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[quote=Anonymous]First of all, a million hugs, it’s so hard and everyone around you just says “oh don’t worry!” which is not actually possible…

First, celebrate every day you’re pregnant as a win. When you ultimately wake up in the morning (even if you were awake from 2-5) give yourself a psychological high five— your baby is one day bigger.

What helped me with the insomnia fear was creating a ritual for every wake up. Mine was pre, drink a glass of water, use my Doppler (people vary in their opinions but honestly mine saved my sanity) do a kick count, and then wake up my husband to watch a brief comedy sketch (7min) which inevitably put me back to sleep. My OB also recommended the calm app as part of the ritual, and her advice which I will never forget was that it’s not paranoia and the mothers who aren’t anxious at a time like this all got eaten by tigers in the Stone Age, so we who made it this far have all the anxiety genes which allow us and our children to survive.

Please update us OP— I’ll be thinking of you. [/quote]

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