Anxiety

I had a stillbirth on 28.03.2024 and i am currently 29+5. It has been the most stressful time of my life especially since I passed the gestation of my stillbirth. I have therapy weekly, see my midwife weekly and have a scan booked in 2 weeks. My best friend and another had a stillbirth and then successful pregnancies! You'll be fine fingers crossed

I’m now 24 weeks after my little girl was born sleeping last June. It is the hardest thing in the world, harder than I ever expect but just take each day and focus on getting through that as best you can. Every pregnancy is different and there is nothing to suggest that your new baby won’t make it. Try to keep busy, and had hard as it is, try to be positive. I too have had some counselling sessions which have helped talking about my little girl snd talking about this pregnancy. Could you arrange some sort of plan with your Dr? I am seen every 4 weeks for a scan and have been in between that for some reassurance as I was feeling so down. Always here for a chat xx

@Lucy when I went in last week, she told me she’d see me every two weeks if that’s what I need. Which I think for now I’m going to do. Last time she brought in a little portable machine that I could see the baby & how it’s grown, & she said she could bring that in every time so I can see the baby grow too. I can’t hear the heartbeat but you can definitely see the flicker very well. Just need to keep the positive up at this point. I’m in therapy too which has helped tremendously since my stillbirth. Just didn’t think this new pregnancy would be this anxiety filled.

@Sonia thank you! This was very reassuring!! It’s so nice to hear the positive stories!

I'm almost 34 weeks after losing my daughter last April at 17 weeks. Getting pregnant after being told there's no reason for losing your baby is one of the most stressful and unknown times, especially during your first trimester and once you pass the gestation you lost your other child at. I'm praying for you and for a healthy pregnancy and baby💘 what I can say though, enjoy the little moments when you can, although it is the hardest thing to do after losing your baby, you'll reach the end of this pregnancy realizing you spent the whole time holding your breath and not allowing yourself to enjoy any of it. I promise taking the leap of faith into the unknown is so worth it.

I went to every appointment feeling like I was going to throw up, expecting to hear the words I heard before, but instead saw a healthy baby girl bouncing around full of life. Definitely lean on your support systems and talk about how you feel, and don't ever hesitate to take yourself to the hospital or call your doctor if you feel like something is wrong, even if just to see your Lil bean for a few minutes. Those are the things that helped me the most throughout this pregnancy

@Mari this is the worst feeling. I always close my eyes before the growth scans and once i hear theres a heartbeat then i open them to look. I'm so afraid of being told again there's no heartbeat ❤️

@Sonia me too ugh. Once I started to feel her move i felt a lot better but before it was so scary. With my miscarriage, I had a feeling for a couple days something was off but just played it off as overthinking, asked as soon as I got into the room to do a bedside scan to ease my anxiety and the nurse didn't listen she started with the doppler and couldn't find anything and I just knew. I was at my appointment by myself too because it was my husbands first day at his new job location. Absolute nightmare