How to stay calm in first trimester?

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Hey y’all! I am 4 weeks pregnant. How the hell did y’all stay calm during your first trimester. About once a day the thought of miscarriage sneaks into my head. I pray every night for a sticky healthy bean. Any advice would be appreciated ! TIA

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Honestly just take it one day at a time. I was constantly worried in the first trimester because of my previous losses. I’m 19 weeks now and this pregnancy seems to be lasting forever just because I’m so worried I will still lose the baby. I just want this pregnancy to be over with my healthy son in my arms already! 😭
Try distracting yourself. And definitely try and think positive as much as you can.

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I stayed calm by reminding myself unnecessary worry and stress is the quickest way to cause a miscarriage. A healthy you is a healthy baby.

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Have you had a previous miscarriage?

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I’m an extremely rational person. Since I found out I was pregnant in August, I had one moment of fear, and that was when I thought about all the practical stuff coming our way. It was triggered when the doctor told us to start looking for a daycare asap. I was somewhere between week 4 and 5. Completely surreal.
I can’t exactly explain how I stay calm. I just am. Ofcourse I hope I won’t get a miscarriage, but I’m not afraid of it. I have almost no to zero control over being pregnant (except not drinking, taking vitamins, etc). I think ‘when something happens, that means something was wrong with it’. That helps me staying calm too, I think.
I’m over 11 weeks now, and haven’t experienced other fears or anxiety yet. May sound weird, but for me personally, being pregnant is the easy part. For me, it all starts when the baby is finally there and you’re responsible for it. The only thing I can do now is sit it out, go to my appointments and listen to my body. As soon as the baby’s born, there are a lot more reasons to worry for me. For many years to come.
Again, I’m a very rational person. There’s only one advice I can give: you don’t have control over being pregnant. Maybe it can help to really start to think about that, and to realise you’re doing all you can, the best you can. That’s all you can do. Easy to say since I don’t experience your fear, but that’s the only advice I can give. The stress from being scared of a miscarriage doesn’t do good to you either.

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I was the same way my 1st trimester. Now I’m just worried about other stuff like the baby not growing or the heart stopping. Th thought scares the shit out of me. I try to distract myself to not think about it. It’s a stressful time but everything will be fine.