible. I’m petrified of catching it.

FTM here! I'm 30+5 and feeling the same! Getting super nervous about usual bits regarding the birth and on top of that Covid and whether the new potential lockdown is going to impact if my husband will be allowed in with me.

I had to have a cervical procedure done around 20 weeks and been on bedrest since then, but having to do that all alone was scary in itself!

First time posting here. I’ve struggled a lot over the past 34 weeks of pregnancy with covid threat. I also had a miscarriage Christmas 2019 which hasn’t helped my anxiety levels. This third trimester I now can’t sleep at all too. I really thought the world would be in a better place come due date in February but instead I will be giving birth in lockdown. So hard to keep being hopeful when just seems like wave after wave of isolation. It’s scary.

I'm 35+3 and although I am so ready not to be pregnant anymore I am not ready for the hospital experience while giving birth.

No one knows if / when DP will be allowed in with me, what the aftercare will be like, how long we will be in etc etc. I keep being told to ask nearer the time as things can change so quickly.

It's my 2nd baby so I had hoped I'd be less anxious this time but I'm worse off.

I'm FTM and 35 weeks. The worry is starting to creep in a little, my other half works part time in a pharmacy and I'm starting to get worried that he'll catch it and not be allowed at the birth. I haven't picked a back up birth partner cos theres no one else I'd want with me. It's not how I'd pictured my pregnancy, cut off from friends and family but I'd rather try and stay safe just to give myself some piece of mind.
This all isn't great but we've got something amazing to look forward to at the end of it, I'm just trying to focus on that.

I’m 36 weeks and the nerves have hit, but as a FTM I don’t know if it’s normal baby nerves or COVID panic. Whilst I’ve been following rules and I’m not denying the virus is a threat to people I’ve managed to remain quite optimistic and laid back about it all since it kicked off in march, however I now suddenly feel guilt for every little thing I do and constantly anxious about what the next announcement may bring.
I’m just trying to take a breath every now and then and just go with it. As long as my partner gets to stay with me during labour I’ll be ok 🤞🏻

I feel really bratty for feeling like COVID has robbed me of so many experiences. I'm a ftm, dh and I have waited a long time to start a family and with time ticking didn't feel like we could hold off any longer. I didn't want to wait and the potentially have problems ttc.

I've managed to stay pretty optimistic but like others have described, the waves don't seem to end and I never could have imagined the world would look like this.

I'm 38+1 and keep reading that the next ten days are going to be almost doubly bad in London - exactly when I'm due to give birth. I'm beside myself with worry over it, also being 40 and hearing stats about increased risk to 'older women' (tsk) in the third trimester. It's really getting me down, emotionally, and stressing me out, wondering if we'll get through this, which I know sounds really dramatic. This on top of being so isolated, not feeling safe even out for walks any more and many layers of guilt I feel for considering a late transfer to the private ward (which we can't afford) are making me feel like I'm losing my mind right at the point I'm meant to be feeling strong and optimistic. So I hear ya.

How is everyone doing?