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Why am i such a worry wart?!?

amandalee620amandalee620 member
in June 2016 Moms
So I had an ultrasound last Friday and the baby looked perfect, long legs, great profile pics and a strong heart rate.. Went down from 182 to 170... So I should be a bit more relaxed, but I'm not.. I constantly worry. I can't find the heart rate on the Doppler and I'm 13 weeks so it's making me crazy.. Just needed to share, anyone else a worry wart? If I'm this bad already how am I going to be when the baby is born?
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Re: Why am i such a worry wart?!?

  • goldie987goldie987 member
    This is why most OBs don't recommend at home dopplers. You aren't professionally trained in using it, it is likely there but you are just not finding it. Put down the doppler for a few days and take a deep breath.
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  • arteduc8arteduc8 member
    Yes, I worry about things too. However, I'm trying to limit the things that make we worry. This is why I won't by a Doppler and why I'm waiting to do the genetic screening until 16 weeks instead of 12. I know I'm a worry wart, so I try to limit my freakouts. Take a deep breath and put down the Doppler. Baby is fine!
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  • SMLmomSMLmom member
    After 2 mmc's I worry every day. I'm really resolving to somehow make the most of the next 2.5 weeks before my big 13 week apt because as it is I just don't feel that happy in the day-to-day. I'm just always paranoid- as well as always sick and it's bringing me down.
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  • Emztron500Emztron500 member
    I was the same with my first, it was a real problem. I had an anterior placenta which meant it was hard to find the heartbeat (I never tried myself, but it always took what seemed like forever for my midwife to find it, and she would notice my own heartrate going through the roof as she looked for it) and later in pregnancy it was very hard for me to feel the baby's movement. I basically panicked about her safety 24/7. Seeing a counselor helped, and just being open and honest with my midwife even when I felt like I was being irrational. She did a few extra ultrasounds and tests later on just to keep my mind at ease.
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  • pkwest04pkwest04 member
    Despite having three different ultrasounds that confirmed baby is fine, I've had random bleeding and I can't stop trying to prepare myself for the worst. I have anxiety anyway, so that probably isn't helping. lol. Don't feel alone. I'm sure the majority of us FTM are working ourselves into a frenzy on a pretty regular basis at this point. I have a Doppler but haven't used it yet for fear of totally freaking out. I feel your pain.
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