Sorry for the low subject - I'm a bit lost.
I'm seven months pregnant and my partner is really depressed. It's work related, or at least concerns about it seem to trigger big mood slumps and anxiety attacks. He shuts down a lot and won't talk to anyone apart from me about it.
I've had quite a difficult pregnancy - morning sickness the whole way through, and my own work is very busy and stressful. I'm not sleeping much and whenever he's down my first response is to cry (I know this isn't helpful, I just can't seem to stop it). This is our first baby and I'm worried that the stress and anxiety is having an impact on the baby.
I've asked him to go to his GP and to think about therapy but he puts it off.
I suppose I wondered if anyone else had been through this? He is excited about the baby and tries hard to be supportive, but I'm worried this will continue after the baby's born and don't know what to do.
Please or to access all these features
Please
or
to access all these features
Get updates on how your baby develops, your body changes, and what you can expect during each week of your pregnancy by signing up to the Mumsnet Pregnancy Newsletters.
Pregnancy
Depressed Partner
6 replies
writerwrites · 14/12/2014 16:17
OP posts:
Please create an account
To comment on this thread you need to create a Mumsnet account.