is anyone else making themselves crazy??

[celtic_angel]

It has to be because of how long it took me to concieve this time...
I have been pregnant 4x before and do not recall ever being a complete nervous wreck like this!! seriously, I am worried non-stop about something going wrong with this pregnancy. It is making me so uptight and I do not know how to stop!! I even looked up positive thinking mantras for myself and it's not helping a bit. I am prone to high blood pressure and am going to put myself in the hospitol at the rate I am going...there is no way that being this wound up is going to help me on the path of having a happy, healthy baby~~
Someone just tell me it's all going to be ok~~~

[nhapmom]

try to relax. last week i was sooo stressed b/c of the situation with my MWs..i was working nonstop at emailing everyone i could to get attention to this issue..when i realized i hadnt even thought of my little baby, yk...like not him or her..only the birth.....

[ibusymomto5]

I understand. I worry a little more with each pregnancy. I used to be so happy go lucky with my early pregnancies not thinking anything bad would happen. Now I'm a nervous nellie on the inside hoping that everything goes well at each prenatal. I'm able to combat the feelings somewhat by focusing on eating healthy and exercise, but I still worry. It stinks doesn't it? I think some of it for me is that as I've gotten older I don't take life for granted so much and realize more that things can and do go wrong sometimes even with the best of intentions. My mws tell me that they see this type of worry a lot with moms who have had more than a few children. You'd think it would be the other way around, like you'd be more laid back the more you do it, but it's so not that way for me. Now, once the baby gets here, that part I'm laid back about.;-)

I will say too, that hanging out on MDC as opposed to more mainstream pregnancy boards really helps my frame of mind. I like how so many people around here seem to trust birth as a natural healthy process. Also, I remind myself that statistics for everything going smoothly is on my side. Don't know if any of that helps, but I hope it does a little maybe.

[ColoradoMama]

I know that with my last baby I would have freak out times where I'd think, "Are we just tempting fate? We have three healthy children. What were we thinking doing this again? Something is bound to go wrong!" It turned out fine, but I think it's pretty normal to freak out a bit.

[leurMaman]

I know things will be okay. You are just probably nervous after TTC for so long. I will send you a prayer and some sticky dust today

[NotTheOnlyOne]

It will be ok!

[celtic_angel]

Thanks so much for all the support mamas!! I am feeling a little more relaxed...woke up feeling positively green and knew I wouldn't be feeling quite so wretched if the babe wasn't making my hormones go bonkers
Spoke to one of the apprentices at my midwives office also and she was so sweet I couldn't help but feel calmer~~
I don't see my midwife till the 21st, but I think that's a good thing even though I'm impatient....I need to trust my body and trust the whole process...it's been a LONG time since i've been pregnant!!!!