Hi, I'm Rachel. I'm 25 weeks pregnant and have struggled with anxiety for my entire adult life.

I also had a miscarriage last fall.
Here are a few things that legit kept me from losing my mind while trying to conceive and throughout the first 24 weeks of my pregnancy.


2. Not testing until after my missed period
3. Using line tests (not digital)

4. Planning something fun in case I wasn't pregnant that month

5. Switching doctors
6. Having a mantra

7. Limiting my anxiety-Googling

9. Going to therapy

10. Not responding to texts when I didn't feel like it

11. Drinking water

12. Eating small meals

14. My handed-down body pillow
15. Getting a Fitbit
16. Not announcing my pregnancy when I wasn't ready...

17. ...Until one day at 23 weeks, I looked in the mirror and I had this big beautiful baby bump and could feel my daughter kicking the crap out of me and I realized that was my time.

Because yes, at 24 weeks I finally accepted that I was probably going to have a baby in September. Which... is a whole 'nother source of anxiety.
