I'm 36 wks 1 day pregnant and really rather neurotic. Even without meaning too i seem to end up watching shows that have babies who are sick or premature or have some sort of disability or something. And i watch them and i start to freak out - what if my baby is like that or has this wrong or that wrong etc. .. suddenly everything i watch in some way, will happen to my baby. Logically i know its not true - but i still get upset at it sometimes. I still work fulltime so its not like i'm just sitting in front of the t.v all day but i seem to be surrounded by all these sad stories about babies!
My fiance has banned me from watching anything with babies in them because inevitably i'll get upset but that doesn't neccesarily stop me.
I was wondering if anyone else was like this? Where they would see something or hear something or read something and get upset by it because they automatically apply it as a possibility of what could happen to there own baby? My fiance thinks i'm crazy!
2007-03-19 14:11:18 · 9 answers · asked by Smiley One 3 in Pregnancy & Parenting ➔ Pregnancy
I had to answer this question. My husband has tried to ban me from the TV shows AND the internet. I know exactly what you mean. Whenever I read something I automatically think "that's gonna happen to MY baby!" I don't know if it's worse b/c I had a miscarriage with my first pregnancy. But for the first 22 weeks or so I was worried about miscarriage. After that I was worried about my waters leaking. Around 30 weeks I started worrying about still birth. And so on & so on....
I try and tell myself to just calm down. Just because I read something or see something doesn't mean it's going to happen to me!
I wish you lots of luck and calming vibes :)
2007-03-20 01:01:26 · answer #1 · answered by Bridget V 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
when I was pregnant I was obsessed with discovery health channel. I would always end up watching that special deliveries show and it was terrible. I'd call my husband at work bawling because the babies were sick and sometimes didn't make it. I was so emotional about ANYTHING baby related, on the news, tv shows, movies, anything. I even cried watching the Incredibles for god's sake. (I was scared that the plane was gonna get shot down and her kids would die, like they would ever do that in a cartoon). It's totally normal, it's like a train wreck, you don't want to see it but you just have to.
2007-03-19 17:29:39 · answer #2 · answered by boo 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Stop watching the tv, but know that the worry is just a result of dealing with impending motherhood. As moms, we worry. Towards the end of my pregnancy I worried just because things seem so far out of your control and you can't look at your baby to see that he is okay. I remember laying awake for hours one night worrying about SIDS.
I found that the hormones made my worries ten-fold in the first few weeks after my son was born. However, that has faded to the normal, manageable level of worry that we mommies carry. I'm so caught up in loving and enjoying my son that I don't worry as much. Also, I can see him and touch him and have more control over some of the things that worry me.
Listen to your doctor and trust him or her. Take some deep breaths and know that you are normal, but need to relax for the sake of your baby. A huge thing is about to happen to you and it is overwhelming, but it will be wonderful!!
2007-03-19 14:35:31 · answer #3 · answered by Mommy2006 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I watched these shows as well with my daughter, and thought the same thoughts. Then realized that it was a show, and though the stories are true.. The chances of any of this happening to my child was very very slim... Once I realized what I was doing to myself "worring for now reason" I stopped obsessing over somthing happening... Try not to think about it.. Your baby will be born healthy and beautifull....
2007-03-19 17:12:31 · answer #4 · answered by auntietawnie 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
im the same! my partner gives me crap about it but i watched the programs before i was pregnant as well. i watch a show called 'saving babies' now, every story is a happy ending eventually, even though they dont start out looking very optimistic, quite inspiring at times...
and have you noticed that people only ever tell you 'bad' stories they hear of labours and babies while you're pregnant? what is with that i ask, i dont need to hear it! lol
2007-03-19 14:20:34 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Stop watching TV!!! The night I had my son I was watching TV and seeing all the women that were having these awful labors and all I could think about is I got to the hospital and less that 5 hours later I was staring at my son....I would say I was holding him, but I didnt get to do that for a couple days, thanks to family! Everything will be fine.
2007-03-19 14:25:03 · answer #6 · answered by MyOpinionMatters 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
With my 1st baby I was like that. With my 2nd until I met my OBGYN (i'd moved to another state, so this was a new doctor to me) I was that way. After I spoke with her I realized I was doing more harm to myself and my baby than good. I trust my doctor, I had all the tests needed to let me know the baby was healthy and all was fine. After that I knew something could go wrong, but didn't dwell on it. Mom to 3.
2007-03-19 14:16:09 · answer #7 · answered by Melanie A 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
No i was not like that but the one thing that did make me freak out was when my "friend" took out pictures of her still born baby and didn't tell me. she had just asked me if i wanted to see pictures.
2007-03-19 14:20:51 · answer #8 · answered by Gypsy 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I think he is right....quit watching that !
that is neither good for you or the baby....instead think and watch happy stuff and quit worrying needlessly
2007-03-19 14:15:20 · answer #9 · answered by ~*common sense*~ 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋