I am VERY excited for my first child/son to arrive in the first week of May. I can’t wait to see him and hold him. But another part of me is beginning to feel quite sad that my pregnancy is almost over. I was extremely sick for the first trimester and part of the second, and even now, I still get sick a few times a week, sometimes a couple times a day. It’s been rough in many ways. But I LOVE feeling my son move around inside of me. I LOVE having him with me everywhere I go, and knowing he is safe, warm and protected. I LOVE that he is my own little honey in there right now. So part of me is dreading the big day. I feel that I may be quite sad, and suffer some post partum depression.
Am I the only one feeling this way? And if not, how have any of you dealt with this sadness?
Thanks for all the good answers. I am 27 Weeks, 5 Days pregnant, so I do still have a little ways to go. And I’m sure like many of you, as I get closer, I will be so uncomfortable that I will want him born right away. I do think it scares me to think of having him in such a crazy world, and that may be part of why I love knowing he is safe and warm in my womb. I guess I will just enjoy it while I can and look forward to the new experiences that will come after he is born. I’m just glad to know that I’m not alone in feeling a little sad about it ending.

I wish you all very healthy baby’s.

I recently started taking birth control pills, within the first month I had unprotected sex (no pull out, or anything) I know you’re supposed to have a back up method, but we didn’t use one. It happened to be one of the days I was ovulating, about 14 dpo I started bleeding, a little late for implantation bleeding I thought. It started out brown but ended up as a light pink color and lasted about 5 days. I know birth control can effect your period so I wasn’t sure which it was. I’ve taken numerous pregnancy tests that came out negative, but i’ve also taken ovulation tests on days I should DEFINITELY be ovulating, and came out with negative, so it actually makes me question the tests? They were ordered from ebay, supposedly the kind they use in doctor’s offices.. I haven’t seen any dramatic side effects, I find myself getting tired, and irritable, but no frequent urination or breast tenderness. I’ve been having some extreme depression, and severe mood swings. Also, I don’t currently have medical insurance, so I’m unable to get a blood test done at this time.

My friend was 21 weeks pregnant with twins & had a miscarriage April 15. She tells me that she’s depressed. Is this grief, postpartum, or a mixture of both? She told me that within the past 2 weeks, she had a CRAZED sexual desire, & then she feels guilty & wants to stop JUST before he gets ready to penetrate her, attempting to have sex again, & her partner gets frustrated because he thinks she’s playing with his emotions.

He loses his temper like a spoiled rotten child! She tries to explain to him that she’s feeling depressed or whatever, & he thinks she’s just making excuses to not have intercourse with him. She asked me for advice & said that it’s getting to be problematic in their relationship. I don’t know what to tell her. So she told me to ask people with experience on here.

Well I’m a single mom, college fulltime and work and a load of other stuff, I have a hair disorder, where when I get stressed my hair will fall out, so I went to the doc today to get medicine to help with the stress, she told me to just keep taking my prenatal vitamins, I told her I wanted to be treated, so she put me on a antidepressant, this to me seems wrong. I love to wake up in the morning, etc, I would consider myself highly stressed but not depressed. Any opinions? Please and thank u. No negative advice please!

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I was told my whole pregnancy that I was having a girl and I was tickled pink. I was so relieved that I was going to have a girl and be able to dress my baby in pretty dresses and know that it would be able to do cute arts and crafts such as bead necklaces. I was ready to be surrounded by pinkness and butterflies and of course I had to have everything that was girly, frilly and pink for my baby. So when the doctor announced it was a boy, I was a little more than stunned. I remember thinking (and still do at times) that I don’t know the first thing about boys and I have no clue what to do with them. I’m not sports orriented in any way. I even cried when I packed away all the beautiful girl things that I wasn’t able to return in the hopes that one day I will have a little girl. Since that overwhelming day I have come to love my son and I find myself loving the boyish features that are already present. I love my son more than anything in the world and every day I find that I love him even more. There are times I still feel a little sad about not having a little girl, especially since my friends all seem to have little baby girls but I wouldn’t trade my son for anything. I am blessed to have him but I think its time that someone opens up a discussion about the sadness that can come from finding out the baby’s gender is different than what you really wanted. It can bring thoughts of guilt and even depression and therefore needs to be addressed. It has been studied that it can even lead to worse post partum depression.

Has anyone gone through this and have stories that they want to share? Anybody secretly wishing for a different gender? Does it make you want to try for another one? Have you found that after having your baby that you overcame these issues? Please share!

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What are the chances of getting postpartum depression?
If you’ve had clinical depression, what are the chances of getting postpartum depression, or depression during pregnancy?
Does postpartum depression ever require medication?
How long do the symptoms of PPD last, and how can it be prevented/ dealt with?
Thaanks!

we only found out we were 7 weeks and the excitement kicked in soon to end as it was ectopic,i was hospitalised as it ruptured and i had an laparoscopy,my left tube was removed..im feeling alot of emotions at the momentanger,sadness,lonliness…i know my partner will want to try again someday as having our own little baby was wat we really wanted, but im afraid as there is a chance it will happen again and i really feel i cannot go through this again.has anyone else been through this an had a succesful pregnancy after wards? your help will be greatly appreciated thank u
(please be nice)
tanx vmuch for your answers girls xx

My friend might be pregnant. Its been like 2 weeks since she said she thinks conception could have happened. What I wanna know is how early can or do mood swings start presenting themselves. Can you start having mood swings when youre 2 weeks pregnant. Also if you’re 2 weeks pregnant could it cause you to loose you appitite and turn the whites of your eyes blueish?