Fear/Phobia During Pregnancy?
Okay, So i’m not sure why i’m asking this, but I found it a little strange/funny and thought I’d share. Long story so bare w/ if you want to read it! =)
Last night my husband and I were fine sleeping until he woke up because he had heard …. loud “munching” in a corner. He shined a light in the space and found nothing. So we tried to go back to sleep until we heard it again! & again… & again! Finally I saw a tail sticking out from behind a drawer and knew it was a mouse/rat?
We have never had “rodent” problems before so it scared me a little, okay not a little but A LOT! I don’t even know where they’re coming from!
Anyways, we try to go back to sleep, but the sound was driving us CRAZY! My husband said he’d deal with it in the morning and not to worry about it, but yet I couldn’t help myself! To hear its little feet moving around in MY bedroom let alone MY house and to hear it munching made me absolutely disgusted!!
I tried to go back to bed, but yet I was so paranoid about it! As I was drifting off into sleep (still paranoid!) my damn husband moves his arm and wakes me back up and I am SCREAMING hysterically because I had though that his hand was a mouse/rat running across my stomach! Now at this point, I’m crying because of these damn hormones and my heart is racing like I’ve just ran 10 miles!
After collecting myself, I try to go back to sleep still paranoid and having panic attacks EVERY TIME my husband moved. THEN, the little disgusting creature crawls over to my bed side and I’m scared to death because it is basically right by me at this point and it LEFT its business in my corner! I swear these rodents are doing it on purpose to kill me!
I woke up at 4 AM to the noise and I don’t think I’ve had more than a hour of sleep at a time since! Every little movement I swear i’m having panic attacks and then I have trouble even breathing! Every time I tried to close my eyes I pictured rats and it made me even more paranoid!
Mind you, before my pregnancy I never really had a heightened fear of rodents like this, so is it just my hormones getting me all worked up & have any of your hormones got you going crazy like this?!
My husband and I find it quite funny now since it is all light and day, but I am still worried about how I am going to sleep tonight!
Is this also affecting my child If i’m having these horrible panic attacks like this? I have my routine check up and ultrasound( yay!) tomorrow and was wondering If I should even ask and explain to her what happend. It just seems so silly to me, but I can not help it!
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Its okay, Im deathly afraid of mice/rats..I cant even look at them on tv.
I scream hysterically when I see one. (kinda like the people on maury)
I dont think your baby should be affected. Tell your husband to get some traps though.
In the past when I have had mice in my house, I had to leave the house into a motel until they were gone(killed).
aww poor you i would hate to find something creeping around my room i wouldnt sleep either!
Heres my suggestions
get your husband to catch it and get rid..
sleep on the sofa until he does!!!
theres these little plug in machines now that can make a noise to chase them away… we cant hear it but they can – but check that its safe to use during pregnancy.. around children etc…
its best to avoid stress during pregnancy.. but id be freaking out too… also be careful of those germs they leave behind
Well, first of all I feel really bad for you. I can’t even imagine what it must be like having a rodent in your house. I don’t know how you even stayed in your bedroom. I would have slept in a different room and closed the door tight and put something under the door to seal it. Mind you if we had a rodent in our house, let alone our bedroom, my husband wouldn’t go to sleep until he caught it. He has to catch a fly before he goes to sleep !! Anyway, I would be very careful about your panic attacks/stress while pregnant because it can affect your baby. Ask your doctor if he/she can prescribe something safe that you can take for these attacks. I feel sorry for you and I hope that you catch the little pest soon. Don’t sleep in your bedroom tonight if you think the rodent is there. You need to sleep without being nervous for the good of you and especially your baby, so sleep somewhere else tonight. Good luck !!!
i had panic attacks before i got pregnant but so far they are horrible i cant go into stores that are smaller in size w/o having one and i developed a serious phobia of my fiance’ going to work and leaving me alone…its just hormones and theyre enuf to drive u crazy ask ur doctor for lexapro to help ur panic attacks u may even calm down!