Worried!

ampennington

So what do you do to remind yourself that you are going to have a healthy baby and everything is going to be ok? I know God has a plan for us and our baby, but it is always in the back of my mind they something could be wrong and I dont know it yet.   I see all these posts about babies who are stillborn or dont make it long after birth- I have had 3 friends that had MAJOR complications and things were pretty touch and go duing labor but all ended ok...

I try to remind myself the small percentages of "bad" things that can happen and the likelyhood of it happening to us, but its hard. Anyone else a worry wort? What do you do to calm your fears???

AJluvsLI

Rather than console myself that everything will be okay and the baby will be healthy, I have just come to terms with what life would be like if something did happen and I did have to raise a child that wasn't 100% healthy.

After thinking about it a long time I decided DH and I could handle whatever God gives us and hopefully if something happens we will have time to prepare for it and do whatever it takes to make accommodations before the baby gets here. 

mrs_sherod

Well, I've told myself that worrying won't change anything.  To calm my fears I pray often that my baby is healthy and will go full term.  There is not much more we can do.

lifesadance

I do the same thing.  I get scared to tell people about the baby because I'm afraid I'll just have to turn around and tell them that the baby didn't make it.  I read about these awful things happening in small percentages of pregnancies and I get worried. 

Two things help:  I pray all the time AND my wonderful husband takes away my laptop and forbids me to google on my iPhone (only when I'm looking up pregnancy complications and birth defects, or reading sad blogs).  

ChrisnTris

I know this is cheesy but I try to remember that worrying is like rocking in a rocking chair, it gives you something to do but it wont get you anywhere!!!

It's hard not to let your mind wander, perhaps focus on the day at hand rather than worry about tomorrow and the problems it may or may not bring.

I struggle with this too, I work in LD and see terrible and tragic things sometimes, but I have to remember that MOST of the time I see miracles )

ampennington

Thank you all SO much! Its nice to hear it from other preggo ladies!  Also nice to know Im not the only crazy person who thinks this! Thank for the little tips!