Depression during pregnancy

It is important to get the help you need if you suffer from depression!

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Jess1stbaby - 580 days ago.
Ive been feeling depressed since ive been pregnant!it's awful does anyone know if it passes after the first trimester?im 7 weeks 5days seems to be getting a little better thanks ox

sherry04 - 580 days ago.
depression is such an aweful thing to feel ... i feel depressed ... because of my bf ... i love him and am still with him but he seems like he never wants to be home with me... i have a 3 yr old daughter and he keeps his 2 kids and he jus up and goes when he wants and i get stuck at home all day ... makes me feel soo sad and depressed and i dont kno wat to do .. well i kno wat to do but i cant .. i feel like something is holding me back but i kno i have to do wat is right for my babies i dont have anything right now ...but i am not gonna give up i will keep going for my babies if i didnt have my baby and 1 on the way i would have probably gave up long time ago ....IF YOU FEEL LIKE YOU HAVE NOTHING ..JUS REMEMBER YOU HAVE YOUR BABIES AND THEY ARE DEPENDING ON YOU DONT RESENT YOUR BABY JUS CAUSE THE BABIES DAD IS A A-HOLE... THAT BABY IS YOURS AND YOU SHOULD LOVE THAT CHILD NO MATTER WHAT SITUATION YOUR IN !!!!!!

october-blessing - 598 days ago.
my bd is a ass.....he wants to be single while i carry his child..on top of financial issues, being sick, no family..he was all i had..and now he is gone to..no matter what i do to make him happy nothing works..im starting to resent the baby, i dont wanna feel like this but i cant help it..idk what 2 do anymore but cry

2Babysx - 604 days ago.
Im looking for some help and advice. I am 21 yrs old, and I have 1 beautiful baby boy who is now 1,half. he was a suprise. I was with my partner for years before so we dealt with it quite well, until suprise num 2 was announced in feb. Neither of us were ready for another and he asked my to abort, which i could not do, he told me it would never work with us with all the strss, and it hasnt. He has now left and is living the easy single life and there seems to be no hope for reconcilation. Of course im devestated, I have to now look for a new home and job. I feel alone, and abandoned, and i also dont feel as strong a connection with this new baby as i did with my son when i was pregnant. How will I cope with 2 kids under 2 at 21??? Help please xx

bbmomma5 - 605 days ago.
Hello ladies, I have bad prenatal and post partum depression with 2 of my 4 full term babies. I am currently 9 wks with my 5th baby/ 6th pregnancy. I am looking forward to starting on zoloft at week 14. until then i am taking 8000 IU's of Vit D as it has been proven to help with depression and it will not harm the baby (it is a water soluble vit and excess i will just pee out). Hang in there!

preggocookie - 608 days ago.
Hi ladies! Hope everyone is coping and hanging on. I am also bipolar and true it is not easy. I am so proud of all of us all though for taking the time to post their feelings and sharing. In some way this can help as therapy for us. We are all in it together...we will make it!

ElliottnDeclans-mummy - 674 days ago.
After suffering with postnatal depression after the birth of my son Elliott, I'm now worried that at 16 weeks with my 2nd child I could be starting to suffer from depression already. I feel constantly lonely and down about my appearance etc. A week can easily pass by where my son, husband and I don't see anyone. I attend playgorups with Elliott, but have always suffered with my confidence and find getting out and about hardwork. I know Elliott is suffering and is starting to become bored and badly behaved, but I constantly feel when we are out people are judging my parenting skills.

bumpalumpa (julie) - 677 days ago.
sarahs6th - Hi. I have suffered with severe depression for many years. Luckily it subsided for me when i was pregnant with my daughter so i am unsure of what your experiencing as you are pregnant but the symptoms do sound very familiar. When you feel very angry/upset ring or go and see a caring and understanding friend who will let you vent. If this is not possible get on the net and vent there - here - wherever. ;o) A little tip for forgetting if you have locked your car: Go and check so you feel confident you have but take a pen with you. When you are certain you have done it take the pen and make a little cross on the back of your hand - then go inside and forget about it. When you start to question yourself look at your hand and when you see the cross you will know you have done it and dont need to worry. Obviously this only works when you are done for the night otherwise it could become confusing. Im sorry about the problems you / your daughter are experiencing and i sincerely hope everything works out well for you. Good luck.

sarahs6th - 678 days ago.
Morning, is anyone suffering from feelings of anger, numbness on the outside but wanting to break down on the insdie but cant, lack of self confidence, obsessive behaviour _ at night i9 have to check 3 or 4 times that i have locked my car up, thats going round it checking all doors and windows are shut coming backl indoors and forgetting if you have done it and having to go back out and do it again, shouting at anyone for anything, i have other children and i know its not their fault how i feel, these feelings did go away for a time, but i have had some problems with my eldest daughter invloving the police and child abuse unit so i think that may have triggered it to come back, the abuse is not coming from me, she is living with her father.

princesslibbysmommy - 714 days ago.
I am only 17 and 22 weeks pregnant for a while now i been feeling propa down. so late last night whilst i couldnt sleep i researched on depression symptoms and found i had most of them but some days i feel normal and other i just dont wanna be near anyone or even move an inch what can i do without the risk of having my baby taken from me? x

newbb - 728 days ago.
hello ladies, i have had a very rough start to this pregnancy. i have been bleeding/spotting since i was 10 weeks pregnant. found out i have a low laying placenta, been having family problems at home, stress with other family members and financal stress... i been having a hard time dealing with everyday stresses I have always had problems with depression and anxiety.. i have been on antidepressants before. well i went to the doctor today and we decided that i took a small dosage or zoloft 25mg. im hoping not to be on it the whole pregnancy. is any of you taking a antidepressant?

KyMMie MuMMy - 730 days ago.
This is my third pregnancy. I have been unhappy for a long time i thought it was our cirumstances (BIG issues with mentally ill in-laws) but now we are away from them and have nothing to do with them I still feel unhappy. DH says unhelpful things like 'Well why dont you see some one then'. Like its that easy. It makes me angry/resentful/more depressed when he doesnt seem to give a toss about what im going through. I'm happy about the baby but everything else i either am unhappy about or feel indifferent about. I dont know what to do. I used to be so happy. It seems somewhere between getting married and having babies everything i was has just died. Now theres just a hollowed out shell. I hate it.

TinyBabySteps - 740 days ago.
Nobody seems to realize that depression drains everything out of you. My DH keeps saying it's all in my head. Well of course it is and if I could wipe it out I would! I have battled depression since 2007. I have a 10 month old and I'm 14 weeks. I just want to sit and do nothing. I don't clean the house, laundry ect. I take care of my little guy, changing feeding and loving him seem to be about all I can manage. I don't want to leave the house. It's freezing. No friends visit or ask me to visit. Even if they did I would find an excuse not to go. I just want to be with my son and be left alone by the world. I hope when I have this baby and it's summer, I will get happy again. I used to go biking and hiking and camping with my hubby. He misses the old me but I'm just not her anymore. :o(

amk1984 - 741 days ago.
lilith - Also for me I have been feeling depressed because I have had morning sickness so badly and physically cannot do anything. I think its a little rude to tell people to 'just get over it'.

LauraB29 - 741 days ago.
lilith- it's so hard to push yourslef to just do it! Im overweight with this pregnancy and I may have gestational diabetes. I know I need to get out of the house and get active, but it's very hard like I dont have control over it. I just moved so I know if I had friends and family around I may be feeling a little better. I just pray everyday that God will help me through this. I try I go on little walks sometimes but I still feel sad and scared.

lilith - 747 days ago.
Hiya girls. I am relatively new to this site. Depression runs in my family, I have been diagnosed with it since I was young. Here's the trick, you feel like you don't want to get out of bed, but JUST DO IT. Wash those dishes, get a hobby that you can enjoy, and most of all, get out of the house for some you time. I've been depressed since this past summer, and it was made worse by the fact that I didn't want another kid. (I'll add a blog someday about why) But this past week that lovely nesting instinct has kicked in. So I've started cleaning again, really cleaning, not just basics. Playing my favorite songs, and talking about how I feel. I'm suddenly excited about the baby, though I have no money, or room for this child, everything will be alright. Trust me, one of these days the world will be beautiful to you again. One day you'll wake up, stretch, put your face up to the wonderful sunlight, and think 'I'm going to get myself a milkshake,' (whatever your out of home pregnant craving is) and you'll go for it, noticing how pretty everything is. I refuse meds, always have. My medicine is music, good friends, and that three letter word that starts with S...

katieinca - 747 days ago.
*39andpregnant*... I'm sorry you are feeling bad! At least you've been through it before and know that there is a light at the end of your tunnel (delivery). That's got to be some sort of comfort (knowing it's not indefinite). Have you tried simplifying it for your DH? Saying 'look, pregnancy does a number on my emotions. There's nothing I can do about that, but I'll be fine in a few months. Trust me, I want it gone waaaay more than you do. So, while I'm feeling like crap for the next few months, I need your help fending off my family and keeping me going.' Sometimes guys can have ZERO concept of what hormones/emotions are... if they can't see it and touch it, it must not exist! Anyway, one last tip... my friend was a SAHM and her husband used to leave her some cash for the week for lunch/shopping. She took $40/week of that and had a cleaning lady come clean her house for an hour on Fridays while she put her pink bunny slipper feet up on the coffee table. Her husband had no idea. But, he appreciated 'all her hard work' and she thought it was well worth it to skimp on other things to afford the $40/week to just relax while chores got done. You never know, a lil secret of your own like that might just make you feel better the next time he's being grouchy! :) ((Hugs)) Katie

39andPregnant - 748 days ago.
15 weeks along and wish I was 35 weeks. I know for a fact I am depressed. Taking meds for it. I just don't know quite how to get thru it. My doctor tells me I need to get up, go for walks. But who wants to go for a walk when it's 0 degrees outside. Depression has been made worse by DH, who feels it is ok to just scream at me once per week for doing nothing. He doesn't make suggestions to me like, why don't we go here on Saturday or anything. He just screams at me for not cleaning the house. He tells me it's my own fault for not changing my own brain. He tells me it's in my own control. Then I get it from my parents. They come over and feel it's ok to lecture me on the state of my house. Honestly, it's not that bad. It's just not as spotless as it is when i'm not pregnant. The thing is I really just want to sit here until it is time to deliver. I hate pregnancy. i hated it the two times before. The only thing I enjoyed was the baby's movement. But hardly have had any of that so far. And I like to deliver. Because then it's over and I soooooooooooooooo love babies. Especially my own. So here's the sacrifice. I sit here alone for another 20 weeks and everyone else go on with their life. Why is that so hard? On the rational side of things, I do wish I could enjoy the things I do when i'm not in this state. I miss being with my other kids and enjoying every little thing they do. I do wish i could be outside enjoying the sun, however not the cold. I wish I could enjoy the cleaning and cooking like I did 15 weeks ago. I just know the only thing that brings me out of this is delivery. so why bother?

amk1984 - 748 days ago.
I am getting be so down and depressed. I have had lots of morning sickness and headaches from the hormone flutuation. My husband and I decided we could afford financially for me to quit working in sept of 09, so I haven't worked since then. I think feeling so icky and not having a purpose during the day is really wearing on me. I hope this phase passes soon. I should be out of my first trimester the end of February and the weather should start to brighten up not too long after that.

LauraB29 - 770 days ago.
i know im suffering from depression. 2 weeks before i got pregnant we just moved to a different city far away from family and friends. I was a bit sad about that but now that im pregnant i don't want to do anything around here. I lay on the couth all day i haven't taken a shower in 3 days and everything grosses me out. I don't know what to do.

kryzzy - 797 days ago.
I am almost 18 weeks pregnant, and I was diagnosed with depression about 2-3 weeks ago and I am prescribed Fluoexetine (Prozac). I am so nervous about its effects on the baby, but by weighing the pros and cons, I realize that my baby and I would be better off if I didnt fall back into a depression. Depression ruined my appetite, I was sleeping all day, and I was very irritable and snappy to friends and family. By my 3rd trimester I have to stop taking the medication. Hopefully by then I will be motivated and feeling better.

Bri - 798 days ago.
havinagirl - I know this is a little late but have you considered calling another doctor or a therapist. You don't want to have bi-polarism hurting your pregnancy and your life. peanut-87 - I'd talk to your OB first. If she can't or doesn't know how to help maybe she can refer you to a counselor or therapist that knows about pregnancy and depression.

peanut-87 - 798 days ago.
who is the best person to contact if you feel you are depressed? i moved house a few weeks before i fell pregnant and i no longer see the doctor who i used to see when i was diagnosed a few years ago. i have since been 'ok' for a few years but now realise that the negative feelings i have recently are probably depression and not just 'normal' hormones. i dont know if i should contact my MW or doctor to discuss this? please someone help! feeling so alone right now, my BF has tried to understand but often takes what i say personally and nothing is helping! :(

havinagirl - 809 days ago.
i am bipolar and when i got pregant my dr took me off everything..and i have told and told her that it is getting worse..she just says that i am just going to have to wait until the baby is born and there is nothing that she can do about it..i just think that she don't want to do anything about it. i am 27 week's and i am not sure how much longer i can keep this up. i am just not use what to do..i can't go to another dr becouse dr's around my town have a cut off point in your pg where they will take u. i just don't know what to do anymore

MelCar - 841 days ago.
Just wanted to post something about depression and pregnancy. I had to take zoloft with my first and have continue taking with my second. My doc told me it's the safest one and it's the only SSRI that isn't transferred into breastmilk. Good luck to everyone who suffers with this, and talk to your doc because there is help out there!!!