Anxiety during pregnancy is a very common feeling during the all 9 months. Even when a baby is very much wanted, pregnancy is a time when women experience a whole variety of emotions, one of the most prominent of which is anxiety. Women who have had problems in conceiving a baby may be extremely anxious about whether they will be able to hold on to this pregnancy.

Women who have had previous miscarriages are fearful until they are well beyond the last date at which they previously lost a baby. You may feel frightened all the time because of your previous miscarriage or miscarriages, and you may feel worried about whether you are going to have another miscarriage or not. So previous miscarriages can cause mixed reactions with your current or future pregnancies.

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Stress During Pregnancy

Whenever you learn that you have become pregnant, there could be a wide spectrum of emotions. You might feel: scared, happy, excited, and yes especially stress. So, how does stress during pregnancy affect your term? Truthfully it can have long-standing affects on your baby even after birth.

It can be almost impossible for you to be constantly happy during the entire term of your pregnancy, with hormones battling for your sanity and the feelings of responsibility for a new child. It’s totally fine to have a little case of the baby blues here and there, but always complaining on negative pieces of your life: (for example, finances or your problematic relationships) can only give you more cause for concern during pregnancy.

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My Mother was watching my 3 1/2 year old daughter for a few hours while I took my 19 month old with me to a prenatal visit (I’m 35 1/2 weeks pregnant). While gone my Mother left my daughter alone on the main level of the house after making coffee. My Mother had gone to the upper level to have her coffee and smoke a cigarette (IN the house) which really upsets me. While gone my daughter managed to get into the kitchen make herself some toast (NOT allowed but she does know how) and tried to make herself a coffee like Grandma. My Mother came downstairs to my daughter screaming – she poured coffee all over herself and had red burned skin (won’t scar according to doctor). In the past 3 weeks WHILE my Mother was watching my children my son had taken Advil while she was smoking outside the car and he was INSIDE with his sister. She offered while I finished shopping for Easter stuff they can’t see. My daughter was beside me but her feet under the car and she started to drive away and ALMOST ran over her feet until she heard me screaming at the top of my lungs. She was dropping us off downtown because I needed to go out she offered to drive me one way. She “thought” she was on the other side of the stroller….WHY wouldn’t she look? I didn’t think she was leaving just yet because she fired up a cigarette and didn’t have the car started and it happened really fast! THEN the coffee thing today. I was called from my prenatal pre-admit clinic at the hospital TO emergency to find my daughter stripped to her underwear with cream all over her chest, face and arms and my Mother saying it wasn’t her fault it was only a second she went upstairs. She later admitted to the doctor she was playing an internet game and smoking. My Mother has watched my kids for an hour to a couple of hours before at a time and has never had a problem. All of a sudden this stuff starts happening! I live WITH my Mother because my husband is away in basic training in the military until the beginning of June, about 2 – 3 weeks after the baby is due to be born. My Mother offers occasionally to watch my kids and I’m afraid to let her, especially now! I am going to be taking my kids with me everywhere and doing everything including bathing with them. I don’t think she’s doing it on purpose, but I have no idea what else to think. She’s on no new medication (does take anxiety medication and medication to prevent depression) and it’s never been a problem before. All of a sudden she’s gone loopy or something. I didn’t tell my husband about the Advil or the car thing because I didn’t want to worry him and thought maybe they were just close calls, but the coffee thing ….I have to tell him about that. I have no other family to help me out and I am having a home birth (have to pre-admit at the hospital just in case I go in). My Grandmother and my sister will be here to watch the kids and my Mom will be with me when I have the baby. I’m afraid. I don’t know what’s going on, but what do I say when she wants to watch them or take them somewhere? It’s REALLY freaking me out! Moving out isn’t an option we have 7 weeks until we move where he’s posted and we can’t afford it nor will anyone rent to me for 7 weeks.

I’m 13 weeks pregnant and i have extreme migraines. I’ve always had migraines but since becoming pregnant i get it more often. My OBGYN prescribed me some medications. ON Sunday morning I went to fill my prescription along with my prenatal medication, and the pharmacist was very hesitant about given me the medication. He told me this medication is part of the FDA pregnancy risk Category C. There’s been reports of babies being born with physical abnormalities. Women who’ve taking this medication during their 3rd trimester have had infants who had seizures due to the withdrawal and they get ventilatory depression. He really didnt want me to take the medicine. I didn’t take it. I called my doctor today and he said it was fine. I don’t even know what to do. The medicine contains acetaminophen, butalbital and caffeine.

I got married about 10 months ago and since then I have been trying to get my wife pregnant.
There are times I find myself having a very prolonged sex without ejaculation and sometimes, errection decreases in mid sex.
What borders me most is that during ejaculation when it does happens, I will feel a sluggish sperm discharge, not as it use to forcefully squart severa years ago.

I like to know if this is a medical condition? I do take blood pressure medication (NORVAC)

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I have a history of depression and had a miscarriage about 10 days ago. My brain is now spinning in circles with lots of questions. I have not fallen into any type of destructive behavior; however, I am slowly falling into a depressive one.
I am fine most of the time, but whenever I see something that reminds me of the baby and being pregnant, I start getting extremely sad and want to cry…I do not want to use medication for this because anti-depressants do not sit well with me – I become a roller coaster.
I stopped talking about the baby with everyone, including my boyfriend, because I feel like I am annoying them. So, I just hold all my feelings inside and pretend everything is OK. At work, there is another girl who is pregnant and I was only a couple of months behind her…Now I cannot even look at her. I get really sad thinking about what could have been.
Is this normal? If so, what can I do to make it better without taking medication? How long is this going to last?

ok…i told some people i would post my results from last night. i rented one from babybeat.com coupon code (HP04). i was 9 weeks 3 days yesterday. it took me less than 2 minutes to find the VERY FAST heartbeat! it helped when i angled the doppler head down. it was a cm (or less) above my pubic bone. AMAZING!!! my hubbie and i both said worth every penny! I did have an advantage b/c i got an ultrasound yesterday (to my surprise it was abdominal) so I knew exactly where the baby was. It is really good. After 2 m/c’s, I know this will help ease my anxiety between appointments! Feel free to share your experiences! I was able to easily get it again this morning…and yes…i will stop checking every 12 hours!

I have been trying for over a year now to have a baby Because when i got pregnant the first time as soon as i found out i was pregnant which was like 8 weeks into my pregnancy a week after i found out i was pregnant and telling my family and being happy that i was gonna be a mom. My doctor told me that my baby never had a heart beat and had to do a d&c to remove the baby i was devisated. but for the first time i used clearblue digital ovulation kit and i had sex on the day it detected my Lh surge and the day after and was feeling ovulation pain and having the discharge egg whites and on ovulation day clear and strechy so i know i ovulated. and i felt cramps for a while pass ovulation but my period was suppose to come march 1 and it still never came. my period is fairly normal it comes every 40 days. im having cramping alot like i think im gonna get my period but its just discharge could i been pregnant because i took a pergnancy test the day of my supposly missed period and it was neg

Last period was June 8th. Had sex every night from June 12th-18th. Was due for my next period on July 6th, and usually always on time with a heavy flow on first day. Night of July 4th I had some really light, bright red bleeding, but none since then. For about a week and a half I’ve had light cramping and sharp breast pains, but no actual soreness. My acne has gotten really bad, I have no appetite, and when I do eat I usually soon have to use the restroom (usually dark green diarrhea, sorry if TMI). All symptoms are still currently in place. All HPT’s are negative, and a few days ago I had a pelvic exam and everything was fine (as in no infections and such), and he said it could possibly be pregnancy but I should wait awhile. So does this sound like I can look forward to being pregnant (I’d definitely love that), or does it sound more like stress? Because I have been stressed out for about a month. I’m really confused. Any help would be appreciated.
8th was the first day. Always a pretty regular 28 days.

But recently I started what I believe to be my period, so unfortunately, my hopes of pregnancy are gone. Still increasingly sore breasts, weird flutterings in uterus area, extreme headaches, and what has now turned into constipation. But I believe its just and just a crazy hormonal imbalance.

Hello, I am now 32 weeks pregnant (planned). At about 28 weeks, anxiety kicked in with a few panic attacks and loss of sleep. I am on Ambien now (which is completely safe for baby) and it gets me through the nights. However, I am feeling anxious all day still. I feel like I need to constantly be busy because I get so anxious just sitting/lying down. I can’t just relax my mind. I have trouble napping or just enjoying peace and quiet. MY QUESTION IS: Will this pregnancy induced anxiety go away after the birth of the baby? I have heard that hormones can cause this, so will I go back to normal later, assuming I won’t be post-partum? Experience? Thoughts?
I am not necessarily anxious about the baby as much as anxious about anxiety and feeling wierd. I hate it. Hope that makes sense.