Coming to terms with how long this will go on

[CleverQuacks]

So maybe I am a bit slow but today it has suddenly hit me that this corona situation isn’t going to go away in the near future. Yes lockdown may be relaxed in a month or two but there will still be a lot of restrictions. Doesn’t help that I am currently 20 weeks pregnant (due end of august) and so even if lockdown is lifted I will still have to be very careful because obviously I don’t want to risk mine or my babies safety. Then I will have a newborn and will be paranoid about him catching it so again will have to keep socially distanced at the very least.

I don’t really know what I want from this post. You are probably all thinking, how is this only just dawning on me but I just feel so low and anxious about it today.

Hey! I just wanted to say that you're not silly at all, I had the same realisation a few days back. I think everything felt really black and white, lockdown vs returning to normal, and now starting to realise that it'll be a completely different normal for some time.

My partner and I have been TTC for 4 months, paused in the last few weeks and really unsure what to do now. Such a hard decision as I was already feeling life was on pause whilst TTC. It isn't an easy process to adjust to such uncertainty and such huge changes. Big hugs!

YAnbu, originally people banged on about it “only being 3 weeks” bet they feel silly now, this will be going on for a lot longer than 3 weeks!

I think we've all known its not a short thing, but its a lot to try and process how long it might actually go on for.
Im 15+5 today and pregnancy is definitely making me feel more anxious about it all.

YANBU. I feel a bit like that today for some reason after coping with it all fairly well up to now. And I am not growing a person at the same time. Just sending a supportive hug

I don’t think you’re being slow.
I feel like I re-realise this almost every day. I guess big changes take time to adjust to and this all happened pretty quickly for such a huge change in lifestyle.

I think the best way to look at it is that our future is never guaranteed anyway. Anything can happen and it always has been that way, covid related or not. Still this is our life and perhaps the outcome will be good and it won't last long. Therefore there's no point wasting the young years of our life living in fear. Maybe we'll get to our 50s or whatever and think oh if only we enjoyed those times when our kids were young and tried to embrace the positives of every situation.

@Spinakker
What a lovely positive attitude you have.
Thank you