Anxiety about pregnancy & birth

[CDanielle98]

Hi all! I just found out this week that I am 5 weeks pregnant and I am very excited but also terribly anxious about it all. I have struggled with health anxiety for years and with all the hormones going on it’s been a lot harder to control it. It would be great to hear from others if they’re experiencing the same thing as me so we can maybe share some encouraging words! My main fears are dying throughout the process of pregnancy or labor...I know, irrational but I can’t get it out of my head and I’m going nuts. One minute I’m fine the next I’m having these thoughts again. Last night I had a panic attack and was asking myself “how am I going to do this?!” Our families are so excited and so is my boyfriend and so am I, so I know I can and need to do this, but just need a little help from some fellow prego gals. 😭💞

[destiny121]

I suffer from health anxiety and it does get to me sometimes. When I was pregnant I felt the same.. would I die during labour etc. But the. On the flip side I just thought about all the women I know who have had babies and there is not one woman I know that has died during pregnancy so why would it be me? The. I thought about all the millions of women that have had babies and they were all right. So keep positive and leave the ugly thoughts outside.... lastly congratulations xxx

[CDanielle98 in reply to destiny121]

Thank you this helped me so much! 💞

[copperkettle8]

In terms of birth I highly recommend doing the Positive Birth Company's hypnobirthing pack online. It helped me to have a super positive outlook on the whole thing leading to a very calm, in control and super positive birth. Also read lots of positive birth stories - the positive birth book is good for that ( and is just generally good for the pregnancy and birth journey) as is the Facebook group that you access through the positive birth company's pack. Xx