Pregnancy Support

[calebsmum]

Am about 9wks pregnant with DC2 and although I have good days I also suffer with depression and panic attacks.

Thought it would be nice if we could have a thread where us pregnant peeps who have mental health problems could support each other.

I'm currently on 10mg of seroxat and feeling low and worrying how i'm going to cope with 2 DC.

Hi I am new here

I have suffered from depression since 2000 I was just coping although not brilliantly but in 2006 I was broken into diagnosed with PTSD and having panic attacks on top so ended up having to leave work on health grounds

I had just started getting my life together although I was still very up and down when I discovered I was pregnant. Extremely happy it was one of the things effecting my depression but I am still so up and down Parents don't help Mums keeps asking how I will cope, yep I am on my own but I am 40 for god sake. My midwife and GP are fantastic but Psyc professionals are useless before pregnancy it was I have too many coping mechanisms for them to offer me any help (yep until I have a very down /panicky day with flashbacks ) and after I fell pregnancy it was too long a standing problem not related to pregnancy I was articulate appropriately dressed and insightful and should go away and enjoy being pregnant

Just had a bad 2 weeks anniversary of loosing daughter she was born 18+2 weeks 11th Feb and run up to that gestation with Bump, ended up cutting not done that since Christmas and bad reaction of parents and before then since I thought there was an outside chance I was pregnant. Finally admitted to midwife about this and she was wonderful but is telling GP (who I have an appointment with next week what fun I am gonna get told off for not talking to him) and refer me back to the obstetric psyc services who told me to go away and enjoy being pregnant

Bump is doing somersaults most days now if they don't and I get panicky a glass of cold water usually does the trick and keeps me positive. College went back today so I have something else to think about. And I am investigating hypnotherapy/NLP for my long term problems and hypnobirthing for D day I need to take back control LOL