Feeling emotional during pregnancy, are you the same?

[Lilybow]

Feeling overwhelmed, excited, and scared all of a sudden about our first baby. Don't get me wrong this is a planned and wanted baby and I'm grateful.

I really wanted to sort out our room for ages for when baby arrives and was excited about it, we bought some furniture and starting to sort it today and all of a sudden I just feel terrified. I'm 24 weeks and thought am I sorting this room way too early? What if something happens and I've sorted the room for nothing? What am I doing?

Then it started dawning on me how much my life and relationship with my husband is going to change when baby arrives. My whole body is changing and I'm the biggest I've ever been. I love my bump but not my expanding thighs and arse and feel conscious and unattractive :( my clothes don't fit me properly anymore.

My last pregnancy I had a miscarriage so always worried about something going wrong.

I don't know why I'm feeling like this all of a sudden. Just feel like crying and wondering what I'm doing.

Anyone else feeling like this?

Aww I know exactly how you feel and as I far as I understand, its all perfectly normal! Im 29 weeks and feel utterly enormous, like someone is playing the tuber behind me as I walk! Doesn't help ive had a lot of muscle problems and walk like a penguin lol. I know how horrible it is not fitting in any of your lovely clothes, but having no control over your expanding size. I feel very unattractive but dont have the energy to do anything about it, im just grateful my husband still finds me attractive apparently somehow.
Have you shopped for some stretchy clothes yet? Second hand might be good, im living in my sisters old maternity leggings. And remember, this is only temporary, you'll fit back into nice clothes again soon.

However think its natural to get overwhelmed emotionally, particularly if you are preparing the room your baby will have, thats a wonderful but massive step and certainly makes everything feel very real! Its absolutely fine to do this now, but to make yourself feel a little less anxious, only do a little bit every now and again. I know how it feels to be so cautious as well, ive been so scared something will happen the entire time I've been pregnant, for no reason other than I feel too old at 34 to have a first baby. If you are very worried tell your midwife as too much stress is not helpful, if you had a miscarriage before they tend to take extra care of you.

Please be assured though, its normal to feel these ways, and to fluctuate in your moods very suddenly. But I'm sure everyone else sees you as glowing and beautiful in your pregnancy, and managing marvellously. You're allowed to have a wobbly day, best thing to do when you do is have a lovely bath, some chocolate or treat and put your feet up.
I hope you feel a bit better soon, try to relax and enjoy this time, as I understand it'll be chaos soon enough!

@Lilybow I could have written this myself! I am 25 weeks and am also so scared something will go wrong. I had a MMC at 11.5 weeks found at the 12 week scan last July which completely floored me. I had picked up a few things from Facebook marketplace which I can’t face getting out of my parents loft yet.

I think it will be a case of taking one week at a time! We are going on holiday at the end of Feb, which will then be March when we get back, which is then less than 2 months until due date!