Scared, but Excited!! Want to share fears or excitement? 💖💙

_always_

So I had a very close friend loose her baby almost a year ago. I have wanted to ttc for a while but scared of everything that could go wrong. I am 4 weeks and 2 days pregnant now and all I can think about is negative outcomes of defects, syndromes miscarriage or SIDS. I’m so excited as this will be my last baby and I want to try to keep the gender a surprise until the baby is born and I was to try an all natural unmedicated birth this time as well. The nerves are real right now! Anyone else have any fears they they want to get off their chest? Or what they are most excited for with your pregnancy? 💖💙🎀🧢

lyn_

I feel you with your fears! It is so hard to mentally get past them, and they are in fact real. This is my 3rd pregnancy and when I was pregnant with my second we had many around us going through some hard things with their babies, it was really tough to watch and go through all while trying to be excited for my own. SO I'm trying to remember that now, and take deep breathe and take it a day at a time. It's so hard, and things happen but I think having a positive outlook is huge! Especially when growing a little human. 

So know you aren't alone💗 feeling everything alongside you. I'm 4 wks (and almost 2 days). Guess I'm just here to say I feel thr same but tying to stay positive. Congrats to you!

lyn_

Also have no idea why my name comes up like that 🤷‍♀️ very odd I need to figure out how to change it!

sobpie030519

These fears are so valid, and you are not alone in them ❤️ I am 3 weeks 6 days right now & we just found out 2 days ago! I haven’t even reached my missed period yet. So many nerves, my husband and I are definitely hesitant to be excited because we just don’t want to lose our little embryo. I have several health issues & a friend of ours has been TTC for about a year and had 3 chemical pregnancies/miscarriages. Definitely hard when you know people who are going through it!

_always_

Congratulations to you both! I am so excited for y’all! I haven’t told my hubby yet which is not helping my anxiety…. We discussed having our last baby over the past year and I always told him in super cute ways and I thought it was going to take longer to get pregnant. We have couple photos set up in two weeks that I was going to do the pictures where you each hold up a poster board and write something you love about the other but instead of writing something about him, I was going to hold up a sign that said Im pregnant! Or something like that…. But I feel bad not telling him sooner. So I’m glad to have a community of other women to talk to ❤️

sobpie030519

Congratulations to you as well! It’s so interesting how different we all are! I wish I had waited to tell my husband so I could do something cute as you have mentioned!! I think it is a lovely idea and I’m sure having that photo will be a great memory. But you should do whatever feels best to you!! ❤️

kgreaves93

I just found out a few days ago that I am pregnant again. This is my third pregnancy…my first was relatively smooth and my second resulted in a missed miscarriage when I should have been about 12 weeks along (fetus stopped developing at 9 weeks). While waiting to have a scheduled D & C I miscarried naturally but it was the most traumatic experience of my life that resulted in me being rushed to the hospital by ambulance due to how quickly I was losing a large amount of blood. That was back in 2021 and it took me a long time to heal from that trauma and a few months ago my husband I decided we were ready to start trying again. So needless to say I am excited but also absolutely terrified. I never had any worries in my first pregnancy about miscarrying (at that time I didn’t realize just how common it actually is) but after having gone through such a traumatic miscarriage, I’m riddled with anxiety ☹️