Sophie89

Thanks so much xxx

My mind is working overtime! I keep thinking about all the things that could go wrong rather than enjoying being pregnant. Hopefully this calms down once I have my 12 week scan. Not quite sure why I'm posting as it's reassurance seeking but got myself into a panic. Just love my baby so much and want it to be ok and keep worrying about what the worse could happen i keep trying to imagine the baby here to try to reassure myself but can't get the right feeling. Will stop compulsing now by writing on here and try to distract myself. Thanks everyone for being such a support to me your messages really help x

Just want to say thanks so much for your support as always! Responses straight away and helped me realise it was OCD and stopped myself worrying. Thank you x

Thanks polar bear. I know it's OCD I'm just getting myself into a panic. I told my GP and she didn't ask for bloods. I'm going to mention at the midwife appointment too. So not much more I can do! Just keep thinking maybe I should ask for a blood test etc but I'm going to focus on my work. It feels like OCD so it is OCD! Thank you x

It was only ever borderline, I did have symptoms of fatigue and dry skin back then. It was raised over a period of 6 months. The most recent one it was normal. I also was tested for antibodies and don't have them which is good. My GP wasn't worried at all. It's just because I read online that thyroid function can cause miscarriage in early pregnancy. I wish I didn't look it up I guess I can mention at my midwife appointment. I don't think I have any symptoms now apart from tingling sensations in my body! Especially at night. Do you think I should carry on and treat this as OCD? I know it is because I'm constantly worrying about it over and over and researching. Thanks BelAnna. I'm scared to go behind my GPs back though my mum thinks I'm being ridiculous. I know I probably am but I'm just worried about my baby! Don't know what to do x

So I have been doing so well with my OCD in my early pregnancy as I'm so happy and have been focussing on my growing baby. I'm now 5 weeks pregnant and it just dawned on me that I had borderline thyroid issues a year ago, which happened twice over 2 months. I then had another blood test which showed it was back to normal. I'm panicking that it may have gone back to borderline and could be harming my baby! It says online to have it checked urgently but I told my GP about my thyroid and she didn't say I needed my bloods done. I am waiting on my first midwife appointment. I'm panicking because it says can cause miscarriage and what if my GP doesn't understand about thyroid. What can I do to calm down? When I go to my first appointment I will mention again and ask them to check my bloods for it. In the meantime I'm worrying so much thinking worse case scenario xx

Thanks thanks so much polar and lost in me. Feeling a lot better today. X

Thank you! It's always scary to give up your own compulsions and easy to notice it's OCD in others but I have stopped myself a few times today already and I am starting to realise how much of my day I wasted! X thanks for the positive comments really helps x

So I am feeling really bad today because I knew myself and my partner were trying for a baby but as I hadn't fell pregnant for a few months and I had a few health issues I didn't think I was pregnant this month so I took half a sleeping tablet around the time of ovulation, I didn't after this point as I knew there was a possibility but I still drank wine a couple of times when my anxiety was really high like two large glasses. I never got drunk. But I feel so guilty like I'm a bad person as I shouldn't have touched it if I knew I had a chance of being pregnant. How do I live with this guilt ? Thank you x

Thanks so much polar bear. It doesn't give me positive results. Your spot on. My mind latches into understanding how that person feels. And yes if I don't do it I feel all unsure. Needed to hear this. From tomorrow anything that feels like a compulsion I am not doing!

Overthinking stops me enjoying the moment. I over think how people feel or how things feel. If I watch a programme for example there was one where a baby was in the doctors and they undressed him and I had to imagine how the baby felt and get it right in my head. I realise this is silly and not normal but it's like if I don't I feel uncertain. Does this still sound like OCD? I know this is reassurance seeking but I just want to know it is so I can stop doing it thank you

Thanks lynz. I'm actually living at home at the moment, myself and my partner planned to move out April time. I have got savings but my mum will still say I am not financially stable not in her eyes. I earn really good money so I know I can afford to save more than what I am. So I will now. It's not ideal but life isn't! Thank you so much for your kind words x

Thanks so much headwreck! I hope so!! It's really given me motivation to get better now! Xx

Thanks so much. Your kind words have really helped me. Yes I hope she comes round. Wow I really hope that happens to me too! Xx

Thank you so much. I'm determined to get better for my baby. My anxiety is made worse as I am never good enough in my mums eyes and she will say I have let her down as I have a good job and giving up my career etc. I know she cares but she will not be supportive. She will go mad even though I am 28! I live at home but I have savings and so does my partner. I'm mostly nervous about her reaction i am going to get better so I can be the best possible mother to my baby. X