We Need To Talk… My Pregnancy Journey Ep. 10
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- Опубліковано 10 лип 2024
- We Need To Talk…
My Pregnancy Journey. Ep 10.
Hey Momo’s! Let’s get real and raw for a bit while I share some very specific things I’ve been going through in this pregnancy. It took me several weeks to even realize that this intense anxiety I’ve been struggling with is actually pregnancy related! But once I did, it opened my eyes and gave me a whole new perspective. 🙏🏼💜 Watch as I talk about the tools I’ve been using to fight this anxiety and then share below the tools you use to fight off anxiety in your own life. Pregnant or not! Love you all!!
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Hey Momo's! Comment below and let me know how you handle anxiety! Any great tools you wanna share with us? Thanks for watching ❤️
I go for walks. I look at my feet and see how my physical foundation is doing. Next, check in with my spiritual foundation. I'm searching for the root issue. Lastly, I play a song by blessed.
breathing exercises, music, lemon balm tea, peppermints, and journaling help me!
Look up the article “10 patterns of thinking that undergird depression-anxiety” by Brad Hambrick… I think that’s the right title! Very helpful Christian perspective 💕
Lots and lots of crying out to Jesus and listening to worship and praying… only way thru. And trusting the Holy Spirit to wage war on anxiety on my behalf!!
Oh and rebuking the SPIRIT of anxiety! As well as “box” breathing
I had horrible anxiety that got worse with each child. I fought it for 8 years and finally saw a therapist and started Zoloft. It has literally saved me'
Yes, I struggled a lot with anxiety during my first pregnancy and also had postpartum anxiety after baby was born. I had a lot of intrusive thoughts regarding baby getting seriously injured or dying. Some tools that really helped me:
1. Rather than freaking out about my intrusive thoughts and thinking “I shouldn’t think this right now,” I learned to acknowledge them. I would tell myself that “this is a scary thought. This can happen to my baby, but I’m going to make sure that I do what is in my power to prevent it.” I’d pray for God’s protection over my family, and then allow myself to get back into reality.
2. In moments where my brain wanted to dwell on things longer than it should, I practiced sensory grounding (sounds new-agey but really isn’t so hear me out). You use the 5 senses to help your brain focus on the current moment rather than your fears/anxieties. For example, I’d name to myself 5 things I can see in that moment, then 4 things that I’m touching/are touching me, then 3 things I hear, 2 things I taste, and 1 thing I smell. Almost always this allowed me to come back to the present moment.
3. When I would feel my heart beating fast due to anxiety, I’d lower my heart rate through 4-7-8 breathing. Push the tip of your tongue against your bottom teeth, breathe through your nose to the count of 4, hold in your breath to the count of 7, exhale through your mouth to the count of 8. I would do this 3 times and my heart would settle.
Thanks for bearing through the essay. I wish you and anyone else all the best through pregnancy and parenting!
Thanks for sharing these girl! 💜👏🏼
I think it's natural to think this way while pregnant. I had anxiety while my husband went to work worrying he'd have a car accident and I'd be a widow as well.
Pregnancy and postpartum anxiety is very very common especially with people who have had a history of anxiety/depression. This has been my experience. Go easy on yourself during this time. I've definitely beat myself up for what felt like going backwards during my pregnancies, with anxiety. But God brings more healing.
Morgan, I just had my first baby almost 6 weeks ago. My husband and I were trying for 6 months to get pregnant and thank the Lord I got pregnant.
I went through bad morning sickness and started to deal with depression/anxiety during my first trimester while being sick. I got through the morning sickness but became REALLY anxious and depressed in my second trimester. It was REALLY bad...I started to struggle intensely with thoughts about my salvation and fear gripped me. I went to the ER twice in one particular week because the fear and anxiety were SO bad. Crippling anxiety.
Praise the Lord I am getting through but even now after having the baby, I am still struggling some. Not nearly as bad but it's hard mentally, emotionally and spiritually. I've gotten good counseling from Godly people and I'm trusting the Lord. It's a huge journey, but God is good and faithful.
Pregnancy can be so difficult but keep trusting Jesus and stay connected to the body of Christ for encouragement.
Will be praying for you. ❤️❤️❤️
Definitely can relate to anxiety. During the beginning, I was having anxiety with different symptoms that was causing concern. I was upset with myself because I felt like I had little faith. Then, a few weeks ago, I randomly got these thoughts when the baby would move of “isn’t she so annoying?…you don’t really love her” and it made me so upset. I couldn’t stop crying about it. It was just so upsetting because those weren’t really my thoughts. She isn’t annoying and I love her so much. I feel I was getting attacked by the enemy but my husband and I kept praying about it and asking God to take it from me and it has gone away. Anxiety has definitely increased since being pregnant but I’m just reminding myself that baby girl is so worth it and I’m so grateful to God for her. Only 7 more weeks to go for me! But, love you girlie! ❤️
Yes, I can totally relate! I've been the most depressed I've ever been... Struggling to find a reason to get out of bed and struggling to find anything to be thankful to God. Just the other day though, I was grateful to suddenly realize that I have my physical health to be thankful for! Praying for you and Paul and anyone struggling with depression and anxiety!💖💖💖
strongly relate to this even though i’m not pregnant! praying for you! anxiety is no joke ❤️
Hi Morgan! I suffer through similar intense thoughts and crippling anxiety about my body. The weird thing about anxiety is that you KNOW you have experienced it before and you KNOW you’re going to get through it, but in those moments, they are still super scary and terrifying. It is like it’s never exactly the same as the last one, it’s always a bit different and that’s where scariness comes from. I’ve learned to pay attention to whenever I feel or sense something strange in my body and not let my mind wonder down that dark road of negative thinking because then the feelings become more “real”, intense, and scary. When I do go down that road, I’ve learned that letting those feelings come without any reaction from my part (as ugly and terrifying as they may be) usually calms them down and they get less intense… although sometimes they get too scary and just watching something on YT or TikTok helps me feel better… Hope you feel better! ❤️ I talked to my mom about this (pregnancy) and she told me she also had a rough time with me and my sister in the first 6 months. Although she didn’t call it anxiety… but I’m sure it was the same thing, they just didn’t call it anxiety back then… She said it was awful for the first 6 months and could relate to you, but said it got better towards the end. Hope you feel better as well. 😊✝️❤️
Super Timely and helpful thank you so much for sharing it really helped where I was right now even though I’m not in the same season it touched my story and heart thank you!
Thank you for your honesty and vulnerability ❤️
I myself had a history of anxiety and depression that was under control until my first pregnancy. My first trimester I had very bad anxiety and depression. It got better, but then I ended up with post partum anxiety. I think a lot of it stemmed from hormones, vitamin deficiencies I didn't learn about until later, and years of infertility before then making me worry more about something going wrong.
When I get anxious, I become consumed by my thoughts and forget what I'm doing. It helps to get back in the present moment through prayer and focusing on physical regulation. Focus on your 5 senses. What's something you see, hear, smell, touch, taste? Take a drink of ice water or citrus, open a window and feel the breeze, use your hands to cook a meal and smell the ingredients, listen to worship music, etc. It helps you to get back in the present moment, back in your body, and back to a place where you can pray and lay all your worries at His feet.
I felt like a failure when I would struggle with mental health, but once I let God take over and use me on my bad days and not just my good ones, a huge weight lifted off of me. When I had foot surgery, I didn't wait till I could walk for God to use me, I asked Him how He could use what I still was able to provide. Now, when I'm anxious or down, I don't let it take over or wait for it to pass, I ask God how He can use me even in the midst of my pain.
Thanks again for sharing. Hope this long message is an encouragement to you. Sometimes He doesn't remove the thorn in our side because His strength is made perfect in our weakness 🙂
Praying for you guys ❤️
I try to find helpful UA-cam channels such as yours that help me cope, calm down, and or distract me with positive vibes. Funny videos help too! Laughter is healing.♥️🙏🏻
Morgan, thank you for sharing! Seriously. I can totally relate to you about having anxiety during pregnancy, had it with my first (and we just found out we are pregnant with our second eeek!). But anyway, I would spiral into anxiety whenever I felt something weird in my body too-“is baby ok?!?” Ugh it wasnt fun. The thing that really helped me the first time around was to write down positive affirmations on index cards and I would read them out loud to myself before bed and sometimes other times during the day. Things like “God made my body to carry this baby”, “This baby is fearfully and wonderfully made”, “I have a healthy baby”, etc....actually in the Mighty Mama Movement class they give other positive affirmation ideas. That was really helpful to me to just get me thinking positive thoughts...thoughts that expect good things from our Father who loves us! I was so encouraged by you in the beginning of your pregnancy specifically how you were so expectant of a good, safe pregnancy. 😊 You’re glowing, girl!! 💙 Can’t wait to see Baby Luca’s cute little face! 🥰
I'm putting this in a playlist for when I do finally get pregnant m I'm still learning how to deal with my anxiety so this helps now and will be good to hear again later~
I wanted to say I been following your journey and finally fell pregnant after 4 years of infertility around the same time you found out as well. (Due Sept 11th) having a boy. This video was something I really needed today as I have also been experiencing these intrusive negative thoughts about something going wrong just within the past few weeks. I also suffered from really bad anxiety in the past were I had to be on medication. I been off of it for over a year now in order to conceive and not deal with the other side affects. Its very scary to think I'm slipping back into it. This was a great reminder that pregnancy is going to put me through this and your words of wisdom were just a blessing for me tonight. I feel like I'm not alone . Thank you
You might also want to prepare for postpartum depression/anxiety. It's really really common, but expecting and understanding the symptoms helps a lot.
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I totally have anxiety in pregnancy!!! In the first trimester I was really scared to drive and had to stay home more or get my husband to drive, then second trimester felt really insecure and that my husband was cheating on me, totally irrational and from the enemy! And in my third trimester just in general preparing for the baby, fearing that I won't be ready and all that... And this is my third pregnancy! I feel you. Thanks for reminding us all to stay in the word and fight it out with Jesus! Love you!
Working out and getting out of the house helped me (with anxiety)! Getting out of my head, doing things. Or doing things with friends where I wasn’t talking about it or doing anything to do with it at all.
I 100 percent relate to this. I am not pregnant but making big life moves currently and the intrusive thoughts tend to come up.
I am not pregnant, but totally understand the "anxious intrusive thought" thing. One main one is that I am going to die soon... but Jesus has shown me that He would never put that fear and anxiety about dying into my heart and that it is from the enemy. Watching your video has made me feel less alone in such a crazy, heavy time. Like you encouraged, that heaviness is not the answer, JOY is! And as I have prayed, I feel like the Lord put on my heart, "I give Life, and Life Abundant." Praise our God. Prayin for you, sista! (sorry for my essay of a comment lol)
Thanks for you honesty, Morgan I find it really helpful to have some kind of a schedule and order in life. So when I would have anxiety I would fix on what Im supposed to do at that given moment And I also heard a great advice on just focusing on the next thing to do. ( Jim's Eliots wife). God bless you.
What a beautiful testament that faith in Christ can help you conquer all, and the body of Christ (even all over the world!) is so important for our times of struggle. Thank you for being so open and honest with us, it's truly helped me through my struggle as well. 💜
Amen! Thanks girl 💜
I also have found pregnancy makes my anxiety worse! I’ve also had depression with pregnancy! I find trying to talk everyday, talk to my baby, and practice my breathing for labor helps me stay calm. That and daily prayer each morning helps make things easier. And when I pray specifically casting all those cares on God because I can’t do anything with them anyway has been really helpful ❤️ praying for you and the baby!
Amen! Thanks girl 💜🙏🏼
Hey Morgan, thank u for this video and seeing all the comments , i am really encouraged that i am not alone dealing with anxiety. I have been getting thoughts lately that something bad will happen to my family. Its really hard for me to get back to sane mind. I really appreciate the video.pls post more related on this mental health videos
Thank you for being real & honest with the season you are in Morgan. You and Paul are in our prayers. 🌷🌸💐
For though we walk in the flesh, we do not war according to the flesh. For the weapons of our warfare are not carnal but mighty in God for pulling down strongholds, casting down arguments and every high thing that exalts itself against the knowledge of God, bringing every thought into captivity to the obedience of Christ
II Corinthians 10:3-5 NKJV
Love you, Morgan! You’re so sweet and genuine. You’re definitely not alone in this season. Many sisters in Christ I’ve spoken with have been feeling such a heaviness that is causing depression both in pregnant and non-pregnant ladies. Praying for you, sweet sister! ❤️❤️❤️
💜💜 thank you!
I’m pregnant as well and yes I have been getting those invasive anxious thoughts too. Such great advice, thank you for sharing your journey. It’s comforting to see you on the same journey. When I get those thoughts I just replace it with prayer and give it to the Lord
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I appreciate your honest. I'm sorry to hear you are struggling. When you were talking the other day on the P&M channel, and getting angry at yourself, it reminded me of myself.
I've been so frustrated recently that I, in my daily life, and where I hadn't been struggling with a particular sin (namely anger) for a while, suddenly lost it and slipped back into my old ways. I was shocked and quite angry with myself, since I have been growing in my relationship with the Lord. But someone was talking about how we shouldn't be surprised by our own weakness in the faith, but rather we should look at it with humility, realizing that we are prone to falling since we are still sinners. It's going to happen some time or another, but we can face our own weakness with the same humility and acceptence as we would an outside struggle.
This is such a hard truth for me to enact, but I found it very comforting and freeing. I hope you also find it so. (And sorry for the lengthy comment! 🤦🏼♀️) hope those mean hormones calm down!!!
I love how a bird started chirping near the end while you were talking about God! And I'm not gonna lie, when you kind of sang "don't forget that" that really sounded like a real song. 😂 Very beautiful! I enjoyed the video!
Intrusive thoughts are normal, I am glad you’ve built up tools to use while working through this. It is crazy I’ve gone through this without even being pregnant. I heard it does get worse with pregnancy… let the mind that be in Christ, abide in you too! ♥️
"We maaaaaaaaddde it!" ...pure gold, man!! ;D Haha ...Will be praying for Paul! Much love to you both!
Girl - yes. I have been dealing with this too since about 6 weeks or so into my pregnancy. Very instrusive anxious thoughts and I've allowed them to affect me in a very unhealthy way. Just recently, I'm really working on tackling that anxiety and renewing my mind with the Word of God. Someone recommended the book Supernatural Childbirth which has really helped me to understand and deal with some of the anxiety about pregnancy - and most importantly to pray through it and to use Scripture to battle those anxieties. I also deal with the thoughts about something happening to my husband or to me and leaving my husband alone, or becoming a widow myself - you're not alone! ❤ run to God with those feelings and allow Him to comfort you. I'm trying to work on not letting the anxious thoughts that arise to take hold of my mind. recognize the fear and anxiety - and rebuke it in the name of Jesus. Claim God's promises over yourself, your body, your baby, your marriage.
You're so right about this being a way God is using to grow your faith. I feel that deeply as well. So glad you have a wonderfully supportive husband. That helps so much!
I'm so sorry you've been struggling lately, keep clinging on to the Lord!❤
Our baby boy was born on good Friday and he’s still in the neonatal intensive care unit can everyone please pray for him ❤️
Aces. Wonderfully honest and refeshing. Remember: Squishy is watching you, too.
I’m pregnant now & struggled with the same thing in early pregnancy in this pregnancy & it will really pay off to be obedient to the Lord. His commands in anxiety , Philippians 4:6. He tells us what to do, no matter what we are feeling we have a command to follow. God is faithful and he sustains us. Just know that the grit in that will always be worth it. I know it’s so painful & hard sometimes but God never leaves you. As you know. He’s so close ❤️ it doesn’t have to be your story the whole pregnancy or even in motherhood. God tells us what to do with it. God bless you Morgan ❤️ I always just pray & remind myself of Gods sovereignty and how pointless it is to worry about my family. As well as breathing to physically calm my body down if I need to. 4 breathes in, 6 out.❤️
Oh girl….I’m so sorry you’re dealing with this. I 100% relate. I am pregnant with baby #3 now, but I had it extremely bad during a period with my first and especially with my second. Mine was brought on by extremely bad insomnia…couldn’t sleep and super super anxious about that. The insomnia started about 20 weeks with my first, and it started early with my second and then again around the 20 week mark. With the third, noticeable around the 20 week mark. The hormones go crazy again around that time. Anyway, I cannot handle the insomnia naturally, and that leads to debilitating anxiety. Can’t get out of bed, barely can work through the day, negative thoughts. I get it. And like you said, I haven’t had such crippling anxiety since I was much younger. Anyway….what have I done…. I regularly see a therapist (she is a Christian), so she would help me. I pray, pray, pray and meditate on the Psalms and various Bible verses. And…..I take medication. I have found that if I take care of the insomnia, the anxiety stays away, so I deal with the sleep via a low dose of Trazodone, which was something I found that really really helped me with my first pregnancy. I took more stuff with my second bc the anxiety was so bad-Zoloft and Ambien and Trazodone. With this third, I know my body does this and am in a better head space this go-round, so I just take Trazodone to help with the sleep. My children have been very healthy, born at term, making all their milestones (cuz I worry about medication while pregnant and if the babies are okay), which is a testament of God’s grace, I believe. Praying this third one is okay too. And yes, the Enemy loves to use such bad thoughts to accuse and attack. All I can say is that the Lord has used pregnancy in my life to help me see just how dependent I am and the fact that I’m not in control EVER really. So I’ve always been drawn closer to Him during such times.
I often wonder if those intrusive thoughts are the enemy. I know I get them still and I am not pregnant right now. Thoughts about my husband passing or my kids getting hurt in some way. In those moments of anxiety I have to tell myself that those thoughts are not reality, and to start praying! Anxiousness can be a real struggle at times for sure! God is with you though! ❤️
Your hormones are going crazy and everything is changing, physically and mentally, right now so it’s all normal. In my two pregnancies, I always get depression right around 25 weeks and it lasts a little bit. And now that I have my kids, I struggle with anxiety thinking about what could happen to them or me, but I work to not let it overwhelm me. Bad things are a part of life, all you can do is pray. I wish more people would talk about depression and anxiety during pregnancy though! I never had postpartum depression or anxiety, only during pregnancy.
I had a miscarriage two weeks ago, been really dwelling in the sadness, we want to try to conceive again, I just don’t have that vibe anymore I need some prayers!!!!
Alot of prayer momma!! I suffered for years with anxiety and it got way worse after each baby but the Lord has been so gracious and has helped me emmensly. One thing I heard before was when the anxiety creeps in and it starts overcoming you, you've gone too long without have the Lord on your mind. Pray without ceasing. I'll be praying for you! God's will be done.
And try to remember God is bigger than all our fears
I took A LOT of baths to help me destress. Lol. I was basically a fish at the end of my pregnancy. I hope you have someone to talk to about these thoughts! I don’t want to further scare you but my anxiety was at its worst after I gave birth. The intrusive thoughts were nonstop and I was only getting like 4 hours of sleep sometimes less. It got better when baby started sleeping more. I just wanted to give you a heads up to be ready. You will feel extremely happy to hold your baby in your arms but you will have so many other feelings too. It’s normal and they will keep checking on your mental health at babies appointments afterwards to just to make sure your okay.
Sending you so much love and light! You’re going to have such a precious little prince and it’ll all make sense and be worth it soon. Glad Paul’s surgery went well and I hope for a speedy recovery for him.
You guys have honestly helped me through my 4th trimester so much.
I had awful anxiety and invasive thoughts postpartum. I think it was the hardest thing ever because I wasn’t emotionally prepared to be a mom nor did I understand what it meant to have such an enormous responsibility in my hands. I was in mid college and my mom started staying over to help and just socializing with my family like I did prior to being pregnant during postpartum was so helpful. Being around family and friends and not cutting of anyone was my healing. Keep socializing and talking to friends and family don’t stay alone all the time. I know that the times that I stayed alone and didn’t go out were the hardest. Stay in touch with everyone. I wish you the best in your journey.
Also, avoid caffeine and heavy sugars or processed foods. Those may trigger anxiety. I read this book by a wonderful psychiatrist that GABA supplements help A LOT with anxiety but always ask your doctor first❤️
Intrusive thoughts are horrible!
I've had them my entire life but they got worse and worse as years went by and 3 years ago I was finally diagnosed with obsessive compulsive disorder. Same Thoughts would repeat hundreds to thousands of times a day and I'd do compulsions to make them go away. I'm still struggling a lot. I'm Praying for you Morgan.
Also pregnant and also struggle with anxiety and intrusive thoughts like you described. It is normal.
10\10 would recommend a Christian psychologist! God changed my life though mine! It's amazing to have someone that you know you can share your worries and anxiety with that's not a family member!! Cannot recommend enough, even just for an hour a week! Also praying for you guys, we support you so much! Feeling like you are struggling doesn't always mean you are weak in the faith! But even if you are, He is strong in our weakness and it's the most visible when we are feeling weak ❤️❤️
Eating foods high in omega 3 is said to help with anxiety, and it is good for bub's development too.
Also I am TOTALLY with you on this girl... pregnant with a baby boy too and I think this is totally common in pregnancy! just been coming to Jesus for help with it - definitely a challenge but you got this mama! 💗
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I'm not pregnant but have had anxiety my whole life. I highly recommend looking into meditation. I know a lot of Christians find praying as their form of meditation (my mom is like that, and if it works for you awesome), but I'd recommend looking at different forms and breathing techniques. Walking in nature is really helpful for me as well.
I found that my anxiety during my first pregnancy was that my son was going to get abused. I was anxious about who I could truly trust.
But telling myself that I must be responsible for the things I can control and trust the Lord with things that I cannot.
But more so than my pregnancy I had more anxiety, then I ever did in my life, the two weeks after my son was born.
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For my anxiety (during pregnancy and now after) I would practice my labor breathing. I do it while falling asleep at night when my thoughts are racing too. I count my breath in for 4 and out for 4 while I completely relax my face and body.
I definitely can relate to anxiety in general. In some of my darkest times just calling the name Jesus has helped me ❤️
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I used to be so paranoid that someone was going to hurt my baby. Hormones do effect you more than most people realize but I would say the absolute best advice I can give to a christian woman is; fear is from the enemy and God cares about your child even more than you do although that seems impossible. God is sovereign over all things so everytime you feel that wave of anxiety come over you talk to God like you would a friend and tell him about those worries. I still have to do this. The more you talk to God the more he will start talking back In various ways. 💖
I can 100% relate to this. I am currently expecting baby number #4, and all those feelings are normal when our body’s adjusting to growing new life. I wasn’t expecting to also have the same feelings postpartum, but they are very real as our bodies are trying to adjust back to or find a “new” normal. The supplement that I took that made a night and day difference in my pregnancy and postpartum experience was/is Ashwagandha. It’s just an herbal supplement that my midwife suggested I take, and I am so glad she did! I found the brand that works the best is the Gaia brand, but if you don’t like swallowing vitamins, the liquid form is good too! I will be praying for the rest of this pregnancy journey for you! ❤️
"Give thanks in all circumstances." (1 Thessalonians 5:18)
relating to intrusive thoughts, you may want to read about postpartum OCD. it's a real thing that a lot of people don't know about like they do with postpartum depression but is just as serious and you can get help for it :)
Will be praying for you. Sorry I don't have any helpful advice. But will be praying for you.
Lemon balm tea is supposed to really help!! My nurse practitioner recommends drinking it throughout the day🤗 safe for pregnancy and beyond!
hey💕💕💖 I don't know what pregnancy is like in terms of having anxiety during but I have lived with anxiety all my life,most days it just went away naturally,I don't use any medication for it,the best thing I could do was either I took a nap and felt better or just sat in a bubble bath for half an hour with my favorite song playing and burning a white candle it calmed me alot 💖💞💞💞💞🌟God bless you
Yes to the bath experience 🥰
So Inspiring! She is so honest and raw! Love you Morgan!!!❤
Morgan, yes! I'm 23 weeks pregnant tomorrow, and I totally feel you here. Like you, I had a season of crippling anxiety and found such freedom from it. It wasn't until pregnancy that it came back. I have no great advice... ha! I'm working through it with the Lord as well, but you're not alone. Thank you for your vulnerability. Satan comes to steal kill and destroy, but God came to give us life and life more abundant!
Morgan, you’re such an amazing mother already. Luca is so lucky! Thank you for being real with us even when you are struggling. I love hearing about all the pregnancy updates!! Praying for you and Paul and baby Luca!!❤️
I LOVE herbal tinctures, methylated b-vitamins, magnesium glycinate, and prayer. I used some of those things during my last pregnancy and I recommend to all of my clients, too. Some of the herbal remedies, specifically, work so well that a few of the local midwives have successfully weaned their clients off their meds and onto the herbal tinctures!
But you're right, hormones, lower vitamin levels, feeling more tired, and then just the general stress of planning for a new baby (even if it was planned) can all play a huge role in causing extra anxiety. Good luck, mama!
And remembering that God does not give a spirit of fear, but of sound mind. So you know anything that causes fear (tight chest, pit in stomach, "what if") is NOT of God. That one helps me a lot even outside of pregnancy! God is warning you/preparing you/helping you IF you feel a confidence about a thought/decision; like "I know I need to do this, but I don't know why" or "this is the right choice!"
I would check your iron levels because I was taking iron pills (my doctor told me I was anemic when I actually wasn't) and my anxiety was out of this WORLD. so if you're taking iron when you actually don't need too (too much in your system), then that could definitely trigger anxiety much more! learned from experience haha maybe this will help you too!
Yes perfectly normal...stuff. Here are some things that helped me. Get outside and walk, eat well balanced meals, guard your mind don't watch or listen to things that promote fear or anxiety, for me it meant staying away from a lot of mystery intense shows or books, and too much news, etc. Fill your mind with God's word meditate in it, listen to good music, and sing along...good music especially helps me even now. Also take good supplements that help with anxiety, and don't take too many b-12s but take vitamin D. Give yourself grace because yes this is normal.
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Hows your diet? Check out Weston A price pregnancy diet. You need extra nutrients right now and being deficient can cause or worsen anxiety
This is totally normal.
I had a lady I looked up to tell me (when I was 6 months pregnant) that I had been in spiritual decline for 6 months. I just sat there… I really had nothing (good) to say. It’s a special and vital time where you are increasing. The enemy hates it, the world hates it, but it is work that is pleasing to God. Motherhood from conception, until your last breath, is one of the original ways to glorify God. Hang in there!
Sounds like OCD, something I myself suffer from. There is hope :)
Sadly i wish the anxiety and racing thoughts ended after pregnancy but if anything they just got worse. however, i know the mental instability subsides for many women so i truly hope it does for you but if not never be afraid to reach out for help.. and do not think it makes u look weak or any nonsense. being a parent truly is insane. u are 100 percent responsible for someone elses life so dont beat urself up or think u werent meant for motherhood cuz those thoughts arent reality! i still have major anxiety but i did let the negative self talk ago cuz that wasn’t helpful what so ever haha ( either is most anxiety but atleast some worries atleast make sense lol)
Hi!💖 I just want to share that I’m 34 weeks pregnant with my first and I have a very similar story. I also used to deal with crippling anxiety and bad depression and went on medication for it. God has brought me so far which I’m so grateful for! But when I hit about 22 weeks I started getting major anxiety and panic attacks and waking up in the middle of the night sweating and having intense anxiety. It’s so hard and scary to go through but I have found that drinking a hot cup of tea and reading through the Psalms before bed or whenever you need to helps so so much. You are not alone in this!🙌💖
I’ve struggled with severe anxiety since I was pregnant with my daughter three years ago def wish I knew how to complete overcome it
Honestly, curl up with a good book in the bathtub. No lavender anything since that is bad for the baby while it’s in the womb. But use Epsom salts with baby safe oils, maybe some bubble bath. Also, it’s normal to worry about your husband in surgery. And the hormones will make it worse. Hugs. You’ve got this.
Hello my name is Grace and I have struggled with anxiety and depression as well. My husband and I had a miscarriage our first pregnancy. That was one of the hardest times of my life. I found comfort in knowing that my baby is in the arms of Jesus and living a life with none of the pain we experience here on earth. We now are finally pregnant again! It took a while but I’m 8 weeks in. I struggled a lot with anxiety over losing another baby. What has helped me in all of my anxieties tremendously is writing down assuring scriptures in my journal and reading them every day. Scriptures that directly spoke to my heart. Also just remembering that God is in control of everything and that I can trust Him. I also would replace my anxious thoughts with God’s word. Remember that there is always hope and that with God you can overcome anything! I’m praying for all who struggle with this 🙏
Praise God for your beautiful journey!
Sending hugs. Been there. 💕
This is great. I have the same obsessive thoughts about my husband dying or becoming disabled! It's not me, it's a hormonal response. Could it be a visceral (fleshly) response to how human history has normally been? In times past pregnant women had to contend with the real possibility of their partners dying in tribal wars, being killed while hunting wild animals, succumbing to the elements then leaving the widowed woman destitute and defenceless. If I take my emotion out of it, it's a very fascinating concept.
*Keeping in mind these are still realities for pregnant women in other parts of the world, look at Ukraine and Middle East for example. We have luxury of thinking our morbid thoughts are frivolous in first world but, this stress response may be there because it's still relevant. In God's Kingdom we are called to function in the spiritual realm not being a slave to our fleshly dispositions. It's a challenge but great faith growing exercise. Keep on everyone and Morgan :) ❤
I deeply relate. There have been several days in this pregnancy that I have sobbed, feeling so hopeless, like I’m drowning and can’t see any way to get back to the surface. We have a lot going on right now with moving across the country within 2 or 3 weeks of having our baby, and the stresses of trying to buy a house in the midst of all our pregnancy costs has just seemed unbearable at times. I feel like I could go on and on about all the “hardships” we are facing during this already stressful time. In the big picture, these are all such minor things and I keep reminding myself how thankful I should be that Connor and I, and our baby, and our families, are all healthy and safe. It’s hard to see a way out sometimes, but the fact that I’ve felt so much better about things after a good nights sleep has just shown me that a lot of it really is probably due to pregnancy, crazy hormones, and exhaustion. Even though they all feel like mountains sometimes. The pain free birth course that I’m taking is honestly helping a lot to show me that pregnancy itself can be supernatural, not JUST labor. And that we can take every thought captive and make it obedient to Christ. However, I need to take this advice myself, and am open to everybody’s tips and tricks because it’s really really hard to do🤣
I’ve also had those same, intense, disturbing thoughts pop up randomly about becoming a widow or dying in childbirth, etc. It is all lies from the enemy. I have heard that pregnant women are extremely sensitive to the spiritual realm while we are carrying life in our bodies, and it makes our emotions that much more sensitive. It would also explain why the enemy is attacking so fiercely.
I’ll be praying for your mental state because I’m all too aware of this right now! God’s got you! In a few months, I’m sure all these worries will fade away when we are holding our babies and seeing that Gods promises prevailed.❤️
I cried every night when I tried to go to sleep. No joke. It was awful!
I've actually found that practicing up breathing from my hypno birthing course helps with my anxiety a lot. Counting the breath distracts me from the thought and the deep breaths with a slow exhale calm my heart rate.
That’s great!
Order some nutritional yeast flakes to sprinkle on your food and add into smoothies. Just trust me!!! Watch dr berg video on it. Changed my life.
GIRL I have thoughts about death and stuff like that all the time and I’m not even pregnant 😭😭 lord help me when I do have children 😭😂
Those thoughts are from the devil. Not hormones. I believe the enemy is oppressing you with anxiety and trying to take away your joy during this beautiful time. Keep seeking God and ask him to remove that oppression. I'm sorry that your going through this. I truly want the best for you and for Paul. I love you guys and will be keeping you in my prayers.
“For the weapons of our warfare are not carnal but mighty in God for pulling down strongholds, casting down arguments and every high thing that exalts itself against the knowledge of God, bringing EVERY THOUGHT into captivity to the obedience of Christ, and being ready to punish all disobedience when your obedience is fulfilled.”
II Corinthians 10:4-6
“And you, being dead in your trespasses and the uncircumcision of your flesh, He has made alive together with Him, having forgiven you all trespasses, having wiped out the handwriting of requirements that was against us, which was contrary to us. And He has taken it out of the way, having nailed it to the cross. Having DISARMED principalities and powers, He made a public spectacle of them, triumphing over them in it.”
Colossians 2:13-15
“Finally, brethren, whatever things are true, whatever things are noble, whatever things are just, whatever things are pure, whatever things are lovely, whatever things are of good report, if there is any virtue and if there is anything praiseworthy- MEDITATE on these things.”
Philippians 4:8
I'm not pregnant but have dealt with anxiety for years so maybe I can help?🤷♀️ Those thoughts you had were catastrophe thinking and I have so done that! Getting out of the negative thinking is so difficult and I totally understand! We have to take those thoughts captive and remind ourselves of what is true. I've always recited the verse "You have not given us a spirit of fear, but of power, love and a SOUND mind" The Enemy is attacking you and wanting you to think this way and reminding yourself that it is not of God helps. You gotta rebuke those thoughts in the Name of Jesus! Also, get up and move around. Anytime you're starting to feel panicky or anxious start doing something. Immediately moving your mind helps and start to just talk to God. I'm not pregnant but have PCOS and hormones are crazy girl!🤪 This will just be for a season cause soon you'll have your sweet baby boy❤
A sound disciplined mind by Nancy dufresne is a great, biblical tool!
Just take it one day at a time, that’s all we can do!
Now faith is the assurance of things hoped for, the conviction of things not seen. For by it the people of old received their commendation. By faith we understand that the universe was created by the word of God, so that what is seen was not made out of things that are visible. By faith Abel offered to God a more acceptable sacrifice than Cain, through which he was commended as righteous, God commending him by accepting his gifts. And through his faith, though he died, he still speaks. By faith Enoch was taken up so that he should not see death, and he was not found, because God had taken him. Now before he was taken he was commended as having pleased God. And without faith it is impossible to please him, for whoever would draw near to God must believe that he exists and that he rewards those who seek him. By faith Noah, being warned by God concerning events as yet unseen, in reverent fear constructed an ark for the saving of his household. By this he condemned the world and became an heir of the righteousness that comes by faith. By faith Abraham obeyed when he was called to go out to a place that he was to receive as an inheritance. And he went out, not knowing where he was going. By faith he went to live in the land of promise, as in a foreign land, living in tents with Isaac and Jacob, heirs with him of the same promise. For he was looking forward to the city that has foundations, whose designer and builder is God. By faith Sarah herself received power to conceive, even when she was past the age, since she considered him faithful who had promised. Therefore from one man, and him as good as dead, were born descendants as many as the stars of heaven and as many as the innumerable grains of sand by the seashore.
Hebrews 11:1-12 ESV
I pray this encourages you sister
You have the mind of Christ. According to Romans we are to take every thought captive. Part of salvation is the constant renewing of the mind. The enemy will use little holes in our armour to get a foothold and he whispers lies to us. The enemy is the brethren of lies. That is all he can do until we come into agreement with them. That s why we dont allow even an inch. I hope this helps. I know you know this, but sometimes we have weakness and we are told iron sharpens iron. I would break every lie of the enemy and every word curse you may have spoken over yourself without realizing it. Renounce it repent and move forward
Pregnant woman are a pain in the ……. Just bustin your chops . Itsa hormone thing. Being a brother and watchen this is very interesting.
These thoughts are coming straight from satan, the spirit of FEAR. Pray, renounce and bind this spirit. Plead the blood of JESUS over your thoughts, mind, emotions. STAND in FAITH! Know that satan is, has been defeated in JESUS NAME. Blessings, Morgan