29 wks preg with my 1st.. the father & i were engaged for a very long time but when i found out i was pregnant, he told me he didn’t want anything to do with me if i kept her.
i am keeping her. i am 24, a professional, equipped to do this. however, for the past 6 months, we have been continuing to see eachother. sometimes he would act like things were fine, sometimes not.
these past wks he has been particularly distant. turns out he met another girl & he is supposedly “happier than he has been in years.” today, when i confronted him he told me we’ve been over for months, since i decided to keep the baby.

i am literally aching with the desire to know what he is doing, where he is, etc. it kills me to know he doesn’t care about our daughter, and that he doesn’t have enough love for me to stick around.

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I had a very difficult year with the losses of a lot of people who were very important to me. In April, I found out I was pregnant. It wasn’t planned but not unwanted. I was engaged to be married to my fiance and the wedding was scheduled for August. In the beginning of August, I found out he was cheating on me and I left him. Then my daughter (from another relationship) indicated that he had been touching her privates. After filing a police report and having the abuse confirmed by 3 separate child therapists, we moved to another state. Before I left, I was served with paperwork by my ex to establish paternity of our unborn child. He has indicated that he wants to fight for full custody.
I’m 33 weeks along and I have never been more depressed in my life. I can barely get out of bed, eat, or sleep. I can’t give the baby up for adoption because of legal complications. I’m totally out of options and think about suicide all of the time. What to do?

Please help me, what are the effects on my baby? I’m crying a lot because of my relationship & I’m scared to death it is effecting my babygirl. If someone could please please help me or give me tips on how to calm myself down.. Thanks guys

What are the best ways to combat this? I’ve been very happy throughout my pregnancy until now. I’m 18 weeks. We will be finding out it we are having a boy or girl soon and I want to be happy again when that day comes. I’ve noticed over the last few weeks that I keep getting more and more tense. It’s hard to stay asleep. Last night I cried myself to sleep. I even had tears running down my face this morning at work! I just couldn’t stop them. ?? It’s weird. The only time I feel in control of my emotions is when i am working hard at something that takes all my attention. I have to stay busy so i can stand to exist. My husband doesn’t understand what’s going on and wants to know the root of the problem. I don’t know so I can’t tell him. It’s getting to be very hard on the both of us like this. What can we do?

hey, im 17 and 20 weeks pregnant. i finished school but cannot go to school, im going to try next year depending on the costs as me and my boyfriend can’t afford expensive child care and the deposits are expensive. I decided to keep our child but recently have been depressed and found myself crying non stop during the day. i feel as though i havent done enough with myself as i could have done if i hadnt got pregnant and i also feel guilty for feeling like this. is there any way i could help make myself feel better?
this was an unplanned pregnancy and protection was used – and i wont be having an abortion

I’ve always struggled with depression and anxiety. So far, I’ve been fine, but this week, I’ve just felt useless and overwhelmed. Could this be hormones? I got off Celexa at the beginning of my pregnancy and have been fine. I know some doctors feel medications are safe, but I’d prefer to manage this naturally if I can.

I went to therapy but it was impossible to heal in such a short period of time, I just came out from an abusive home environment and I did everything in my power to heal, the therapy helped but most of my pregancy I was suicidal. I am afraid for the emotional wellbeing of my baby.
Please tell me if my baby is going to be ok, she will be born in two more months.

Im 8 months pregnant and I feel more depressed than ever, I feel no excitement except excitement about being able to DIET after I give birth. I feel flabby and huge!!! I have really bad anxiety that my husband is going to leave me because of this.. I feel like a horrible person for being so selfish. Please help me, and suggestions on how to cope??

For the past couple weeks, I’ve just had an overwhelming feeling of helplessness. It seems to be for no apparent reason. Now in the past week, I have absolutely no appetite. I have to force myself to eat something. I have had extreme feelings of regret for getting pregnant again, but I was extremely excited about it just a few weeks ago. I’ve been working on crocheting baby blankets and hats and such, but now I don’t even want to look at them. I can’t sleep at night, I just roll around in bed. I get maybe 3 or 4 hours. If it wasn’t for my other son, I wouldn’t even want to get up. I’ve been easily frustrated, and irritable with my family. I have to absolutely force myself to do any cleaning around the house. I don’t know why I’m feeling this way. This is supposed to be a happy time, but I find myself dreading it more every day. I was diagnosed with another disorder when I was a child, and have struggled with depression my entire life, but it’s been really good for 2 years now, and all of the sudden it’s back. My husband is really starting to worry that I’m putting the baby under stress. Is there anything I can do to stop these feelings?
I am 28 weeks now.

I am currently 13 weeks pregnant, and I have honestly never felt this depressed before in my life. Nothing really big happened to lead to me being severely depressed, just an argument with my boyfriend that I blew way out of proportion. I now get hurt over every single little thing he does, even if it is not that big of a deal. I have been crying for the passed 2 days and I am currently extremely depressed. I have no idea what is going on. There really isn’t anything wrong, but at the same time I feel like everything is wrong. I’m constantly having thoughts about suicide and I cannot concentrate on anything. I have been in bed all day crying and laying down. I lost all of my friend once I got pregnant, and I don’t get along with my family very well. My boyfriend is really the only thing I counted on but he is being extremely unsupportive. He won’t even talk to me or call me and he is very annoyed by me and my depression. He pretty much thinks i’m crazy and he told me he cannot handle me. I would expect him to be here for me but whenever i’m sad or depressed he just wants no part of it. I also currently have a fever of 100.3 and i’m starting to hallucinate a little bit. I keep on seeing my bedroom door swing open and closed. Can anyone please tell me what I can do?