So emotional since dd, anyone else the same - Need help to compose myself for important meeting...

[Tillysmummy]

I don't know if I am the only one but before I had dd I used to be a fairly tough business woman but now it's a nightmare. I cry at everthing. On telly, at work. I am just soo emotional these days.

I am having a lot of work problems at the moment, they are trying to cut my salary, etc etc and it's all quite unpleasant, I have another meeting with my MD to discuss at 2pm and in the two previous meetings always ended up bursting into tears. I really dont' want to do that this pm because I know he thinks im doing it for sympathy but just thinking about it now makes me well up.

Any advice ladies, Im desperate !!! I dont' want to cry again but just know I will. Is it my hormones ? Why am I so emotional these days ?

Tillysmummy

I don't know if I can say anything to help, but at least you'll know someone is concerned about
you.
I think being a mum makes you emotional. I don't cry a lot, never have done, except for films and tv news ( the horrendous things that are happening in the world), but being a mum does make you vulnerable.
If you are trying to balance being a mum and working and also are having problems at work, you are probably either stressed or do you feel depressed.
Try to be strong and brace yourself for the meeting. I did cry at work once when I had just started back but luckily my boss, who is lovely just held my hand and said not to worry. She is so kind I am very lucky.

Good Luck

Tillysmummy - sympathy, and a possible solution.

I think it is hormonal as I have been exactly the same. This trick was taught to me a couple of years ago and has never failed me - to get the idea follow these inxs:

Hunch your shoulders, look down at the floor and think a really sad thought (Try not to cry at this stage). Very gradually, holding on to the sad thought, lift your head, put your shoulders back, open up your chest, lookup at the ceiling and smile. You should find it difficult to keep feeling sad. (If you don't you are beyond our help I'm afraid )

Practice a few times before hand,preferably getting the giggles at the absurdity of it all, then in your meeting just look up at the ceiling when you feel emotional - somehow it seems to work.

Hope it helps and good luck

Thanks Prufrock I'll try that, I think it is the fact that he is looking at me that makes it all worse. I just need to keep calm and composed but it's so difficult when our livelihood is at stake.

My mom says thats what happens when you become a mom. I worry about everything - mainly wars and terrorist attacks. I have become a bit paranoid about my dd growing up safely