Anxiety during early pregnancy?

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I am nearly 6 weeks pregnant.  The pregnancy is very much planned and our child will be coming into a stable, loving home.  I have my first OB appointment in exactly 2 weeks.  I was doing great until I started reading and keep seeing information about miscarriage.  I'm now suffering from major anxiety...really weird because *before* all the reading I felt that whatever will be, will be.  

I know if someone else were saying this I'd say "you're not having any symptoms to make you think something is wrong, your pregnancy symptoms come and go normally, and there's nothing you can do...so enjoy your changing body."  But my rational self is drowned out by this anxiety.  Did anyone else deal with this?  How did you make yourself chill out?

uenuku · Accepted Answer

i know where you're coming from. Being pregnant you can bombard yourself with info and it can all get a bit scary. it is good to be informed but in some ways you get to thinking ignorance is bliss! 
just remember your body is rampaging with hormones and so emotions can be heightened. 
i presume from what you wrote that you have a good relationship with your partner. talk to him, tell him how you feel. this always helped me, males often have a good way of balancing out the overemotional anxiety that we have when pregnant. good luck....

jimigirl17 · Answer

I am freaking out about how my body is changing and keep thinking, how the hell am I going to do this??? and about how my life is about to change forever in the most significant way there can be -- I am TERRIFIED.  I feel myself tensing up, and I know it's bad, so I start doing breathing exercises and start meditating, thinking this is a good thing, no matter what.  For some reason, I don't think about miscarrying or something going wrong right now (good, I don't need more to worry about).  Whatever will be, will be, indeed.  I remind myself of that, cuz it does no good to worry anyway.  Just breathe! :)

Anonymous · Answer

i felt scared and worried that i'd miscarry until i hit this week, full term, haha.. it's completely natural. i just kept researching online,  things that are normal/abnormal, complications.. every time id go to the doctors and hear the heart beat i felt ten times better... you can actually rent one of those fetal heart doppler things online if you want, it might be a little hard to hear the heart beat this early.. but i'm sure itll put your mind at rest. Don't worry, you'll be just fine

? · Answer

properly I even have generalized stress affliction and my blood stress became into oftentimes good ont he mark around a hundred and twenty/80 yet on account that pregnant its been slightly decrease, and my stress has been lots greater. Its oftentimes around 106/sixty 5 or some thing around there which continues to be sturdy so i might say, consistent with my stress throughout being pregnant that it must be only the being pregnant. a lot of girls advance greater blood stress throughout being pregnant and its seen customary. enable your OB comprehend as she will desire to maintain it monitored with the aid of fact it may reason a lot of problems if it is going to become Preeclampsia. terrific of high quality fortune toyou!

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