Pre-baby blues - anyone else?

[littleMissK]

I am 9 weeks pregnant with DC2, a planned pregnancy - although a bit of a surprise (I had chemo 3 years ago, so I had convinced myself that it wasn't going to happen). I thought I would feel so happy, and yet all I feel is sadness, fear and dread.

I don't know if it's because of lockdown, hormones, anxiety or depression, but I just seem to be going through the motions of seeming happy to others, as opposed to feeling genuinely happy.

I just want to sleep all day, I'm WFH and being incredibly unproductive, feeling sick all day due to morning sickness... I just feel like a bit of a miserable mess in all honesty! I suspect i am depressed, but I don't want to take any meds whilst pregnant.

I guess I'm just hoping that I'm not the only one!

Hi, just wanted to say you are not alone. I am 10 weeks pregnant with DC2 (who was very much planned) but I have been struggling with feelings of despair and hopelessness.

My sickness has been awful this time round, added to that lockdown, parenting a toddler and trying to work from home and it all feels a bit much. I went for an early scan last week and seeing my little babe up on a screen has really helped me feel some excitement about my pregnancy and helped to ease the surreal feelings I’ve been having.

Other things that have helped are taking a longer lunch break so that I can nap and speaking to my doctor about the chronic nausea, occasional vomiting and headaches. I have been prescribed prochlorperazine which has actually been life changing. The nausea is now almost non existent and I can eat enough to stave off some of the tiredness.

Congratulations on your pregnancy and I really hope you begin to feel better soon

I'm 35 weeks- I'm just so tired and feel constant discomfort. I'm worried I won't cope when baby arrives. DH is really supportive but I just feel awful! The isolation of lockdown is just the icing on the cake.