Reacting badly to pregnancy hormones

[Firsttimemum2020x]

I've made it to 27 weeks but this gloomy feeling has hit me like a bus. I've got no interest in my unborn baby, dont want to eat, crying all the time and just generally feeling down. My DH says it must be the hormones as I dont react well to birth control - hes seen me with all these symptoms before especially when I had the mirena coil for a few months. It made me severely depressed , panic attacks etc but felt like the old me was back once I had it removed. Midwife says that I have PND but I'm petrified it wont go away once I have the baby. Do I try sertraline or will this feeling just go away?!

Also, from your opinions - is this PND or just the crazy amount of hormones in my body?!

It could be antenatal depression and if so, it's unlikely to just disappear on its own. Speak to your midwife again and ask to be referred to the perinatal mental health team for counselling as being able to talk through how you feel with someone who understands can be really helpful.

I took sertraline for anxiety/panic attacks pre-pregnancy and it was a life changer! I'd previous tried fluoxetine and citalopram (neither made any difference) but sertraline was really effective. I stopped taking it about 18 months before I fell pregnant (now 25 weeks) and haven't needed it again since, but I wouldn't hesitate to go back on it if I felt I needed to.

Antenatal depression is often triggered by hormones, it doesn’t make it less difficult to deal with. Medication can help to re-balance the chemicals making you feel this way.

I react the same way to hormonal contraception FWIW and I really struggled during my last pregnancy. It improved slightly after birth and then got much worse when he was a few months old. I plan to start medication ASAP in this pregnancy to try to stop this happening again.

Thanks @Camouflage. I have good days and bad days, yesterday was a good day but I have no idea what today will bring! I just want to make sure I bond with my baby when they arrive.

Thank you @NotYourHun. I'm going to have a chat with my GP today and see what they say. 2days ago I was adamant I wanted to go back on sertraline, yesterday I thought I was fine and didnt need it. !

GP doesn't reccomend starting meds and says that what I'm feeling is totally normal for the hormones etc that are going on in my body. Hopefully it will pass , fed up of being on an emotional rollercoaster !