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Bad week- Could this week of stress lead to miscarriage?

Ok so me and my boyfriend broke up weeks ago, and although i have been very upset deep down iv'e tried not to argue with him or cry about whats happened. But today and yesterday i couldn't handle it anymore and i broke down. I have cried about ten times each day, i know it sounds a lot but anyone who has broken up with their first love after being together a year and a half, falling pregnant by them then losing the baby at 4 weeks last year. Now this year i'm 11 weeks pregnant and i'm worried about anything I do. But this is one of my biggest worries. As i went through a lot of stress with my last pregnancy and lost that one. I haven't had a huge amount of stress this pregnancy but this last week has put a lot of stress on me and the baby. I'm so stressed today my whole neck and back have gone tense, and iv'e got a horriable headache where iv'e been crying and stressing so much in the last 2 days. Me and my boyfriend have spoken today and i feel a lot better, although were not getting back together, just yet. We have agreed to just be on a brake for a while. So now my mind is at rest all i can think about is all the stress i have caused for the baby. Sorry for blabbering on for all that time but the question i would like to know is could this last week have done my baby any serious harm. I would hate for it to have caused anything. I am going to go to bed get a good nights sleep and try and de-stress as much as i can but i know that wont change whats happened in the last few days and me being me thinking the worst of everything i'm getting even more stressed thinking of miscarriage. I couldn't cope with that again. Please help if you can, Thanks and sorry for the length of my question.. x
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202436 tn?1326474333
As Joy said, stress will not cause a miscarriage.  My Mom passed away this past summer when I was 8 months pregnant.  I had 4 kids, was pregnant and made TWO trips from Georgia to Virginia (one of them just me and the kids, the other my husband went), I planned her funeral by myself, then came home, my kids started school and I gave birth.  If that's not stressful I don't know WHAT is.  But, here my little girl is 8 months old and doing fine.  I've been through a LOT during my pregnancies and it hasn't affected them in anyway.  The only way it would affect your baby is if you get too depressed and start neglecting your self.  
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Stress cannot cause miscarriage. My mom died when I was 2-3 months pregnant with my firstborn. Things happen in life, whether pregnant or not. I wouldn't give it another thought. Take a warm (not HOT) bubble bath and relax!
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1194973 tn?1385503904
It would take extreme amounts of stress to miscarry. I know many ladies who have lost family members or parents while pregnant and carry to term. I don't think this will do anything.
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