u/this-twilight-garden

I’m 18 weeks along and finding myself experiencing negative thoughts and anxiety every day. The anxiety increased around 13/14 weeks when the nausea started to subside and hasn’t gone away since.

At least once a day I find my mind wandering to “what if” something has happened to the baby. I just want the baby to be ok and for things to go smoothly and I hate how I can’t control this. I heard the heartbeat on a Doppler with the midwife a week ago and it did help settle my anxiety for a couple of days but now I’m back to these thoughts at least daily.

Has anyone experienced this before? Any tips on how to manage this or who I should speak to about this?

Thank you!