Originally Posted by
fizzymoon86
So I’m having trouble rationalising my thoughts at the moment and I’m having quite a lot of panic attacks and feel highly anxious a lot of the time.
I’m almost 28 weeks pregnant so that puts me automatically in the vulnerable category for the coronavirus. As soon as that was announced my anxiety levels dramatically increased. I know that doesn’t mean that if I get it I’ll definitely have it severely, it means that they don’t know the effect it will have on me or my baby.
I’ve been lucky enough to be able to work from home for the last 3 weeks and I haven’t left the house in over 2 weeks. This week I developed a sore/scratchy throat/chest and an intermittent cough. I’ve been crying every night scared to go to sleep in case I wake up feeling ill and unable to breathe. I don’t have a fever, my temp is staying steady between 36.8 and 37.3 (I know pregnancy raises my temp anyway) and I check it every morning and night.
I can’t seem to rationalise that there is a chance that what I’m experiencing is quite possibly just a normal cough and not necessarily the virus, and if it is the virus that my chances of severity and needing ventilation are relatively low. There are young healthy people dying and what makes me so special that I’d be exempt from that? I’m protective of myself and my baby and I’m scared I won’t live to be a mum.