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kimkims
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Hi all, I have just signed up but have been reading everyone else's stories and I am soooo glad to see I am not alone. So here is my story! I have extreme, out of this world, major dental phobia. I have huge panic attacks the minute I walk in the door.
I am currently 6 weeks pregnant, with our 2nd child. I was booked in to have a number of issues fixed, under sedation however, that now has to wait until after I have my child (in june 2010).
So...the lovely dentist has given me the option of sitting in the chair to get the work done, or hold off until I have my child. I have 2 pain free abscess, one of which the tooth needs to be removed and he will replace it with either a implant or bridge (undecided as yet) and the other needs a root canal. I also have a number of little fillings that need to be done. I have a back molar which is giving me hell, and he needs to xrays, but is pretty sure the nerve is dying in that tooth, thats why I am in so much pain. So in that case, it will be a remove job aswell.
So my question to you guys is do I put myself and my unborn baby through the stress of having an anxiety attack every time the dentist is mentioned, or do I wait it out? Keeping in mind, my anxiety attacks are enough to make me miscarry they are that severe. I am pain free at the moment, except for the back molar. I really dont know what to do....and he has put the ball in my court . I am so scared that if I dont do anything, I will cause more damage. But on the other hand I am sooo scared that if I do something, and have a anxiety attack and lose my baby, I will never forgive myself
I am currently 6 weeks pregnant, with our 2nd child. I was booked in to have a number of issues fixed, under sedation however, that now has to wait until after I have my child (in june 2010).
So...the lovely dentist has given me the option of sitting in the chair to get the work done, or hold off until I have my child. I have 2 pain free abscess, one of which the tooth needs to be removed and he will replace it with either a implant or bridge (undecided as yet) and the other needs a root canal. I also have a number of little fillings that need to be done. I have a back molar which is giving me hell, and he needs to xrays, but is pretty sure the nerve is dying in that tooth, thats why I am in so much pain. So in that case, it will be a remove job aswell.
So my question to you guys is do I put myself and my unborn baby through the stress of having an anxiety attack every time the dentist is mentioned, or do I wait it out? Keeping in mind, my anxiety attacks are enough to make me miscarry they are that severe. I am pain free at the moment, except for the back molar. I really dont know what to do....and he has put the ball in my court . I am so scared that if I dont do anything, I will cause more damage. But on the other hand I am sooo scared that if I do something, and have a anxiety attack and lose my baby, I will never forgive myself