Feeling Low

[LouisaJF]

I'm currently 27 weeks and incredibly happy to be pregnant. I am loving being pregnant and DH is amazing. So whhhhhhhhyyyyy do I feel totally in the doldrums? I am focusing on all the negatives and letting them take over. I've had a few issues at work, severe back pain and feel incredibly ugly. None of this is stuff that can't be solved, but I just can't seem to snap out of the doom and gloom. I don't want to go to work and I cry all the time (I realise my hormones are a lot to do with this). Does anyone have any good ideas on pulling myself together? Or can you at least give me a good shake :-)

I'm not going to shake you and I don't have any good ideas to help snap you out of it but I want to tell you I felt the same around this stage of pregnancy.

For me I just suddenly didn't feel like me any more, I felt like I looked horrendous, I'd lost all my personality and felt like I'd made a big mistake. That was even though everything was pretty much perfect, DP was really supportive and the pregnancy was very wanted. For me it just passed after a few weeks. I can only liken it to the irrational PMT feelings of no one loves me everybody hates me including myself. I hated going to bed because I knew the next day was just going to be the same. I kept reminding myself that everything WAS ok and it probably was my hormones. The odd soppy film gave me an outlet to have a good cry but otherwise I just tried to do stuff to distract myself and talked it out with a good friend who had felt the same.

I could have written your post op. I am 29 weeks with dc 3 who I am very happy about but I just feel miserable and grumpy. I am enormous and feel disgusting. If anyone else asks me if I am having twins I think I might resort to violence :) I'm not sure how I'm possibly going to get to full term as I already look like I'm about to drop and it just seems such a long way away :(

I also feel very insecure and keep dreaming that DP is going to leave me alone with 3 kids or go offwith someone else because I am so hideous and boring :( I hasten to add that he has given me no reason to think this at all he is very supportive.

I am hoping it is just hormonal and it will pass as it gets closer to the birth. I didn't have this at all with the other 2. In fact it all sort of passed in a haze.

Sorry not really much help to you but just thought I'd let you know you are not alone.

It's nice to know it's not just me! DH will deserve a medal for putting up with me by the end of this pregnancy. He encourages me to have a good cry, no matter how stupid the reason, as long as it gets it out of my system.

I shall just have to grit my teeth, get on with it, and stock up on the tissues!

Yup total normal, me too at several points of preg. Do something nice, treat yourself to a bit of pampering. Even when skint I found that a spesh beauty product would pick me up.

I wish I had seen this post earlier. I am 29 weeks with DC2 and feel low!! I am huge, un motivated and tired. I, this morning googled feeling low in pregnancy - wish I hadn't. I lay awake worrying about ELCS, DH leaving ( no reason to think this) and how I am a crap mum for letting DD watch peppa pig on demand- turning over in bed is a planned process... However I want this baby so very much and can wait to meet her. It's a roller coaster.

No help to offer but reading your post and other replies made me feel less alone so hope this helps too