Antenatal/postnatal depression
Is it normal to not feel happy about my pregnancy?
Kiwi100 · 15/08/2014 13:26
I wonder if anyone can advise me, I am 5 weeks pregnant after trying for a couple of years and eventually taking Clomid. I don't feel happy about it at all, and feel I have made a huge mistake. I can't believe I feel this way after taking fertility medication, and feel so guilty. I just think I cannot cope, I cry and am unable to go to work. My doctor has given me diazepam for the anxiety but I cannot shake the feeling that this isn't what i want. I appreciate this sounds massively ungrateful and pathetic, but I am truly in despair. Any advice would be much appreciated.
Kemlex13 · 15/08/2014 14:36
I think it's normal. I am 9 weeks and feel like I'm regretting this baby. I know I will love it, I do already but still so much in me thinking "what if I wasn't pregnant, life would be soooo much easier" I feel guilty as sin about it. I'm having a rough ride so far between bad sickness and a bleed in my uterus.
It's not ungreatful or pathetic. It's hormoanes! Give it a few more weeks but don't worry! It's scary having kids! A whole human :O
bebebringingup · 18/08/2014 17:24
Its not normal and its not abnormal either. Everyone is different. I've felt very different things at very different times of my pregnancy. I was trying for a while and thought I would be elated at getting pregnant after planning it for a few years but i didn't feel like that. I can't verbalise how i felt really its odd.
Don't worry about what you should and shouldn't be feeling. Come back here and talk about it if you need to.
Kellyjjones6 · 04/09/2014 13:11
I feel exactly the same. I just found out 2 days ago and am about 4 weeks gone, and even though I thought I wanted this I can't stop crying. I feel like my life is over. Does it get better?!
To comment on this thread you need to create a Mumsnet account.