Irrationally worries about pregnancy

[Jcmummy32]

Hi everyone.

i just wondered if anyone else felt the same way. I’m 18weeks pregnant and I spent every day feeling like if I get excited about my baby then I’ll jinx something.

I found out last week we’re having a baby girl and I’m so happy but I feel like it’s too good to be true. Keep telling myself that I’ll get bad news at the 20 week anomaly scan and if I get excited then I’ll have jinxed it.

how do any of you get over these worries?

I'm the exact same. Currently almost 10 weeks and feel like I'm just waiting for bad news, I was the same with DD1. I don't think it's something that you can turn off, but I must say it got easier for me after the 20 week scan and when I could feel movements.

I would recommend talking to your midwife about the anxiety though, I did and she was so helpful!

@Jcmummy32
I'm the same as you 16 weeks and scared to get excited after 4 miscarriages wish I could just relax now.

I'm the same. I was convinced something was going to go wrong so I didn't tell anyone other than family and work that I was pregnant. I'm now 37 weeks and the only friends that know are the ones I've seen in the last 8 weeks (when I finally had a baby bump). I didn't intend on keeping it a secret but it just sort of happened! There will be a few surprised faces when the baby arrives! 😆

I'm 25 weeks and the same. Nothing can reassure me.

I’m coming up 14wks and have endless waves of anxiety. We had our dating scan yesterday, everything looked as it should, NT of 1.7mm so completely within the normal range yet I’ve spent the last 24hrs reading horror stories of screening results and now completely worked myself up to expect the worst. I’ve just accepted I’ll be anxious throughout, it’s just likely to be a different thing each week at this point 🙈

Realise the thread is a bit old but I am currently 20 weeks with my second child and finding this time around much worse than last time with my little boy. I have the anomaly scan on Thursday and I feel I am almost waiting for some bad news- I had a private scan a week and a bit ago and all was as it should be, but they said it was anterior placenta so wishing I could feel something for reassurance. Hope you got to the end ok?

I’m 34 weeks and I’m the same. My DH said to me earlier about it all getting so real now and I was like shush and just wait til he’s here before you say stuff like that!! I think it’s just constant worry