What people don’t tell you about pregnancy is that the hormone surge fucks with your anxiety. I’ll probably end up having PPD and PPA just because I have GAD and MDD but BOY does perinatal depression. And anxiety suck ass. I’ve had an anxiety attack for the past hour because 1/?

I keep thinking about my kittens dying. I literally cannot stop the thoughts. I’ll have panic attacks randomly because my brain makes me think about CJ randomly dying. Winter has been completely healthy but I’ll have intrusive thoughts about him having a stroke inutero 2/?

or just losing his heartbeat and having to deliver a stillborn. The intrusive thoughts and constant anxiety is 1) horrible for my baby and 2) definitely something I should be talking to my psychiatrist about, but I can’t see him because COVID. Regardless, pregnancy WRECKS 3/?

your mind as well as your body, and this is just another reason why we should allow women to have access to safe and affordable abortions. This is terrifying, and while Ive had an easy pregnancy physically, the third trimester has been horrible on my mental because I haven’t 4/?

been able to take my meds the past 9 months. The sleep deprivation adds to the mental strain and this shit is not for everyone. If I was in my last relationship I honestly don’t know if I would have been able to survive. I’m not sure what the point of this thread was but 5/?