Hello fellow warriors

[LunaLovegood11]

Hey there! I got introduced to this forum earlier by Tugsgirl.

I’m 37 and 23 weeks pregnant with a little boy from my first round of IVF. Infertility has been a real horrible trauma but I’m finally getting my head around the fact that things might actually have worked out.

I’ll be honest the NCT forum isn’t really cutting it for me, and though I still follow the Infertility Network forum, I don’t tend to post on there for obvious reasons.

I wanted to ask, did you ladies manage to find any good coping tips to calm the stress ‘hangover’ of infertility once you got pregnant?

I’m desperate to be able to enjoy it all, having spend a lot of time (and money!) to get here 😊

[Tugsgirl]

No tips I’m sorry to say. I had anxiety and negative thoughts/fears every day. It’s unfair isn’t it that after getting your bfp, when you’re supposed to be enjoying every second of such a special time, that you can’t allow yourself to? Have you thought about trying mindfulness? I didn’t find it very helpful but some women swear by it xx

[LunaLovegood11]

Thank you! Yes how naive I was to think the anxiety would go away once I got a BFP 😂 xx

[Kiedy84]

Hi congratulations!! I know what you mean any NCT group, some posts on there made want to scream.

We really enjoyed Hypnobirthing started around week 25. I was desperate to enjoy my pregnancy and let go of fear of labour and for me meditations worked massively.

The other thing that helped me was additional scans both on NHS and private, for me it was worth every penny.xxx

[LunaLovegood11]

Thank you!

Ooh we started an online hypnobirthing course yesterday! Definitely a good way of thinking positively.

I’ve had a few scans now (7, 10, 13, 19 and 21 weeks), same as you some private - very reassuring!

Xxx

[3005]

Hi Luna

I’m the same I don’t like to post or read anything on the other forum now I think it just brings back memories of a hard time and I read stories and start to worry about my pregnancy. Having fertility struggles like you has left me with constant doubts and concerns, even now I get excited but then think keep it in check but I’m sure that will ease.

I am getting better every week watching my bump grow is so magical, I’m starting yoga bellies tonight (online now) which I’m really looking forward to and I think I’ll check out hypnobirthing too.

What is really nice is to see all the ladies move over onto this forum because they are now pregnant and they still want to be part of a forum and share information and experiences.

Nice to have people who know what it’s like to struggle ttc and are now pregnant because I feel I’m in a very different mindset to women who didn’t struggle

[LunaLovegood11]

I think that’s so true ❤️ still lots of anxiety around the process we went through to get here...

Ah today only the hypnobirthing course I’m doing online is £12 instead of £39... I’ll copy the link below 😊 x

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