If your last pregnancy ended in a loss, you may find yourself feeling overwhelmed with anxiety at every single milestone you reach during your current pregnancy. The fact that miscarriages are a common occurrence isn't likely to lessen the impact of what happened before. Nor will having other healthy children at home -- though people might assume that this can help diminish your grief.
If you've experienced an early miscarriage (the most common type), during your next pregnancy you might be worried until you've reached the point at which things went wrong the last time. Or if you lost a baby later in pregnancy or endured multiple miscarriages, you might never feel completely relaxed during this pregnancy.
It's only natural to rein in your excitement about having another baby after you've suffered a loss. You might do this in order to protect yourself, hoping to lessen your grief if you miscarry again. Your normal urge to assert a degree of control over a risky situation frequently fuels another common desire: to do things very differently during this pregnancy. Some typical behaviors include:
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Msslege, I think your advice was more directed at yourself then anyone else. If you are pregnant there are always options open to young mothers to receive help you can try the parent hood clinics sometimes they have classes and get together to help emotionally support mothers to be. Either way I wish you and your child to come many happy moments and good luck.
9/24/2010 10:53:39 PM Report AbuseSadly Yvonne, all you can really do is try again and hope that maybe this time your body will react differently then either of the times before. All in all just keep your doctor visits regular and write down each pain you have where at and the length of time. This itself may help lessen your worrying and in certain times can alert the doctors more on a day to day basis on how you are coming along. It's never going to be easy but you have my prayers good luck on your next try.
9/24/2010 10:51:36 PM Report Abuseguhhh u should just wait .......... i tnink im pergant and i cant afford a child
5/21/2010 03:49:52 PM Report AbuseMy first pregency was on the tube and they had to take my tube out. I got pregenent again and had a miscarriage.I want a baby so bad but im worried about what will happen the third time. What should i do?
5/13/2010 10:08:23 AM Report Abuse