That >Taylor Swift song got me all sad the other day, thinking about what I would do if our kids died. I don't even know what I would do... I don't know if I could survive it!
Do you think about your LO dying?
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I do, but mostly in the irrational panic sense, like what if I trip going down the stairs and LO goes flying out the window or what if a bus doesn't stop when we're crossing the road. Then I force myself to stop as I can't bear to think about it for another second.
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I have. Try not to though and I pray crazy hard for health and safety for my kids.
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I do each and every time I read news stories or blog posts where a LO was taken too soon... my mind automatically goes to my own DD and I can't even begin to imagine how I would work my way through that kind of tragedy. It's just incomprehensible.
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ya i get really emotional when i see little kids that have life threating diseases, and thik about p having them and dying and it really really gets to me, i tear up just thinking about it.
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My LO is still in the womb and I'm basically in a constant battle to push aside thoughts of having a stillborn.
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yes, every time I see a news article about it happening, and I also get the panicky "what if I fall down the stairs/get in an accident/she runs into the road" thoughts and I get physically ill to my stomach. I jsut have to push them out of my head. And I pray every single night for her health and safety
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@MamaMoose: Same here.
I'm 37 weeks pregnant and the fear of having a stillborn comes over me every day. I really have to fight it off. I'm not sure I could survive it.
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I do and I have to force myself to stop. The sickening feeling I get is overwhelming... I just try to reroute that energy into positive thoughts, like how darn cute they are
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Yes! I thought I would be less neurotic with my second kid, but I still peek in and make sure she's still breathing before I go to bed at night. I just can't even think of what I would do if something happened to one of them.
I read the "ebing a mom" blog when I was like six months pregnant with my younger daughter and it was right around the time her son finally passed. I just bawled my eyes out. I can't even imagine going through that. And then I just worried about my baby being born with a disease like that. I just don't even know how I would cope.
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I do now and then, and like PPs, I have to push the thoughts out of my head. I cannot imagine losing DS.
A few months ago DS choked, and while I was able to get the piece of food out, I started worrying a lot about what would happen if I couldn't. How fast would an ambulance arrive, would he die in my arms, etc... Then last weekend DS had a febrile seizure and it was the most awful experience ever. My MIL was with him outside and rushed in into the house. At first he wasn't breathing and I thought he was choking. I was beside myself with panic about trying not to let him die until I heard his breathing. Then the panic from the other signs of the seizure sunk in (eyes rolling back, unresponsive, stiff). Since then it's been awful. I try to replace the thoughts about him dying with gratitude that he is healthy and totally okay after the seizure, but it takes effort.
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@mrstilly: Your story still gives me chills. I hope you're all doing well.
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