Embarazo, Ómicron y ataques de ansiedad. "Mi experiencia personal"./Pregnancy, Omicron and anxiety attacks. "My personal experience". 😞

Hola queridos amigos de esta maravillosa comunidad, tenia días queriendo escribirles, contarles mi experiencia personal vivida con el ómicron, con este COVID que nos a hecho tanto daños a todos, a algunos mas que a otros, pero realmente en todo este tiempo de pandemia, no me había tocado a mi, ni a los míos, pero en esta oportunidad, por mas que me cuide, igual el virus toco las puertas de mi casa, mi esposo mi bebito de 6 años y yo caímos con el virus, gracias a Dios a mi hijito no le afecto sino solo dos días de fiebre, El esta vacunado, mi esposo también sufrió fiebre, dolores musculares y mucha tos, pero no duro tanto, también esta vacunado, por mi parte la verdad que los síntomas no fueron tan fuertes, solo mucha pero mucha tos, y dolores musculares, recién me acababa de colocar unos esteroides para madurar los pulmones de mi bebita que viene en camino, creo que eso ayudo a que los síntomas no fueran tan fuertes, a diferencia de mi familia yo no estoy vacunada, no porque no quiera sino que en ningún centro de vacunación me querían colocar la vacuna sin un informe medico, el cual mi doctora no quiso darme, creo que es de los pocos médicos antivacunas que existen.

Hello dear friends of this wonderful community, I have been wanting to write for days to tell you about my personal experience with the omicron, with this COVID that has done so much damage to all of us, some more than others, but really in all this time of pandemic, it had not touched me, but this time, even if I take care of myself, the virus touched the doors of my house, my husband, my 6 year old baby and I fell with the virus, thank God my son was not affected but only two days of fever, he is vaccinated, my husband also suffered from fever, muscle aches and a lot of cough, My husband also suffered from fever, muscle aches and a lot of cough, but it did not last that long, he is also vaccinated, for my part the truth is that the symptoms were not so strong, just a lot of cough, and muscle aches, I had just placed some steroids to mature the lungs of my baby girl who is on the way, Unlike my family, I am not vaccinated, not because I don't want to, but because no vaccination center wanted to give me the vaccine without a medical report, which my doctor did not want to give me, I think she is one of the few anti-vaccine doctors that exist.

Realmente todo lo difícil inicio cuando me recetaron muchos medicamentos para la tos, era una tos super fuerte que me causaba dolor en la parte baja de la barriga, apenas con 33 semanas de embarazo mi medico se preocupo y me mando una gran cantidad de medicinas, variando desde jarabes para la tos fueron 4 frascos, antialérgicos, spray nasales, nebulizaciones, mas esteroides, aquí inicio mi problema, taquicardias, tembladeras, sudoraciones, y empezó mi angustia cuando quería dormir, tenia sueño pero simplemente no podía dormir, mi temor era hasta de acostarme en una cama, angustia a la oscuridad, al estar en espacios encerrados, no dormía ni de día ni de noche, solo lograba dormir aproximadamente 10 a 15 minutos y sentada, o recostada en una silla llena de almohadas, donde levantaba los pies porque ya estaban super hinchados por no descansar, mis noches fueron una lucha entre intentar dormir, limpiar, y hacer manualidades para la llegada de mi bebe, solo fueron 16 días, que realmente parecían una eternidad.

It was a super strong cough that caused me pain in the lower part of my belly, just 33 weeks pregnant my doctor got worried and sent me a lot of medicines, varying from cough syrups were 4 bottles, antiallergic, nasal spray, nebulizations, more steroids, here began my problem, tachycardia, tremors, sweating, and began my anguish when I wanted to sleep, I was sleepy but I just could not sleep, My fear was even to lie down on a bed, anguish to the dark, being in enclosed spaces, I did not sleep neither during the day nor at night, I only managed to sleep approximately 10 to 15 minutes and sitting, or lying on a chair full of pillows, where I raised my feet because they were already super swollen for not resting, my nights were a struggle between trying to sleep, cleaning, and making crafts for the arrival of my baby, it was only 16 days, which really seemed like an eternity.

Aun no lo supero del todo, pero creo que estoy en un 80 %, lo cual es muchísimo el avance, lo primero que tuve que entender es aceptar que esto que viví fue una etapa, mentalizarme que es algo que pasara y que no será para siempre, gracias a la ayuda de mis familiares, mi esposo y mi hijo logre distraerme, ir a parques, respirar aire puro, ir a centros comerciales, y lo mas que me ayudo es ir a la playa mi lugar favorito, me distraje, me bañe mucho, tome fotos de mi barriguita, además el medico me receto tomar melatonina ese día empecé a dormir por mas tiempo, dormía 1 hora corrido, me despertaba, volvía a dormir, pero me sentía mejor y mas descansada. Por otra parte me ayudo que hable con una amiga que es psicólogo, y me ayudo tanto que logre entrar a mi cuarto, descansar en mi cama, dejar de tomar el medicamento y dormir sin ayuda, ella me realizo un test de ansiedad, llamado Inventario de Ansiedad de Beck (BAI), así me indico que si tenia ansiedad, post covid y por intoxicación de tantos medicamentos pero que mas que eso también estaba sintiendo síntomas normales de la etapa final de embarazo, hablo mucho conmigo, me ayudo a controlar un poco tanta ansiedad, esa angustia tan fea que se siente en el pecho, y me enseño ejercicios para respirar, en especifico, la técnica de respiración diafragmática, la empleo cada noche antes de dormir, o cuando me sienta agobiada o con esa pequeña sensación extraña en mi pecho, me ayuda mucho, así que los invito a emplearla si así como yo sientes ansiedad, estas pasando por un momento de tristeza y necesites respirar. Además no olviden que Dios también nos ayuda en estos momentos, hablar con El también me ayudo mucho.

How did I manage to overcome all this stage?

I am still not completely over it, but I think I'm at 80%, which is a lot of progress, the first thing I had to understand is to accept that what I lived was a stage, mentalize that it is something that will pass and that will not be forever, thanks to the help of my family, my husband and my son I managed to distract myself, go to parks, breathe fresh air, go to shopping malls, and the most that helped me is to go to the beach my favorite place, I distracted myself, I bathed a lot, I took pictures of my belly, I went to the beach, my favorite place, I was distracted, I bathed a lot, I took pictures of my belly, and the doctor prescribed me to take melatonin, that day I started to sleep longer, I slept for 1 hour, I woke up, I went back to sleep, but I felt better and more rested. On the other hand, it helped me to talk to a friend of mine who is a psychologist, and she helped me so much that I was able to enter my room, rest in my bed, stop taking the medication and sleep without help, she gave me an anxiety test, called Beck Anxiety Inventory (BAI), so she told me that I did have anxiety, post covid and due to intoxication from so many medications, but that more than that I was also feeling normal symptoms of the final stage of pregnancy, He talked a lot with me, helped me to control a little anxiety, that ugly anguish that is felt in the chest, and taught me breathing exercises, specifically, the diaphragmatic breathing technique, I use it every night before bed, or when I feel overwhelmed or with that little strange feeling in my chest, it helps me a lot, so I invite you to use it if like me you feel anxiety, you are going through a time of sadness and you need to breathe. Also don't forget that God also helps us in these moments, talking to Him also helped me a lot.
Thank you for reading me, I am already waiting for my princess, counting the days until she is home, her daddy and little brother and I are waiting for her with love. I hope that if you are going through something similar, remember that EVERYTHING IS A PASSENGER and that we will get out of this because YES.