Sick of pregnancy!

[Daisyandme]

Hi everyone,

This sounds so awful to admit but I'm completely fed up of being pregnant. I'm becoming depressed and my eating is terrible.

I'm stressing about food and weight gain, I'm in awful pain constantly with my hips and back and my iron and bp are dropping further.

I know I have no choice but to carry on for the last 10 weeks but any other woman felt/feel this way? I hate being pregnant and just want this baby out it's causing my mental health to deteriorate

Sending you massive hugs!

I completely understand how you feel.

I hated my last pregnancy and it always made me feel guilty as I know so many people struggle to conceive.
I was so thankful that I could get pregnant but I was so ill and in so much pain that by 30-ish weeks, I was so fed up that I broke down to my midwife and begged her for a c-section there and then. She obviously said no but I felt so desperate.

After my daughter was born, I told me husband that I never wanted to go through that again and if we had more children, they'd be through a surrogate.

That didn't exactly happen as I'm now 17+2 with dc2 lol! Surprisingly, I'm loving this pregnancy so I'm glad that this happened.

Have you spoken to your doctor about taking some higher dose iron tablets? Have loads of vitamin C as the body can't absorb iron without it. I really hope the last few weeks get easier for you!

Take one day at a time and be kind to yourself.
This too shall pass xx

Sorry for the essay 😂🙈

@Mrsmummy90 I'm so glad you felt the same, I feel incredibly guilty for wishing this pregnancy would be over because I've wanted a baby for so long but I just cannot enjoy it.

I've spoken to my partner about me not wanting anymore after this one and he's devastated. Obviously I cannot wait to meet her when she arrives but each day gets more of a challenge for me to be happy and enjoy this time in my life.

I'm currently taking iron tablets 6 times a day increased from 3 times (with doctors orders) so maybe this will help. With my diet being so poor as I'm suffering guilt from eating and counting every calorie not allowing myself over 600 a day. Which again makes me feel worse because my baby needs these calories but when I eat plenty I stress myself out to the point of being sick.

Hopefully speaking to either midwife or doctor may help with how I'm feeling.
Congratulations on your second baby so glad to hear you're enjoying this pregnancy much better xo

At 600 calories a day you’d feel awful even if you weren’t pregnant. You need to tell your midwife how restricted your diet actually is. The iron tablets won’t help if you’re starving yourself.

I would suggest speaking to your gp about getting referred to your perinatal midwife team.

For an adult woman who's not pregnant to be healthy, she needs 2000 calories a day. Pregnant women need more for both themselves and the baby.

Your blood pressure and iron will both be low due to your lack of food and starving yourself will deteriorate your mental health, so I'm not surprised you're feeling like crap!

Please, please get yourself some support for the sake of you and your baby. You don't need to over eat, just eat well and give your body and mind enough fuel to function properly.

Hi OP!

I'm due in 10 weeks too! I've spent most of today crying and slamming things around the house as I'm so fed up so you're definitely not alone

Please do take care of yourself with the food- 600 calories isn't enough for you and baby and will definitely be making you feel worse, I hope you manage to get some reassurance from your GP/MW