Hi all,

My DH and I are trying for our 1st after an ectopic pregnancy 4 years ago, I was diagnosed with a severe anxiety disorder when I was young and ive learnt how to manage it but I’m finding that the stress of ttc is making my anxiety disorder worse.

This cycle my AF changed from a normal 5 days to 2 days and then 4 of light spotting, I drove myself to breaking point with POAS, scrutinising every twinge and ‘symptom’ and worrying I was having another EP. I am definitely not pregnant this time and my doctor said that the stress and anxiety were to blame for the irregular period, she basically told me to stop working myself up about ttc, stop using OPKs and tracking everything about my cycle and to ‘let it happen naturally’. Easier said than done!!

Just wondering if anyone else is currently ttc with an anxiety disorder and if you have any tips or advice on how to keep it under control?

I have become obsessive with ttc, it’s all i can think about, even with BFN after BFN I just keep testing day after day in case it changes and thinking maybe the slight nausea I felt once was morning sickness not stress!

My DH has been an angel about it all but he can’t understand what I’m going through when he doesn’t spend every minute overthinking and worrying about everything and always picturing the worst case scenario :(

Xx