Do I have depression? or just pregnancy blues?
I have always wanted kids. Ever since I was 13, I have dreamed of the day I would become a mommy. After a tubal pregnancy a few years ago, I was told I could never have kids, and although I believed it, I couldn’t help but feel the pang of jealousy when a friend or a coworker told me they were expecting, or when I saw a baby in the store.
In November a hose plant in my small community laid off 65 people. My boyfriend was one of them. There are no jobs available now, but we knew we would be ok on my income and our savings.
December 9th, I went to the doctor and found out that I am pregnant, and now I’m devastated. Shortly after wards, I had to leave my job due to medical concerns surrounding the pregnancy. We do have medicaid, and have a budget in place so we know we will be ok financially, but I’m still feeling depressed.
I cannot make myself excited about this pregnancy, and I don’t know why. I thought hearing the heartbeat and seeing the ultrasound would help, but it hasn’t. What do I do? Has anyone else had this problem?
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it is worry and uncertaintly about the future due to your circumstances that is probably causing you to feel like this. The only way you get rid of these feelings is you and your partner reassess your plan for the future. If you need to move for your partner to get a job then you should do it, the job wont come to him. It will be scary at first, as all new things are, but you have to make the leap. Good Luck!
Sounds like maybe youre arent where you thought you would be in life when you thought youd have a child. Maybe you just arent prepared and feeling bad because everything isnt going as perfectly as you dreamed. Your bf was laid off and you had to leave your job because of the pregnancy. Maybe you set your standards too high before the pregnancy. give it time, and realize that as long as you provide a financial stability for your baby, everything will be fine. Give this baby the love you’ve always wanted to give it because youre doing good financially and not living off of other people’s money. Be proud and be happy for this. (It also might be the hormones.) Go take a walk in the sun and relax
oh goodness. you have to go to the doctor. this is called post-pardon depression. it has a great effect on you and your baby. please pay attention to this, go to the source below. PLEASE LOOK AT IT!