I am in the 24th week of my first pregnancy and I feel as if I am about to go crazy! I stress over everything that could be thought of. I fear that I am going to unknowingly do something that may harm my unborn child. Please give me any remedies for coping with the stress of producing life.

Miscarriage is the term given to the loss of a baby before it reaches full term. Often, people regard this as bad luck, particularly if it happens in the early weeks of pregnancy. It is difficult for many to fully comprehend the power of a woman’s grief upon this loss as few can understand that the bonding process between mother and child began when she became pregnant.

For some reason, society understands the loss of a baby when stillborn but not from miscarriage. The grief associated with the latter appears to be seen as a lesser grief. However, many women suffer the most passionate sorrow they have ever experienced during this time.

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As much as women, enjoy the feeling of a baby growing in their wombs for nine months, the post- pregnancy period is always a new experience for most of them.

To a number of them, this period is a dramatic change from the norm and instead of being happy that the belly is free, they suffer from postnatal depression.

It is also what is commonly called the baby blues and not easily understood by other people around the mother.

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Insomnia during pregnancy, though inconvenient, is actually common. In fact, the disorder affects nearly eighty percent of mothers, all of whom worry endlessly for the health of their child. How can an anticipating mother deal with this problem?

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Depression and anxiety are a normal part of the experience of anyone who experiences chronic pain. But that’s just the beginning. There are so many other aspects of your life that start getting affected. It’s the terrible triangle of pain, lack of sleep, and sadness. Depression and irritability lead to fatigue and bone weariness.  You are so sleepy all the time but you can’t get a good night’s sleep. You want to stop the pain and you want to get to sleep. All this trouble tends to lead to alcoholism, drug abuse, getting surgeries which are unnecessary, and family misery.

Your appetite may be gone or you may eat yourself silly with the pain and depression. It’s almost impossible for you to have any kind of social life because you have to be medicated to do much of anything.  As a result, you are no longer a part of your former world. You are less active and perhaps you start to gain weight.  You can’t exercise like you used to because it hurts too much. Then your clothes don’t fit.  Your life cannot be planned because you don’t know when your pain will flare up into a situation where you can’t know if you will feel up to going somewhere. That’s when you start to feel that there’s nothingbetter to look forward to. You are tired, irritable, and isolated.

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