Maybe we're overeducated...maybe we're overly cautious...all I can say is that ignorance may be bliss. Well...to a point. When it comes to being pregnant, anything you can do to have a healthy happy baby, you should do. However, with the information age upon us, it seems that we're bombarded with all of the "what if's" that statistically will probably never happen.
I spent six years reading everything I could find about fertility, pregnancy, miscarriage, etc. In retrospect, I'm glad I did because I developed my "pregnancy protocol" which, I believe, was a key piece of my successful pregnancy. The only problem was that I read too many horror stories along the way. When I finally did get pregnant with my daughter, I not only had a plan on how to have a healthy pregnancy, but I had a plan on how I was going to deal with every complication from pre-eclampsia, placenta previa, premature birth, incompetent cervix, Down Syndrome and the list goes on. I finally realized about nine months into my pregnancy that everything was normal. Imagine that, I could have been one of those carefree women whose biggest problem was how to plan her maternity wardrobe! Oh what I put myself through those nine months. Funny thing is, there's still a piece of me that thinks if I was "overconfident" about being pregnant, something would have gone wrong. Once a worrywart, always a worrywart.
Here's a great article about the worry associated with pregnancy:
The pregnancy panic attack
What don't moms-to-be have to worry about these days?
Victoria Clayton / MSNBC.com
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