Anxiety about still birth

[hotcrossbun22]

Hi, sorry for long post.

trigger warning!

exactly as the title suggests. I have absolutely no reason to be so anxious over a still birth the only person I know to have one was 10+ years ago but the baby wasn't very well and they knew it may happen. I am 38 weeks and I cannot stop worrying about still birth. When I say worrying I mean keeping me up at night, crying, feeling physically sick, obsessing over movements and googling statistics. I have had a text book pregnancy, but I cannot stop thinking about the fact that that sometimes means nothing. I am always the type to worry about negatives rather than think about the positives and also suffer some anxiety in day to day life.

I suppose the point of this post was for a hand hold or to see I am not alone. I feel most people worry about it but it is consuming my pregnancy and my day. I was wondering if there would be anyone I could maybe speak to such as a midwife or anything someone could do to make it a little bit more bearable? Ironically I am extremely anxious to call my midwife and speak to anyone because really what are they going to do other than tell me not to worry? I am also scared they see me as not capable and a crazy woman.

Thank you if anyone got this far 😢

@Borderterrierpuppy

Op glad to hear you are having more monitoring and feeling a little better. You absolutely can ask for an early induction if you want x

I haven't got much faith in my midwife. She is very relaxed and the 'oh don't worry type' I have an appointment with a consultant on Wednesday I was thinking about speaking with him but unsure if that is really their area 😕

How are you OP?

Sorry just read this post as I’m 26 weeks with my first and anxious. Are c sections safest for a baby? Every woman I know has told me that it’s best for mother and baby to have a vaginal birth if safe. Less risk of infection etc? But maybe not?

@MSy you'd be better off starting your own new post, this one is very old.