Hormones/tearful nearly 38wks

[Dozeyland]

I have felt so relaxed throughout my pregnancy, but today I just feel like rubbish physically & emotionally.

As some of you may know my situation, (living at my parents in the living room, no space as it is let alone having the baby here) i am on the council list as I can't afford private rent.

BUT

I am starting to feel anxious about life after baby. how its going to be living here. (we all get on mostly just a bit of hassle with siblings that i have no effort to deal with right now, their biggest problem being if there washing doesnt get done by my mum - who lives somewhere else to here)

I just want people to leave me alone, give me space and just let me relax and prepare myself for the baby!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

my DP is so supprtive and he says it'll all pan out, but me being emotional, hormonal. i just keep thinking how stressful its going to be living here. plus trying to cope being a 21yr old first time mum. i know its not the youngest of ages and i feel ready. its just i know people will want to faff around me which i hate.........

ARGH just want to cry.......... again.

sorry for my moan

Sorry OP, think it's par for the course! I'm 39+2 and feel really PMT-ish. I cried at the following tv shows last night; channel 4 news, wedding house and panorama. I almost phoned DH to come home early off the night shift for no other reason than to look after me and feed me dairy milk.

No advise I'm afraid, just didn't want your post to go unanswered. I guess just listen to your body, rest and keep talking to your DP who is right, it will work out xx

Sorry, meant advice not advise... Pregnancy afford brain. The last of my brain cells have just fallen out of my ears.

Oh for christ's sake, I give up. Blame it on the iPad.

Thanks, love the comment about DH feeding you dairy milk :)

Yeah, he didn't in the end since I thought he might be a tad annoyed if I got him out of work... So I ate half a packet of chocolate digestives instead. I wouldn't eaten a whole packet, but there was only half left ;-) you'll have your body back soon, and i think that counts for a hell of a lot. I'm 22 and I miss my skinny jeans and shopping at normal clothes shops. I'm living in leggings and flip flops at the moment... Doesn't do much for self esteem!

oh you have every right to be hormonal and upset! I can only imagine how stressful it is for you being in the living room , Im 22 and living with my parents and pregnant with my first, but Im fortunate to have a large bedroom (easy big enough for mine and babies things) plus a little room I can use for my own living room whilst I get settled and start applying for housing! Let it all out and make those siblings bring you hot chocolate and biscuits :-)

Jazzie Im living in leggings too! Just invested in some flat boots though as I felt silly wearing flip flops in the rain

It is good to moan here. It is perfectly normal to feel like this, and it's not helped by your situation. I am in my 30's, with my own house and I cried this morning at someone else's child getting upset at their mummy leaving them at preschool. That is how hormonal I must be. On Tuesday I felt really awful, have slept better since then, and am much better today, but still knackered. And everyone I passed on the way to the preschool made some comment/question about my size/due date/health. One woman even said "Is it not out yet, it seems like the longest pregnancy in history!" I haven't even reached my due date yet, so I don't know what she is on about.

Anyway, rant over. Try not to think about the practicalities of living there with a baby until it happens - just focus on you right now and getting through birth etc. When you have the baby you will know what you need and can start working around that, and letting your family know what they can do to help, and when they need to leave you alone. But until it happens there is no point getting stressed about it (easy for me to say I know, but I have my own concerns, eg DH going back to work earlier than I would like, he now commutes compared to when I had DS so I will have minimal help, no family close by etc etc, but I am not thinking about this). I have the same due date as you , good luck.

domestic I know people can be so thoughtless can't they? Today I went to the sweet shop to buy some chocolate fudge. I wanted it, so SO badly. I know the woman in the shop was trying to be nice but she said 'you'll make baby fat!' i don't know why, usually I'm able to laugh off comments like that, but I'm 4 days away from my due date, really worried about going overdue and I'd really rather she'd have just sold me the bloody fudge and kept her mouth shut.

Really wiped out this afternoon, no idea why! OP, feel free to have a moan. It's the stupid little things that get you down

OP you have every right to moan out load I feel exactly the same at mmin37+4 fell out with DH and Dsis this week mainly cos I thought they weren't being nice enough to me in my current condition!! Bawled on phone to both this morning while walking to ducks with DC sure he thinks mum is totally loopy lou.Feeling so guilty about leaving poor DH who is very good to cook dinner etc but so tired in the afternoon evenings. Try not to let everything get on top of you and just concentrate on getting LO here safe and sound while keeping your mind and soul together