Pregnancy depression.
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I’ve been feeling this way too the last couple of days! Just starting to panic like omg what is it going to be like and will I be good at this, will I be patient enough, how am I going to cope with losing control over my whole life 😳
This is very normal - at the end of my pregnancy I was like oh my god, I’ve thought about the pregnancy but haven’t thought how I’m going to do it with two kids like I never thought of the practical side right until the end. But I’m 7 months in and honesty it’s been fine - the first few months I’d obviously super hard, but the best thing I remind myself is that nothing id forever, there will be a time where you will actually miss the newborn stage and how tiny they are because the turn into someone who backchats and moans but you’ll love them no matter what. It will take a few months to get into a bit of a routine and know what to do , it will be okay x
I’m sorry you’re going through this, but thank you for posting. It’s validating to know that it’s normal to feel like this, despite being so grateful and proud and yadayada, it just adds on guilt for not being on a constant high and fluctuating between crying and rage. I have depression and am terrified that PND will rear its head on top of that! I’ve always coped by closing off and that won’t be an option anymore once baby is here. Terrifying. It’s lovely reading happy mums responses, that the good things we are excited for really are that good. I speak to talking therapies (they offer counselling and CBT), who do offer support through pregnancy with some urgency. There may be different companies in various parts of the UK, maybe check with your GP which is quickest if you do want to go down that route. Sending love, you’re not alone xxxxxx
This is normal as your life will definitely change. I was very similar. I loved the lifestyle that we had with my husband. We now have a 12 week old and although the closeness with the husband changed, I wouldn't change it for the world. We are working on coming back to romance but apart from that, we pretty much never changed. We still go out and do lots of stuff together and if you work it out, you can do everything with a baby really. You will learn to organise the bottles etc and you will be going out and doing more stuff after a few weeks. Sending hugs xx