There are some things you need to avoid or be cautious of if you are suffering from perinatal mood or anxiety disorders. Read on below to know more about these dont’s:

Scary or creepy stuff

You tend to become suggestible if you have perinatal mood or are suffering from anxiety disorder. You tend to hear or see things that are disturbing, eventually you get convinced that these scary things relate directly to you. For instance, if you see a scary movie, it will get stuck in your mind and you find it hard to take it off your head, hence, endlessly terrorizing you.

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I was left by my “boyfriend” after I refused to terminate the pregnancy. I do not have any relatives here and no support whatsoever. Ever since I was about 22 weeks I have had depression. The worst of all are the attacks of panic/extreme anxiety that come about weekly epecially at night when I cannot sleep and contemplate my miserable situation, usually cry excessively etc. These are followed by uncontrolable fear for baby’s health. I am convinced that she is going to be damaged by all this, that such strong panic attacts cannot leave her unaffected. This makes me cry even more because at this point I love her beyond anything. My midwife tells me that baby’s health cannot be affected by my emotional state and it calms me for a few days or even a week and afterwards, the same thing starts all over.
I eat well, take care of myself physically but emotionally – I am a ruin. Has anyone been through hell like this and still had a normal healthy baby? what are the possible effects?
I regret not having taken medication but I am already 37 weeks and whatever harm is done, its done.

Anxiety attacks during pregnancy are a very common occurrence for a number of women. Pregnancy can be stressful and especially difficult if you are nervous, anxious, highly strung, tense, and sensitive or already suffer from anxiety attacks. Often it is the excitement of the baby that brings on anxiety attacks. They can also be brought on when a woman was not expecting to get pregnant and finds herself in that situation. Other times, anxiety attacks are brought on because the woman just becomes worried with the whole pregnancy in general.

It can be hard not to experience anxiety attacks during pregnancy. If a woman has already experienced one high risk pregnancy before, then there is a chance that she is going to expect this pregnancy to be the same. If it is a first pregnancy, the expectant mother is also most likely going to experience a good bit of anxiety about the labour and birth. She will have issues about being a good mother, overall health concerns and in some cases even financial concerns. Also, those who have suffered miscarriages are especially prone to anxiety attacks, for obvious reasons.

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Did you go through depression trough out your pregnancy and got PPD afterwards?

I currently suffer from generalised anxiety disorder and am in my 22nd week of pregnancy. I’m constantly tense and anxious and find it hard to relax. Although I don’t get panick attacks any more & am sleeping well, I am really worried that my anxiety will harm my baby or something might happen because I am so tense.

how do you deal with the anxiety during a pregnancy i am most worried about being pregnant such as can i handle it, not the labor just being pregnant. i am scared that since i have such bad anxiety and a somewhat agoriphobia (i dont like or want to go to public places…@ all) will i be able to over come this & not freak because i can not control this situation?? HELP im going crazy i am 12 wks by the way….