I accidentally got pregnant. I’m against abortion, so that’s not even in the cards. The way I feel right now is that I don’t want an abortion, I don’t want to have the kid, and I don’t want to put it up for adoption. I don’t want it to be my problem, I don’t feel a connection with it, I just feel as if its ruined my life and strained every relationship that I have. Then there’s other times that I’m so incredibly excited and I love it so much and I want to go to Babies R Us and look at all the baby stuff. I feel like an awful and irresponsible mommy-to-be for feeling this way.

Is it possible to suffer from depression during pregnancy or is it just hormones? Is there a name for what I’m feeling? I want this emotional rollercoaster to pass so badly. I want to enjoy my pregnancy and my child, I just can’t right now, and I don’t know why..

Can anyone recommend a good book/movie, website or remedy to help alleviate this? Someone who experienced this themselves would be preferrable. She is also having suicidal thoughts– which is not like her at all. I know this is something that cant be “fixed”, but I am looking for something to help.

Hi everyone, I am 13 weeks pregnant. I have heard a lot about postpartum depression, but not anything about being depressed during pregnancy. I feel wrong all the time. This is supposed to be a happy time, I am supposed to feel glowing and well, not like this. I feel worthless, hideous, alone, discouraged, disconnected from everyone (including the baby). Just today I had to bribe myself with starbucks to even get out of bed before 2pm…and I am not supposed to have coffee anymore due to an irritable bowel and the fact that I am pregnant, but that’s all that could get me out of bed. And its not that I am not getting enough sleep, I go to bed before 9pm typically, only work 20 hours a week (over two days), and the rest of the time I have been watching tv and laying in bed. I cry a lot, wake up in the night, and I am just not interested in anything anymore, our house is a total disaster and I am used to being so neat and tidy, but even walking by the messes it makes me sadder and more depressed feeling, but I don’t lift a finger to clean it up. Am I just crazy or could I be depressed? Has anyone heard of this? And I know there are many hormonal changes that occur during pregnancy, but this just doesn’t like its only that. We wanted this baby, and are now having issues in our relationship, but even though I wanted it, I have thought extensively about abortion, just to get back to feeling “normal”. I’m not sure what to do. I don’t want to tell my dr because I don’t want to be medicated and risk getting addicted to anything, or risk the babies health.

So, I have noticed with both, my first and this pregnancy that during the pregnancy I get a VERY fast pulse, waking first thing in the morning my heart beat will be over 100bpm, or walking from the front door to the car my heart will be RACING, and you can actually see my heart beating through my chest. I also do not even have to worry about finding my pulse to check it, I can feel it beating so hard that I can count it without finding it on my wrist…anyone have any clue what could be wrong?!

Also, I have noticed I have horrible depression issues during my pregnancies. I had an issue with it before my pregnancy, and was prescribed [I believe] Zoloft, and it made me horribly suicidal. So they quickly took me off. Now my doctor is afraid to put me on anything I guess do to the baby. I am at the point of crying for no reason, always being upset, sitting on the couch all day and not even getting out of my pajamas. The doctor’s have no clue whats wrong…any one else have any clue?

I’m 24 weeks pregnant… Lately I’m not sure what’s wrong with me… I will have these random crying fits that last 1-2 hours sometimes. I never feel like killing myself, but there have been quite a few moments where I feel so overwhelmingly depressed that I just want to go to bed and not wake up. On an almost daily basis, I get these waves of horrible depression that just come out of nowhere. It’s been this way for over a month… And when I say they come out of nowhere, they really do. Most of the time I feel so unbelievably down and there isn’t a reason.

I’ve tried talking to my husband about this and he gets really mad at me, because he doesn’t believe me that I’m feeling this way for reasons I can’t explain. He thinks I’m just not telling him something or that he’s not doing enough to make me happy, and I constantly tell him ‘no’ and that it has nothing to do with him, he just gets more upset and storms off. He doesn’t understand, but what’s crazy is, NEITHER DO I.

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Early in my pregnancy I had a bloodclot in my placenta. After that I began having horrible anxiety attacks. Then I became severely depressed where I was detached from my baby. It was awful. I cried and cried then I worried what was happening to the baby with all the crying. Now that he is born I am still depressed because I was like this at his birth and felt like it was my fault and could have done something to prevent it. Just looking for answers and anyone else who has been through this awful nightmare.

…the hormones are making it worse!
To: Needs Answers – I think you’re right; I got up from a nap not too long ago and I feel terrible, I didn’t sleep all night.

effects of stress and or depression during pregnancy

I am 22, this is my second pregnancy, my first son died when I was 35 weeks pregnant. Now I have another healthy and wonderful baby growing inside me, but I find myself always worrying and concerned something is wrong. I think I am depressed. I cry and can’t stop sometimes, and I am wondering what this is doing to my 18 week old baby. Can my crying uncontrollably hurt my baby?