Less anxious during pregnancy

[Pregnancychatter]

Does anyone else feel like they actually have less anxiety during pregnancy?
I know the consensus is that women suffer more anxiety during pregnancy, but I'm more mellow now than i've ever been.
Wondering if i've just got baby brain already? 😂

I was more anxious until 20 weeks, but I would put that down to having a miscarriage previously. Had that not have happened I think I would have been quite relaxed like the first pregnancy started out.

The second/third trimesters were more relaxed and I had preeclampsia from 31weeks onwards. I was even relaxed when they talked about induction at 34weeks and I suddenly had 1hr notice for the csection at 35+0. It’s only that first stage due to the direct previous experience. Feeling movements at 22weeks completely put me at ease.

Hope you enjoy the pregnancy.

I was on propranolol for years for anxiety and had struggles with depression since my early teens.
When I got pregnant at 30 I just felt it sort of.. melt away. I blamed baby brain at first as I became quite forgetful but then realised actually I was caring less about all sorts of other things.
Baby is now coming up to 2 and I've been medication free since a few weeks after that positive test.
I wonder if it's because I've got different priorities now and I have something that's really truly important to me so I care less about other things. Also I gave up smoking and don't go out and drink to excess any more so that might have something to do with it!
Enjoy it :)

Me. I’m only 8 weeks and weeks 4/5 I was an anxious mess worrying about the pregnancy but I’m now very chilled about the pregnancy l.

More broadly, Im now definitely more relaxed than usual - for example I’m doing a big work training thing for two days this week and I’d normally already be ruminating and overthinking it. I’m so chilled out about it it’s insane. So unlike me.