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Paranoid

raeski2008raeski2008 member
in November 2011 Moms

With everything I've been hearing lately I am completely and totally paranoid about getting through this last bit of pregnancy. This late in the game I didn't imagine I would be hearing so much bad news. Two out of thirteen couples in my Bradley class have lost their baby's, both due around the same time as me, and then I go on here and read about a fellow bumpie :( This pregnancy has been hard since I've been on bedrest since the end of the first trimester due to medical issues I had before I got pregnant, I was just getting comfortable with getting to the end though and I hear about all this and I suddenly feel SO paranoid. It seems like the days are crawling by and every hour or so I can't help but ask myself, have I felt baby recently? Has she stopped moving?? I get so panicked, then she moves and I feel fine again. I get so worked up I find myself crying over the smallest worries. I just want to hold her in my arms and know she's safe. I never imagined my own belly could seem so perilous :(

Is it normal to get this paranoid towards the end?

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  • sarahjames9sarahjames9 member
    I have been very paranoid this pregnancy for a number of reasons. I hate having to trust my body to take care of the baby. I just really want her here as soon as she is term so I can take care of her instead of my dumb uterus. Sorry, I know that seems like a shot against nature, but my body seems to not be doing the best job at cooking the baby.
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  • brandifinchbrandifinch member
    I have been very paranoid also I am constantly trying to see how long its been since I felt her move and if it hasnt been that resent then I push on my belly and wake her up just so I can breath. Im glad I have weekly appointments but I want to buy a monitor so I can listen to her heartbeat constantly. There has been so much bad news out there Im trying to relax but having a very hard time.
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  • Holley+DayHolley+Day
    Hell if I know, it may be normal, then again maybe not. All I know is I am paranoid as f*** rite now and driving myself insane. We will be induced on tuesday and I swear as close as it seemed yesterday, it seems a year away today.... LO has been moving so strangly today and I am sooooo freaked out. I am going to OB in am and just sitting there till he sees me. I have been really sick, my DS and I have double pneumonia and a sinus infection and it has been really rough, well the meds I have been taking to ensure I am not going to make LO sick when he arives in less than 5 days now seem to be freaking him out in there. He has not stopped moving,,,,, ok movement means breathing.... but aaahhhh this isn't normal and rite now anything not normal freaks me out. What if his heart just stops? What if the cord is wrapped around him? What if he's trying to tell me something is wrong...... I'm losing my mind and DH doesn't know what to do other than to stay away. The on call thing is out of whack and I can't get ahold of my OB until I simply show up tomorrow. I definately won't be sleeping, I will be up making sure he still moves or hiccups or something, if he stops I'm calling in the coast guard, marines, highway patrole, ghost busters you name it all bells whistles and sirens will be screaming! Some one please just knock me out and wake me up on Tuesday.....
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  • Tanderson0201Tanderson0201
    I know how you feel. That post was just devastating to read, I can't even imagine how absolutely horrible that is to go through. I keep thinking about it and how it could just happen to anyone. It's hard for me to be positive sometimes anyway because I have panic disorder and pretty much everything gets me nervous! I know that's not helpful at all, but I just wanted you to know that you're not alone!
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  • jb2rnjb2rn member
    Yes. Its scary to know nothing is for certain until you hold that baby in your arms.
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  • MrsWilson93MrsWilson93
    I am so glad that I am not alone in this! All these stories of loss keep running through my head... I just want to hold my baby and know that he is ok. I am definatley paranoid. I freaked myself out so much that I had a trip to L & D the other day just to make sure that my BP was ok. It is hard to trust your own body (esp when you have had a  tough pregnancy and have other health problems)... Will it be better when he comes out? Or will I just have the whole world to worry about? Yikes. One thing at a time, right?
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  • littlewinnie15littlewinnie15

    I feel more anxious now than I did in first tri. And, yes, it sounds like that post really shook us all up. On this board, you almost feel like you get to know the regular posters, and when sudden, bad news happens like that it is such a reality check. I absolutely cannot imagine losing LO at this point, I don't even know what I'd do. My heart goes out to anyone that's experienced a loss like that.

    As much as I think this board is a great support network, I almost wish there were less bad news shared on it all the time because it makes everyone paranoid.

    I think the best thing I ever did was buy a doppler, because now when I have those bursts of anxiety, I just pull it out and find the heart beat. I can't wait until these 2.5 weeks go by and LO is here. But, then I feel like a whole NEW game of anxiety will begin and we'll start reading and seeing more stories like that breastfeeding link posted yesterday... ugh.

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  • ImAnRNImAnRN
    me too! I just want my little girl here with me so bad!
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  • jenni888jenni888 member
    imagelittlewinnie15:

    I think the best thing I ever did was buy a doppler, because now when I have those bursts of anxiety, I just pull it out and find the heart beat. I can't wait until these 2.5 weeks go by and LO is here. But, then I feel like a whole NEW game of anxiety will begin and we'll start reading and seeing more stories like that breastfeeding link posted yesterday... ugh.

    Agree with all of this. Earlier in pregnancy I would go weeks without using the doppler, but this week alone I've checked him (quickly, of course) on 3 or 4 occasions, just to make sure his heartrate sounded good. I really did get pretty rattled by reading about that loss. Especially the complete sudden nature of it and the fact it didn't really sound like there was anything that could have been done differently. Sad

    I just have to try to keep it together these next couple of weeks and I'm in the same boat as a PP who said once he's full term, I'm so ready for him to just be out so I can know he's safe. The worries of being a mother ... they start early, don't they?

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