Pregnancy anxiety helplines?

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Hi all

Does anyone know of any helplines I can call just to talk to someone about my anxiety whilst pregnant?! To be honest, I’ve always struggled with my mental health but now that I’m pregnant it’s heightened so much. I feel like I’m suffocating and I just need someone to talk to. It’s starting to effect my job which is the last thing that needs jeopardising right now :(

I don’t have a midwife yet so I’m hoping someone here will have some advice.

Thank you.

Have you not had your 8 week booking appointment yet? You can ask to be referred to the perinatal mental health team.

Idk if this would help you but my DD has approached a student midwife through the recommendation of a new mother at school.
DD has anxiety and her new pregnancy has really increased it.
The student midwife wants to work with pregnant mums as she does her degree (I think it's actually a requirement).
So DD has someone to talk to every week about the pregnancy, from both a medical and emotional perspective.
I believe the midwife is going to attend appointments and the birth with her too.
Is that something you could look into?

For anytime chats I recommend Mind. They have a half an hour free call per day (I've used this to calm myself about worry about TTC and having missed the boat for kids), and if its a big crisis they can refer you on.