Anatomy Scan Anxiety Tips?

Question

Anatomy scan is a week from today. I have chronic anxiety and I’m always fighting to push away negative thoughts and worries. I’m trying to just be excited to see our baby again. 
Does anyone have tips on how to deal with this anxiety? I know odds are good that baby is okay. I’ve just had some shitty stuff happen in the past and sometimes I don’t let myself get excited because I don’t want to jinx it.

Answer

Try positive affirmations. I know it sounds silly and simple but It’s part of cognitive behavioural therapy approach and can really help with anxiety and “pervasive negative thoughts”. 
-“I will do this, like the billions of women’s who have done it before me”
- “my body is strong and is protecting this baby”
- “my body was made for this - I am amazed each and every day”
Body and mind connection can be strong - so if simple negative thoughts can cause you discomfort, then simple positive thoughts can cause you comfort. :)

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At my scan this week I was anxious too (I also have anxiety struggles)...as soon as baby popped up on the screen I was so worried I'd only see one arm or some other kind of problem. All turned out fine. 😊 Positive affirmations help. Chatting a bit and laughing with the sonographer helped too. You can also try closing your eyes and just resting during the scan too, if watching makes you feel uneasy. Hugs to you.

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I generally worry about all the things. One thing that has been surprisingly helpful is to continuously remind myself that worrying makes me suffer twice. Anxious thoughts will never stop popping up so when it happens I just accept that, yes, that bad thing could happen. BUT, dwelling on it and worrying about it is just putting unnecessary stress on myself. If something bad happens and I’ve been worried about it happening the only thing I’ve accomplished is to suffer twice. I think it’s what people mean by “borrowing trouble.” Which before I always assumed meant, “don’t worry at all because nothing bad is going to happen.” But I’m far too realistic to force myself to think that way. It’s better to accept the anxious thought as ONE possible reality but release it knowing that I can’t change or control anything by worrying about it.

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Drink orange juice before to help baby move. That way you will help with the success of getting pictures and hopefully won’t take forever. Also it’s just another opportunity to see your baby so try to focus on that!

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Buy a Doppler. That helps me when I get anxious 😊👶🏻

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