Is it normal to feel depressed in late pregnancy??

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Im 30 weeks pregnant and suddenly woke up feeling very depressed and tearful the last few days. Is this normal because of hormones? I feel guilty because i should be happy instead im snapping at everyone and crying all the time whats wrong with me, i feel like i just want to stay in bed all day and sleep it away. My husband doesnt understand why im like this and laughs it of when i speak to him about it i feel so alone uncomfortable and unattractive, whats happening to me??

I totally feel this way too! Please tell me it passes? Midwife says I have PND at 27 weeks pregnant but I feel as though it could just be hormones?!

Hi firsttimemum. I have been feeling up and down the past few weeks, (which was why I searched this topic and posted) I am also a first time mum. A few days before I posted, I had a call from my maternity hosiptal saying my last blood test showed my iron levels had dropped. Since then I have been talking an iron supplement with higher level of iron than the one I had being previously been taking and I have been feeling MUCH better the past couple of days. I am now 30 weeks and have been realising the toll having a little baby growing inside me has taken on my body. And this on it's own is exhausting and stressfull enough without the added stress of the unknown in what's coming in the next few weeks.. . One of the most stressful unknowns is not knowing whether or not I will experience post natal depression. I have had depression before briefly and it was a scary time without a baby being involved so that's scare for me. However I have had a little talk with myself and we have decided that some things are out of my control but there is a hell of a lot that is in my control so I took note of all the things I can do to have a positive effect on this pregnancy and the life of me and my baby and I need to do them to help me to have the most positive outcome that I can. These things include maintaining a good diet, taking the supplements I need to take, getting the most appropriate excercise I can get, keeping positive thoughts and talking to the positive people in my life. I hope this helps a little xxx

@mags2020 thank you, that has definitely helped :) I actually have a midwife appointment next week for bloods and I'm also seeing a homeopath next week and she's normally my saviour in terms of anything I'm lacking in so hopefully something will come of those tests. Like you, I have suffered from depression in the past but when I went to the homeopath she put me on strong probiotics as my gut health was all over the place and also magnesium as I was super low so it may be something as simple as that! Saw the GP today and she said antidepressants is a very last resort so that's made me more determined to get through this! How many weeks are you? Did it begin straight away?

Thank god for this post I'm 30 weeks And woke this morning feeling so irritated and low I've burst into tears in front of my 3 kids I just want to go to bed pull covers over my head and not wake up til due date. me and the father's not together we are good friends he tries to help out by taking my teenage son ect but he's done nothing to help with baby I've gotten her everything he's been to no scans no appointments but seems excited to be a father to our baby girl I feel like I'm in this alone I feel so aline.

Thank goodness for this thread. I am 31 weeks today. We don't have anything bought/ready, in part because all the shops have been shut due to the pandemic and I have been feeling very anxious about how unprepared we are. My partner is great at doing stuff around the house to help, but not so good at understanding how I'm feeling about all this.

We should have started NCT classes yesterday, which despite having done loads of research already myself, I felt like would make me feel more prepared (if only to confirm that I had already armed myself with what I could). But I got the date wrong, and it was actually the day before, so we missed our first class. They won't provide the material we missed, just a "recap email", and I also feel like we will have missed out on bonding with the other couples, even though its all over zoom.
It sounds really silly, but it just seems to have triggered a lot of emotions in me and I keep bursting in to tears all last night and today. I don't think it's just about the NCT classes. I think I feel anxious about not having things ready, all the changes my body is going through and not seeing my friends and family because of the pandemic, although I don't really feel like I want to see anyone either.
This thread has really helped me to see that this might be normal, but I also wonder whether I should speak to someone/tell my midwife?