First pregnancy anxiety
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Give yourself permission to stop testing. You’re pregnant - you can’t learn anything further from testing at this point. That way madness lies. Just take a breath and try to go with the flow. What’s gonna happen is gonna happen and you can’t change the outcome either way by mentally torturing yourself. And congratulations!!!
Totally normal. I was the same. I had a private scan at like 6 weeks to make sure all was ok as I couldn't wait till 12 weeks. I thought once I hit 12 weeks I'd be less anxious. I wasn't 😂 I did wait till 12 weeks to tell anyone, apart from my mum I told her at 10 weeks
Yes i would try not to over test and relax, your body will do the work and re testing and retesting will only cause you to over think. Maybe book a reassurance scan around 8 weeks as 12 weeks is a long way to wait. X
I took 6 tests because I felt the same way. It’s hard to wait till your first ultrasound to make sure everything’s okay. I am 16 weeks and still get anxious to go to ultrasounds just to make sure everything’s okay. But you got this ! It’s a fun journey .. once you get through the first trimester lol
You might find it helpful to set a boundary with the testing. I.e. if you have a box of 3 tests, you can take those but you’re not allowed to buy anymore. The constant testing gives you more things to overthink (I.e. yesterday’s lines looked darker than today’s lines) and increases anxiety. You’re pregnant until your not. Constant testing can’t tell you anything further. All the best with your pregnancy. 🩷
You can get cheap tests from boots etc online, get some pink dye ones but try not to take too many. I took one every other day for about a week. However, i was extremely lucky and had a scan 1 week after finding out so I knew it was a viable pregnancy! Take prenatals straight away and try to think “i am pregnant” and see how things go (from someone who has struggled so much with actually accepting and embracing pregnancy because I had a feeling something terrible would happen)
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Congratulations ❤️ trust yourself and enjoy. This year will absolutely fly by and hopefully all will be well- relaxing is best for baby so just focus on feeling calm and positive x
Hey girl, don’t worry it’s perfectly normal to feel like this! Wishing you all the best on your pregnancy journey. It’s beautiful