Pregnancy Anxiety
Pregnancy anxiety is one of the most searched pregnancy-related topics on the internet, and its prevalence continues to rise.
“Is anxiety normal during pregnancy?”
“Why do I worry so much while pregnant?”
Pregnancy Anxiety
While women are naturally designed to grow life and give birth, it has become a landslide of anxiety-inducing information and over-reaching, which creates a domino effect on the emotions of a new mother. Yes, pregnancy brings responsibility without certainty; you are asked to trust your body while navigating symptoms, appointments, and unknowns. Hormonal shifts can heighten emotions, but the level of anxiety so many women are describing stems from more. It is shaped by past experiences, personality, health history, of course, but more so it extends from external pressures.
Modern parents are exposed to constant information. While access to knowledge can be empowering, it can also increase anxiety. Online forums, social media comparisons, news broadcasts, too many medical ‘necessities’ being pushed without informed consent, and worst-case stories everywhere amplify fear rather than provide reassurance.
While mental health screenings are becoming more common throughout the country during pregnancy, the idea of normalizing this level of pregnancy anxiety should be reconsidered. Instead of accepting this as okay for women to experience, healthcare providers and the healthcare system should consider ways in which to lessen the stressors and ease pregnancy worries.
As you wait impatiently for that to happen, there are ways in which you can help yourself alongside any advice from your doctor or midwife.
Coping and Managing Pregnancy Anxiety
Support: your partner, friends, family, or a therapist. Have an in-real-life point of contact to talk to.
Gratitude: depression can accompany anxiety, especially when your focus is on the negative possibilities. Every morning, afternoon, and evening take the time to name 3 or more things that make you smile. Take it a step further and write them down, hold them, touch them, breathe them in.
Walk: physical exercise clears the mind and opens the lungs for deeper breathing.
Unplug: this includes the news, social platforms, mindless scrolling, and even texting if it causes you stress.
Boundaries: protect your peace by setting firm boundaries when to comes to anyone who throws negativity your way.
Record Baby's Heartbeat: hold onto the reassuring sound of your baby's heartbeat to hear whenever you are feeling anxious. Tuck it inside of a Heartbeat Animal to hug and keep forever.
Listen to Your Body: trust your instincts.
You have the ability to choose what you take in. Pregnancy is a short time in a long journey and can be enjoyed and treasured. Take each day as a day closer to meeting the sweetest little being you will ever know.
Vintage Giraffe
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