Depression and anxiety late pregnancy?

[Flower11111]

Hello everyone I have started to see a pattern in me breaking down and getting anxious a lot towards the end of my pregnancy I think things are getting on top of me doubting myself as a parent the birthing experience, and my physical appearance getting big and swollen we're having a big baby I'm 23 weeks and he's 5.01 so he might need to come out early I'm only short and small and have struggled so much with swelling and not being able to breath I am now finding I'm sitting up at night time early hours of the morning overthinking everything and I've had days where I've broken down so much I can't do anything but cry and that makes me sorry that if I suffer after he's born like this how can I cope has anyone else gone through depression and anxiety and if so what has helped you get through

Firstly, you’ve got this. I totally hear you - I’ve suffered with pretty bad mental health through out my entire pregnancy this time & I’m currently 38 weeks!

You can ask to be referred to the perinatal mental health team which I did at around 27 weeks and they’ve helped to no end.

Also, I’ve been told through out that I’m having a big baby & I’ve had to be monitored for diabetes - I don’t have it thankfully and I’ve now been told that there is no medical reason for my baby to be too big for my body and to go for a natural birth.

Also, have a look at the positive birthing company online or on Instagram - learning some hypnobirthing techniques have really helped me xx