Have any of you mamas had unmedicated clinical anxiety or depression throughout your whole pregnancy?

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Also for the comments....did your anxiety/depression get worse with pregnancy? Were you able to manage it somehow?

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My anxiety was lowered because I stopped working early on in my pregnancy. There were a few instances where it would flare up but I just tried my best to control it because I didn’t want to make my baby anxious. I’m really hoping she doesn’t get my anxiety!

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I suffer depression and pregnancy actually makes it a little better instead of worse. I got bad post partum depression with my first though so we are keeping a better eye on it this time around.

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Both got worse, especially depression. I'm 33 weeks and it comes and goes but its pretty bad when its here. My fiance helps but honestly I just keep going. I can't bring myself to hurt myself so I just take it day by day.

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I'm not sure exactly. I've been unmedicated for MDD and a moderate panic disorder for many years. The depression 8 years the anxiety 3. I just.. try to contain my thoughts and distract myself a lot.

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My anxiety got worse. I’m so afraid that I will loose her. Every little ache or pain in my belly area makes me spiral.

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I suffer with anxiety and mostly control it pretty well with breathing techniques and other strategies my psychologist (who I haven’t seen for a year) showed me. 
Since being pregnant I have experienced heightened anxiety but that’s for two reasons: 
1)I had tiki phobia (phobia or pregnancy and childbirth) which I was treated for and can now manage, but obviously being pregnant is triggering for me. 
2)we are in a difficult situation financially and have no support from friends or family so I’m finding a lot of my anxiety is due to stressing over this. 
I find as long as I keep checking in with myself, acknowledging my anxiety and trying to use the coping strategies, then I can hold it off.

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I decided to try hypnosis tracks which is how I got into Hypnobabies in the first place. 
I HIGHLY RECOMMEND IT. 
I feel like they re-programmed my "inner voices" to be nice, kind and optimistic
Also, my heart rate no longer stays in cardio burn zone on my Fitbit while I'm sleeping, or thinking I'm not stressed out lol

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i’ve been on medication since i was 6 years old but the past 8 months ive been completely med-free and i’ve never been so happy/calm. it’s very weird but i am thankful!

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I actually switched to a new medication(for depression and anxiety) right before I got pregnant, and at my first OB appt I stopped taking them that day. I've had a very supportive husband and he's helped me through a lot of worries/anxieties. I do think now that I'm in my last trimester that my anxiety and emotions are all over the place, whereas in the first 2 trimesters I managed pretty well. I'm just taking it one day at a time knowing that my hormones are affecting my feelings, & leaning on my support as much as I can.

Have any of you mamas had unmedicated clinical anxiety or depression throughout your whole pregnancy?

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