am i the only one who feels that they are looking for something wrong?

[Jewelb120]

so i had my penta screen, it came back negative, and i had my sonogram yesterday, and found out i was having a boy.  after getting over the im in love with my babies first pictures, i have been researching different diseases and trying to find them in my sonograms.  i would never have an abortion, so it's not looking for a reason to terminate the pregnancy, i will love whatever God gives me, but i since I found out i was expecting, i swore i would miscarry, didnt happen.  i thought that the baby would not have a heartbeat, he had one.  i feel like im always looking at the worst case scenario, is this normal?

[ChanelKay]

You're definitely not the only one,  I'm 12 weeks and this is my first pregnancy. I've thought about the worst possible things & still do. I wanna enjoy my pregnancy but I don't wanna get too excited & then something goes wrong. And when I'm speaking with my fiancé, I bring up all possibilities & he gets upset with me. I just like to look at both ends of things.

[Jewelb120]

im 20 weeks.  
he is super active, i never have to wake him up.  i dont think he ever sleeps.  
we only really saw one arm in ours, he was laying on the other, the lady kept reassuring us that was where it was.  
i saw both legs and two feet.  which is good. but he doesnt look like he has a nose at all.  
i sure im going to be the worse first time mom, im due in january and i want everyone to have a flu shot, my husband said no one is going to get a flue shot because your having a baby. i said than they dont want to see the baby. . ..
im even getting crazy about other peoples kids. two young boys were playing on cement steps, nothing crazy just how boys play, and i was freaking out that they might fall and crack their heads open, everyone was laughing.  

[xojensen_]

Aww don't worry! You'll soon find out that you'll stress over everything from ultrasounds to cramps lol!

The further you get the less chances you have of having a miscarriage so don't worry! And yes they will tell you if the baby has Down syndrome pretty early on i forgot around what month the do the test

How far along are you?

There were days where I'd sit and shake my belly around and eat tons of ice cream just to wake him up lol I'd be like okay good he's alive!!!! Lol

One ultrasound my son had his legs crossed and you were only able to see one arm my finance swore he was only going to have one arm lol obviously the tech assured him that ultrasounds don't get everything in one picture so for the longest he called him a pirate ;) lol

Even now that he's born we still freak out, his skin started peeling and he was like omg what's happening to his skin and his friend had to remind him that our son just spent almost 40 weeks in water lol

I was changing him in a public restroom and his little umbilical cord thing fell out I had no idea what to do an older lady literally had to help me calm down lol

Oh jeez the joys of being a first time mom

[Jewelb120]

lol xojensen_ that sounds just like me, the whole topic of missed miscarriages was the topic of conversation for weeks.  
i cut myself shaving and didn't realize, i had 1 spot of blood on my tissue, i went to my husband crying that i was bleeding.  he looked at it and i think he was going to kill me. seriously.  
we have discussed down syndrome at length 3,000 times.  he keeps tell me to stop reading about it but it's hard not to.  i told him if he was the one responsible for keeping the baby safe he would go nuts too.
i have yet to read about any rare diseases i figured i would wait until after im sure the baby doesn't have down syndrome.  im my sonogram pics he is sucking his thumb, his nose looks flat and im worried again.  ugh.  
im sure i will laugh about this in 4 months and ill have to do something special for my husband for putting up with my crazy butt this whole time

[xojensen_]

It's very normal. Especially now being a mom obviously we're going to worry. BUT don't over think things, don't read scary things because honestly it's unnecessary stress. My friend told me once that once I had my son I would realize how crazy I was for overthinking and stressing every little pain pinch anything and she was right my son is two weeks today and he's perfect.

I went crazy reading about still births, diseases, everything

Just stay positive stay healthy and always ask your doctor when you have questions or concerns :)

[3_10_15_first_time_mommy]

Im the same way i dont go as far as looking for diseases in my sonogram but i definatly thought i would miscarry or something would come back in the prenatal testing that was gonna go wrong but im knocking it up as "its to good to be true kind of thing" and now i just try not to worry. I cant wait to meet my little lovebug. Dont stress though its not healthy and the doctors will let you know if they suspect something is wrong so dont worry about finding things yourself. Just keep your head up your little miracle will be here before you know it!