I was in church this morning when I saw the cutest little girl ever! I also saw her brother and i’m guessing they are twins. Anyways, I started to cry!!! I felt so embarrassed! She smiled at me and I smiled back with watery eyes. I have never had this happen before but now that I am pregnant I feel like everything is making me cry from sadness or happiness. What is the craziest thing you ever cried about while pregnant?
She was about 10-12 months old.

I am 15 weeks 2 days pregnant.

This is kind of a complex question, and I don’t really know exactly what I’m asking so bear with me.

I just turned 22 a month ago. I’m getting ready to graduate nursing school with a BSN in January. My boyfriend will be finishing his degree in November. We’ve been together for three and a half years, and have lived together for two and a half of those. We fully intend on getting married in the future, as long as things continue to go as great as they are.

Here’s the thing. I’m approaching ten days late on my period. I’ve had sore breasts, a little bit of nausea–more stomach pains than anything, cramping (much like period cramps, except lower and duller), and increased discharge. All signs point to being pregnant, however, I have quite the irregular cycle, and it could simply be PMS.

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My grandmother just died a couple of weeks ago, my husband is having trouble finding work in our area, and my mother and his mother are sick, and I stay worried about my papaw losing his wife of 65 years. She’s all he’s ever known. I can be walking through the house or just sitting in my chair and I will start crying. Is this early signs of post partum depression? Or do I need to just think about other things? How can I deal with all this sadness and worry?I really don’t want to be one of those moms who are too sad to deal with their baby.

I have been trying for over a year now to have a baby Because when i got pregnant the first time as soon as i found out i was pregnant which was like 8 weeks into my pregnancy a week after i found out i was pregnant and telling my family and being happy that i was gonna be a mom. My doctor told me that my baby never had a heart beat and had to do a d&c to remove the baby i was devisated. but for the first time i used clearblue digital ovulation kit and i had sex on the day it detected my Lh surge and the day after and was feeling ovulation pain and having the discharge egg whites and on ovulation day clear and strechy so i know i ovulated. and i felt cramps for a while pass ovulation but my period was suppose to come march 1 and it still never came. my period is fairly normal it comes every 40 days. im having cramping alot like i think im gonna get my period but its just discharge could i been pregnant because i took a pergnancy test the day of my supposly missed period and it was neg

I’m 27 years old and I feel like I’m doing the wrong thing by have this baby, due to the fact that I have zero support and I soooo scared of doing this alone! I’m pregnant by a 39 year old man who I considered one of the closest friends in my life. We were friends for 3 1/2 years, but never in a romantic relationship. He was in a relationship with someone else the entire time we were friends and I had know idea until he called me one night sad over the broke-up. I always told him when I was in a relationship with someone, but I recently realized he wasn’t the person he pretended to be. Which doesn’t make sense, since we were only good friends and not friends with benefits real friend…well at least that’s what I thought. But now I realized he was waiting all that time just to sleep with me. He knew I was pregnant before I even had a clue and was cool about it before we were sure I was pregnant. He initially said some hurtful things to me once it was confirmed I was pregnant. Then he started acting like he wanted to do this together and be a family, but still said things that made me feel like he really didn’t like me, and I was right. After asking him a million questions recently he finally admitted that he doesn’t have feeling for me at all and I actually kind of get on his nerves. Now I know I can be a pain sometimes, so I can understand kind of getting on his nerves at times. The thing that I just don’t understand is, before we sleep together, when we were just friends he always act like he had feelings for me. Meaning he was always there for me not physically but emotionally, whenever I needed him and whenever he needed me, but never physically until 13 weeks ago. And now I’m pregnant, which is my fault for having unprotected sex with him. I trusted him and I honestly didn’t think he would get me pregnant since he knew my whole situation, but it does takes two, so I know that’s no excuse. I have decided to discontinue communication as friends/lovers/… and keep it strictly about the baby.

I lost my job of 4 years and had to give up my apartment and move back to my mother’s house which is stressful. My grandmother who is scitsofantic moved in about 2 yrs ago and we recently foundout she has terminal lung cancer. I was taking her to her doctors appointments but it became too overwhelming for me and she needs a lot of help. My younger brother also lives here who does and his girlfriend is also pregnant and she has more support from my family then I could ever dream of, honestly and neither one have jobs or income. But I do recognize I have some jealousy issues in that case.

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Hi,

I’m 21 and live at home with my dad & stepmom. I often feel really sad because I feel neglected in the house. They’ve got a 1 year old baby and my stepmom obsesses over her, literally follows her as she’s walking around the house, stereotypical ‘helicopter mom’. She’s her first child and she’s nearly 50. The TV has to have kids shows running literally ALL the time – I never get to watch any TV. When my dad gets home from work my stepmom gets cranky when I want to talk to him because she wants to talk to him. My dad’s a typical workaholic, gets home 10:00 every night, spends every weekend doing whatever my stepmom wants to do with the baby – I feel like I’ve lost my relationship with him too. She’s very snappy and cold towards me. I don’t feel welcome in my own home and I sometimes just cry alone in my room because I feel so unloved and unwanted. Without going too much into the details, I feel like ‘baggage’ from my dad’s first marriage (I don’t have a relationship with my mom either – long story) and that they really don’t care about me: that in the perfect world, I wouldn’t be living with them (or wouldn’t have been born in the first place – I was an accidental pregnancy) and my dad and stepmom could start a family from scratch without me as a burden. I’ve told my dad some of how I feel, but not a lot has changed. My strong, committed relationship with my girlfriend is the best thing in my life, but I still feel sad about my situation at home. What should I do?

I have two children, ages 10 and 8 from a previous marriage that live with their dad (he never sent them back from a visit). My long term boyfriend has a 12 year old son from a previous relationship that he has been able to see off and on his whole life. Most times that he is unable to see him lasts a year plus at a time. He cannot shake the sadness and emptiness that this has caused him. In essence, he has decided that he would like a vasectomy, scheduled to take place in FOUR days. We are both 31.

I have always thought that it might be nice to have another, especially with him. We both have so much to offer a child, and each other. I didn’t have the love and support during and after my pregnancies that I know he would offer. I raised my kids (SAHM) while my ex played video games. My boyfriend lost his son when his son was 10 months old. I often wonder if he would be healed, even if a small bit, if he could take part in raising his own child. I know that no one will ever take the place of his firstborn, but taking part in the raising process may heal some of the emptiness in a way.

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I cannot help but feel like every one but me is pregnant or trying to conceive with no issues what-so-ever. I was diagnosed with PCOS in June this year after TTC for well over a year. I try to feel happy for my friends with babies already or ones who are newly pregnant but as soon as I am off the phone or out of their site I break down crying and feel very depressed with my situation. I know other women are going through this as well and would like to know how you cope? How do you not feel immense sadness when just walking around in public you see baby bellies and babies everywhere. I am not just going to sit in my house all day until I finally get my chance at motherhood but the thought of having to tell one more friend congrats on the pregnancy makes me want to curl up in a ball and die. I know it sounds selfish to feel this way about my friends or random strangers but until you have walked in my shoes do not judge me for the way I feel. I also do not think my husband realizes how much this emotionally affects me. His most common response to a new pregnancy within our friends circle is so what good for them. I still do not know how he feels about our recent infertility diagnosis either, maybe that is his way of coping with it. I almost obsessively browse websites about pregnancy issues all day and watch every show about babies that is on. It is baby fever and knowledge of not being able to conceive within my time line that bothers me the most I think. I really just need to know how you ladies that are in the same boat as me cope with the day to day grind. Thank you for your consideratee answers in advance.
In January is when my obgyn plans on starting me on fertility meds. For now she has me on yaz in hopes of regulating my cycles. She did mention Metformin for controlling my insulin resistance and I have red a lot about clomid to help induce ovulation. It is just the wait between now and the day I finally get my positive that is killing me.

I am pregnant & recently found out some very troubling things about my siblings.
I vary between tears & sadness pretty much all day now.
Just don’t want to get worse & have this affect my pregnancy or my family.

Any good suggestions are welcomed!

I had a missed miscarriage at 8/12 weeks, 7 weeks ago. I am getting married in three months and my husband to be constantly talks about the wedding night and how we will try for a baby , I have nearly lost all the weight I gained and my wedding ring wont fit and I said lets get it altered and he said no cos you will be pregnant before you know it. To be honest I am totally put off pregnancy the thought makes me feel sick. they found no heartbeat and I had to be given pills in hospital and I saw everything and the pain was horrendous. I cant imagine ever wanting to try again because I dont want to go through that again and all the worry but it did not happen to him and he wants a kid straight away. how can I tell him and will I get over my fear of miscarriage? I would love to have a kid but I am so scared of it and I said I dont even want a scan untiI I can feel it move everyday but right now I cant see me wanting any children – well I got a son from a previous relationship and he wants one of his own. Pregnancy before this was a happy time but not now pregnancy now to me means sadness and misery and tears and worry I cant move on I dont think. My mother told me to get some help but why I go to work everyday where I work with y1 children I adore my job to bits.