end of first tri anxiety?

[FastHands]

Anyone else experience anxiety as the first tri symptoms fade? I was almost grateful for the yuck feeling and the exhaustion, because it was a reminder that , holy shit, I'm still pregnant. The past few days I've felt like 95% myself, and it is scaring the bejeezus out of me. It's like I have been dreaming the last 8 weeks and I feel like, "oh, ok. So this is when it all goes to shit. I kind of expected that..." Luckily I have my NT appt on Wednesday, so I don't have to be in limbo long. I just hate knowing how many ppl m/c. And I wish I never learned that "missed m/c" was a possibility. Ugh.

[lo]

The only thing that helped me through it was my Doppler, which I used nearly every day until I started to feel the baby. That dang thing went everywhere with me, including on a cruise. I was lucky that I was always able to find the heartbeat quickly, because I know that's not always the case and I would have majorly flipped if I had a sneaky baby who liked to hide.

[FastHands]

Mar 2, 2014 20:10:45 GMT -5 lo said:

The only thing that helped me through it was my Doppler, which I used nearly every day until I started to feel the baby. That dang thing went everywhere with me, including on a cruise. I was lucky that I was always able to find the heartbeat quickly, because I know that's not always the case and I would have majorly flipped if I had a sneaky baby who liked to hide.

I have a friend who has one I could borrow, but I haven't actually had one used on me in office yet. I know for my external u/s she had to press really freakin hard to find the bugger, so I don't want to try a doppler and then freak, like you said. Sooo I'll try not to think about it till Wednesday. At least I have a morning appt!

[ecinereb]

I definitely felt this way. Those waits between appointments early on feel like forever!
Keep busy until Wednesday and chances are things are going just fine in there.

[jewel]

I have no less anxiety now than I have for the past few months, just different.

I know my risk of m/c is lower now, but we also just recently announced our pregnancy, so I'm worried about the risk of having to unannounced to a ton of people.

I have my NT scan tomorrow, which will ease a lot of my stress, and I have a Doppler in the mail right now

[mae141]

I had pretty bad anxiety until I felt movement regularly, and even then I didn't feel comfortable until about 32 weeks. It really didn't sink in that I was going to take a baby home until she came out and was laid on my stomach.

[speyedr]

My anxiety mostly subsided when I passed the first tri milestone but only because I had a doppler that I was able to pick up starting week 10. Once I started feeling movement at 18.5 weeks or so is when my anxiety really went away.

[Deleted]

My anxiety is still here full force, since I had a nightmare last night that I miscarried. I actually woke DH up to ask him if it really happened, or if it was just a dream, that's how real it felt.

[FastHands]

Mar 3, 2014 13:25:45 GMT -5 @mrsspunky said:

My anxiety is still here full force, since I had a nightmare last night that I miscarried. I actually woke DH up to ask him if it really happened, or if it was just a dream, that's how real it felt.

Ugh that's awful.

[anna7602]

I have calmed down about pregnancy. Now my anxieties are focused on the 18-65 years or so that follow child birth. I am serious. I have no idea how to stop all the crazy dreams.

[anna7602]

Mar 3, 2014 13:25:45 GMT -5 @mrsspunky said:

My anxiety is still here full force, since I had a nightmare last night that I miscarried. I actually woke DH up to ask him if it really happened, or if it was just a dream, that's how real it felt.

I had a nightmare the other night that I had to have a C-section and the person performing it was:

a) using a chain saw

b) was not a licensed doctor

and

c) there was no anesthesia available.

I woke up in full-on panic mode.

[jewel]

Mar 3, 2014 13:25:45 GMT -5 @mrsspunky said:

My anxiety is still here full force, since I had a nightmare last night that I miscarried. I actually woke DH up to ask him if it really happened, or if it was just a dream, that's how real it felt.

I have had a number of m/c dreams, and not a single dream yet of a live baby. The paranoia is no fun

[statlerwaldorf]

Before I could feel movement, I would freak out before every appointment. It was pretty irrational since I worried there would be nothing in there and I imagined the whole pregnancy. I'm feeling movement pretty regularly now, but I still worry if I haven't felt movement for a while.

It never really went away with DD. It actually got worse after she was born, but I've always had issues with anxiety.