The last couple of days I find myself struggling mentally. I'm on the brink of tears constantly, finding myself short tempered and snappy. I'm 33 and 17 weeks pregnant with my 3rd child. My daughters are 11 and 9 so quite a big gap. I'm working full time as a nurse in a care home, the constant threat of covid hangs heavy over us at work. Then on days off its homeschooling, trying to be emotional support for my daughters, clean, cook and laundry. Everything feels like tasks that I cant manage well and have no energy for, I feel exhausted constantly. I struggle to find any joy at the moment. Then I feel like I'm struggling to connect with the pregnancy because everything else is at the forefront, its like its happening to someone else. I am happy to be pregnant my partner and I tried for nearly 2 years and its his first biological child. I feel like I'm failing at everything. Both overwhelmed and numb at the same time. And then I feel guilty for feeling this way. I dont know what I hope to achieve by writing this, i think I just needed to write it down.
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