Ok I’m a 17year old female since 2005 I’ve been preoccupied with illness, it all started when my sister got pregnant at 15 in 2005 none of my family knew she was pregnant until she was like 7 months , becuz she wasant really showing, ok and becuz of her lack of prenatal care the doctors didn’t pick up she had something in her blood that caused her blood pressure to shoot up REALLY high, the doctors got it down and sent her home with no medications for a week she was complaining about bad headaches but my mom didn’t think much of it becuz she suffered migraines all her life, and then 1 devastating Friday she had a stroke and if it wasant for my neice crying louder and louder and making my father coming out and finding my 15yr old sister spread out on the floor with her 1 week old baby on top of her, my dad took my sis 2 the couch and she started had seizures, she had like 7. We went 2 1 hospital and they told us she had a pool of blood in her head and that she wouldn’t live, but they transferred her to dekalb medical and slowly but surely she recovered I was so stressed and scared my sister was going 2 die, it was the worst thing I’ve ever seen, and after the stroke she was in and out of the hospital for a year, she’s fully recovered noe and is in college and working, but ever since then I’ve been so scarred of dying I though I had hiv and stds and I was a virgin, I’ve had multiple panic attacks , I thought I had a brain tumor and anuersym I was so sure I ran screamimg down stairs cuz I thought I was dying (but I had a cat scan that said everything was normal) I’ve thought I was having heart attacks and enlarged heart(but multiple test run to show I didn’t) I have had every cancer known to man, and none of this was like this until I watched my sister go through so much, it affected me more than I thought and it affects my work and I’m consitiently thinkin I might end up lying helplessley in a hospital like my sis, plz help! What could be wrong??? Plz no rude comments serious answer

So, here is my problem.. I’m always very anxious. And worried. And I always feel “sad”. Always. Its like it never goes away. I always feel like crying. Even when I’m out with friends and trying to take my mind off of everything. I just can’t get properly happy about everything. I love that I have my 2 year old son, I love my husband and being with him, and I love that we’re having baby boy #2.. And I’m happy about all of that.. But I don’t think I’m actually happy like I should be. I’m not saying that I don’t want my life anymore or anything like that. I don’t really know how to explain it.. I’m happy but at the same time I’m not. All I want to do is just sit.. and be alone.. and cry..

But I’m not sure if its me, like if its real. Or if its just because my husband is in Iraq, so I’m just constantly worried about him. He has been gone since September but I really don’t remember feeling like this the whole time he has been gone.. And its been over 4 months already.

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Are you currently suffering from anxiety? There are plenty of medications that you can use with this problem.

There are some doctors that prescribed medications such as Tranquillizers, Anti-Depressants and Sleeping Tablets to treat postnatal depression. There are several caring doctors out there but there are also some that are not.

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Everything is giving me anxiety, i dont know if its my hormones or what. I never had morning sickness and now I have to force my self to eat, I have completley lost my appitite. I hate it. I am taking prenatal vitamins. When I try to eat i even get anxious. This anxiety came out of nowhere. I have lost about ten pounds and I am very worried. Today i was at the mall and passed out. I hate feeling like this everything makes me anxious, eating driving, being around a lot of people. I have never been like this before in my life. I took zoloft and got off it 2 monthes ago and anxiety came back. And I had to get back on a low dosage of it. I try breathing differant ways but that doesnt really help. I am really scared my baby will starve or something and I dont want to loose her. My question is did anyone else have severe anxiety when they were pregnant and did their babys turn out ok? People tell me jus to calm down but depression and anxiety isnt like that its a mental disorder and its not as easy as it sounds. The most I get eat durning the day is a bowl of cereal. I am really scared.
is there any medication I can take to make me crave food? I have lost any craving to eat anything:(

I am 22 weeks along, and wonder if anyone else has experienced this. Before becoming pregnant, I had been on Prozac and Klonopin for GAD and depression. I am 27, and have had these disorders since age 14 (GAD since childhood). None of it is due to enviromental factors, I had a great childhood and life but internally I was always a wreck for no apparant reason. Since I became pregnant, almost all my symptoms are gone. I feel fantastic, and I am on no medication. Has anyone ever heard of this? Now I am wondering if my problems were caused by either a hormone or vitamin deficiency (I take prenatal vitamins and my iron pills daily). I am so relaxed and peaceful, and everyone around me notices as well.
What do I do after the baby comes to stay this way?

Aggression, anxiety, Asperger syndrome, depression, attention-deficit disorder, and attachment disorder are all diagnoses which describe a(n):

A)
chromosomal deficiency.

B)
consequence of prenatal drug exposure.

C)
biological anomaly.

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If anyone has advice I’d greatly appreciate it as I’ve been losing sleep over these darn prenatal labs!

I got them done last Thursday its now mid tuesday .. is it safe to say that if something was urgently wrong and they needed to see me ASAP I would’ve already been notified. I’ve been told 24-48 hours on average.

Can anyone help put my mind at east, my anxiety is just sky high! Its my first pregnancy and I’m just nervous about EVERYTHING!

I’ve talked to my doctor about TTC but forgot to ask her that question.

Anyone been pregnant while taking Lexapro? What was your experience like?
Yes, my doctor knows I’m taking it…she’s the one who prescribed it! Like I said, I already talked to her about TTC, but didn’t ask if I could take prenatal vitamins. Of course, I wouldn’t just start taking them without my doctor’s approval, I was just wondering, until I can speak with her, if anyone else knew anything about it. I’m not an idiot…
Actually, you CAN take it during pregnancy or while breastfeeding, but it can cause problems. Many babies are born healthy & fine & only very few babies are actually affected by breastmilk with Lexapro in it.

For the love of God, doesn’t anyone know anything about this?
Considering no one answered either of my questions & only lectured me…I’m not choosing a best answer.
Well Saz, I wasn’t talking about you directly. Though, you didn’t really answer either of my questions.

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I am 16+4 weeks pregnant. I have had 2 Dr’s appointments.
One at 8+5 weeks and got an ultra sound. And one at 12+5 weeks pregnant and heard the baby. I get so nervous before I go.
Like they are going to tell me that everything isn’t okay.
I have an appointment tomorrow morning and I hear the heart beat again and get measured for the first time.
Why am I so so nervous?
Do you think It has to do with having a miscarriage last June?- I was supposed to be 7 weeks. Didn’t even go to an appointment yet and started bleeding. Found out the baby never formed and the what progress I did have was only up to 5 weeks.
But I have seen my baby and its heart beat and I have heard the heart beat. And I think I have been feeling small amounts of movement.
So why am I still so scared? I know everything is okay. And I am excited for my October appointment because I find out the sex.
So why do I feel like I’m going to be told something awful?
Is this normal?

Why

Over the years I’ve worked with countless dog-owning young couples with feelings so strong for their dogs that they could not imagine those feelings could be any stronger for a child. However, when they became pregnant they found released from within an even greater capacity for love. An accompanying byproduct of this heightened state is a fierce, innate, hard wired need to provide the safest of environments for their child. From that moment and for many years to come they know that all decisions will revolve around the impact they will have on their child. That first pregnancy launches a furied time of preparation part of which is includes an evaluation of their current environment from its baby-friendly perspective. What was once just a means to access the basement they realize is now a path of potential danger that must be addressed. What was once just a cupboard to store cleaning supplies is now a reservoir of peril. What was once ‘their dog’ is about to become the ‘family dog’ and regardless of their devotion consideration is given to potential for conflict however minor.

Based on past experience some dog owners will be aware of the possibility of jealousy or anxiety however many will not be aware of the potential for either that the addition of a baby can uniquely elicit. Others have little worry about conflict based on malice or fear but much to worry about regarding unruliness. Behavior that could once be worked around; they realize will by necessity need to be addressed. Outside of injury due to unruliness, statistics confirm that an objective eye is warranted and that each dog should be assessed for its baby-friendly status. According to many high profile sources one out of two children is bitten by a dog before reaching the age of twelve and dog bites are greater health problem for children in the US, than measles, mumps, and whooping cough combined. For most dog owners though the risk their dog brings is due more to sheer unruliness than meanness of spirit. However either way intervention before the dramatic change in lifestyle that accompanies the birth of a child is becoming more common amongst dog owning expectant couples.

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