I just need to share this: once in a while (every other day, once a week, after I've eaten something I doubt was safe) I get these bouts of anxiety about the health of my baby (I am now almost 19 weeks pregnant) and compulsively go through all the things over the past 19-so weeks I've done that could have harmed the baby: visit my company's printing department, eaten feta, sat in a hot bath for too long etc. I rationally know I've done nothing outrageous (I watch what I eat carefully, I don't take my baths very hot, am not painting the house etc.) but I am concerned that one thing could just have been it.
My brother (only other sibling) was born with brain damage, which caused him to disfunction at many levels and made my childhood very tough. It was probably caused by medication that was prescribed to my mother when she was pregnant with him, and that, together with my already somewhat neurotic personality, probably prompts most of this.
I am wondering whether some of you are having the same (though I hope not!) and whether any of you have some advice on how best to cope with this. I cannot face another 20 weeks of worrying (and then it may not even stop, for who knows when the 'damage' will become apparent).
My brother (only other sibling) was born with brain damage, which caused him to disfunction at many levels and made my childhood very tough. It was probably caused by medication that was prescribed to my mother when she was pregnant with him, and that, together with my already somewhat neurotic personality, probably prompts most of this.
I am wondering whether some of you are having the same (though I hope not!) and whether any of you have some advice on how best to cope with this. I cannot face another 20 weeks of worrying (and then it may not even stop, for who knows when the 'damage' will become apparent).
