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I'm freaking out right now, and it's not the reaction I was expecting to have! I just found out that I'm pregnant again ( this is my fourth pregnancy; my last two ended in miscarriages) and all I can feel is a sense of foreboding and dread at having to endure another loss. Anyone going through this? Any tips on how to change your mindset..

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I'm almost 18 weeks into my 4th pregnancy after 3 losses and just recently have i started to enjoy it. In the beginning of this pregnancy i was not excited at all, i was only expecting the worst to happen again. The only thing i kept telling myself was every pregnancy is different, sometimes that helped, sometimes nothing helped. I was very dettached from the pregnancy, it didnt feel real to me, i was treating it like a disease, just managing the symptoms, even after scans at 8 and 11 weeks showed everything was going fine. At 14 weeks my baby let us see he was a boy and that's when it kind of hit me that this is really happening to me. I started sharing the news and have become more relaxed with each passing week. The only advice i can give you is be patient and dont judge yourself for not being excited. We have been so hurt in the past, it's difficult to be optimistic but good things do happen. Just take it day by day, wait it out. Hopefully you'll soon see everything is ok and the excitement will come. Just the fact that we all had the courage to try again after our devastating losses, shows what we are willing to go through for our rainbows. We love them, even if we cant show excitement.

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Same exact situation. I am honestly taking it one day at a time. I'm frustrated because I thought my Dr. would bring me in for monitoring prior to 8 weeks. ( I miscarried at 11 & 16 weeks) I just want this pregnancy to work out. I'm also scared to death that I may lose this baby. So many emotions right now. Best of luck to you.

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