Week 6 Feeling Very Low

[SqidgeBum]

Yesterday myself and DH got a puppy. He is cute and fluffy and gorgeous, but since getting him I have felt horrifically low. I am 6+2, feeling queasy and a bit rough for the past 4 days, but it feels like I have suddenly realised the enormity of looking after something so tiny. The house is a mess, we are staying inside to train him, but I feel that when the baby comes this will be how it will be, trapped. I don't feel excited about being a Mum anymore, just overwhelmed and almost out of my depth, like this baby is going to ruin my life. I know how horrible that sounds . My DH is thrilled, my parents know and they are so excited, and I am just not at all.

Someone please tell me they felt the same and it goes away, or that when the baby came you did actually want/love it. We have been 8 months trying for this baby. I just want to feel happy about it.

Don’t worry I felt the exact same a few weeks ago, it will be your hormones changing which makes u up and down. It’s very normal to feel like that early on. I’m currently 8wks 2 days and have been up and down a lot. I was worrying about being lonely at home with the baby and my house was also a mess especially 2 weeks ago when I had really bad morning sickness when I couldn’t even get out of bed and I thought omg how am I going to cope for 7 more months of this but feeling much better now and luckily the sickness comes in waves so hoping it goes soon. I also worried about If im going to be a good mum and thing like that but I put it down to my body changing and preparing for the baby. When I do feel well enough I have been going swimming or go to play badminton which helps. I don’t drive at the moment but am hoping to learn in the next few weeks we’ll start lessons anyhow, that was another thing I worried about not being able to get out. It’s silly really but completely normal. So glad there are forums like these. I put my feeling low down to hormones and sickness mainly as when I’m not feeling sick I feel much better I myself. If u are still feeling low about it speak to ur family or partner I always find this helps and also ur midwife will help :) my advice is try and keep active even if just going for a nice long walk to get some air.

I got a bit low at about the same time. I attributed it to the cold grey weather and the new hormones. It did go away after a few days.
It was so unusual for me to feel that way I let my midwife know when I went for my booking in appointment. I'm almost 20 weeks and I haven't felt that way since.