Just found out I'm pregnant and I'm terrified

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This will be my fourth pregnancy, I've only had one successful one and currently have a 3 year old. I am absolutely terrified. Terrified my mental health is going to decline, terrified I'm going to have a miscarriage again, terrified of the birth/recovery. I can't speak to anyone as my husband is at work and my best friend won't answer her phone. Need a hand hold. This baby will be so wanted but I'm just so scared.

Sending you all my love. 💐

Just take it one step at a time I had to come off my anixerty meds at 12 weeks pregnant as they were making me ill it has been hard but I’m not 35+3 just gone on some new meds and finally seeing some form of light it is all worth it xx

@ElizabethanAgain thank you x

@Kiwi23 do you mind me asking which meds you were on? I'm on sertraline and worried that being pregnant is going to change the way they work or something. I just don't want to go back to that place I was in. It was so scary!

Sending you lots of love - I know exactly how you feel, I’m 12 weeks into my fourth pregnancy but only have one child earthside.

Are you on EPU’s radar? I’ve had reassurance scans at 5, 7 and 9 weeks which have been helpful. It never takes the anxiety away but I’ve found it good to check in more than usual.

Be honest with professionals about your MH, they are there to help you 🧡

Try to just breathe right now, speak to your husband once he is home and get support etc from your GP when you can.

You are pregnant, and that’s great, just take it easy.

I know miscarriages are hard … I had one at 14 weeks after seeing a perfect face, little fingers and toes on the 12 week scan … but it doesn’t mean you will lose this one.

Take it one step at a time, each day / week being a triumph. Birth and recovery … again take it as it comes, each one is different.

https://www.medicinesinpregnancy.org/leaflets-a-z/sertraline/

Hopefully this website is reassuring for you? One day at a time, sending you lots of love. If your mental health is suffering, you could ask to speak to the perinatal mental health team?