While delivering a child brings happiness in a woman, miscarriage is equally painful. It leads to several mental and physical problems in the unfortunate woman, who has suffered from such a disheartening incident. While physical ailments can be attended to medically, mental illness becomes so frustrating that the victimized woman gets traumatized even when she gets pregnant again. The trauma and the mental anxiety become so intense that she always remains scared that she can have a miscarriage again. This kind of negative thought is not at all good for the health of the expecting mother. It further makes the woman suffer from unnecessary depression and inner turmoil which makes her sick. A pregnant woman should always encourage positive thinking, which will be beneficial for both the mother and the baby inside the womb.
Here are some ways that will assist you to stay positive during pregnancy after a miscarriage:
1. Celebrate each day of success
The wisest way to fight out negative feelings from the mind and encouraging positive feelings is to stop brooding over the past. Consider whatever had happened was your bad luck but now you are lucky again by being pregnant. Celebrate each day that passes by, thinking it is a step forward, towards the day you will deliver your baby.
2. Be conscious about yourself
Instead of remaining depressed about your previous miscarriage, concentrate on taking proper care of yourself. The good health of the mother is very essential for the healthy delivery of the baby inside the womb. Concentrate on adequate quantity of food, nutritious diet, light exercises, proper sleep and rest and intake of generous quantities of water and juices to remain hydrated. Encouraging negative feelings may stress your mind, which may have a negative aspect on your health in turn.
3. Work on rectifying your faults
If you really want to think about the miscarriage, then give the incident a different dimension. Analyze what went wrong in the process that caused the unfortunate incident. If you know the medical reason behind the incident, see if you can do anything so that it never occurs again and you have a healthy pregnancy this time. Get the support of your gynecologist and your husband in this matter.
4. Share your feelings
You must always remember that when you had a miscarriage, you were not the sole sufferer. Your spouse went through the same mental condition. Therefore, instead share your feelings with him and deal with your inner turmoil. In due course, things will change for the better.
5. Have a regular interaction with your doctor
It is extremely vital to have a regular interaction with your doctor and have your check up done regularly without failure. Once you are sure that your progressing well suitable to give birth to a healthy baby, negative thoughts will automatically vanish, giving way to positive thoughts.
6. Keep yourself busy
It is very important to engage yourself in some work. If you remain busy, then your mind will not ponder on to negative thoughts. Engage yourself in some constructive hobbies during your pastime or meet people and communicate with them. Getting positive feedback from them will also boost up your confidence to fight out negative feelings.
7. Seek a professional help
In spite of trying hard to combat negative feelings and building confidence in yourself, if you see that symptoms of depression and anxiety persist as it is, then it is always better to seek a professional help and attend a few counseling sessions to get over the problem. Thus, you will be cured from ‘postpartum depression or anxiety’, as it is medically called.
