I have recently started taking Zoloft for depression and anxiety, due to postpartum depression after my second miscarriage. I am currently 22 weeks pregnant, and have been on the medication for over one week. Have you or someone you known taken this drug while pregnant? What were any + or – effects it has caused you or your baby?

Hi there, i dont have a very supportive partner i work part time and study full time. Does anyone know any relaxation techniques or herbals to take to help calm me down when i get anxious, overtired or over worked? im in this situation as a matter of survival rather then choice

I will admit I am a bit hormonal being that I am 25 weeks pregnant. I have been longing to have a closer relationship with my mother. And I always kinda thought that if she knew this that things would change. But through the grapevine she found out how I felt and instead of a good response she had my step dad call me and ream me out saying it’s not my mothers job to be my friend and that’s what my husband is there for. I know my mother was standing right there when he called, so she obviously agrees with this.
I feel so sad and alone now. I can’t sleep. Is this normal to want your mother more when you are pregnant? How do I deal with the sadness?

Ever since I’ve been pregnant my mood swings and attitude has been through the roof. My boyfriend says I am bitching at him alot and its making him mad. I never was this bitchcy before I was pregnant but now Im a monster. Everytime I get mad at him he gets mad at me also. I told him that he needs to cooperate with me, but he says he’s not used to this. We dont live together right now, so when we argue its over the phone. When we get together we are very happy. We just cant stop arguing over the phone. How did your significant other handle your mood swings? I dont want him to get fed up and leave me. How should this be handled?
Also, we argue about stupid things. How did you get your significant other to deal with your mood swings?

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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Hi, I was wondering if anyone had ever taken the anti-anxiety anti-depressant drug Citalopram during their pregnancy. The doctor has given it to me for severe panic attacks and anxiety which is making me feel terrible. I am 29 weeks pregnant. So far I have not taken it as I do not want to harm my baby, but I am so anxious I feel permaneltly sick and short of beath and do not know what to do. I am sure the doctor is right and it is safe, but the instructions inside paint a rather ambiguous unknown picture of the effects upon both the unborn foetus and a newborn baby.

What should I do? Has anyone else taken this or suffered terrible panic attacks, anxiety and paranoia during pregnancy? I feel like I am going mad, I used to be a normal girl, and I was so happy when I first found out I was pregnant. Please advise me.

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?

I really need to know.
I don’t know what stress is too much stress? I mean when I fight with my husband or have issues with my family, I keep thinking about it a lot for a few days..I feel drained out and restless.
I want to know if any of you had extreme stress and the baby had a problem/turned out fine? I am 30 yrs old

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

I am 22 weeks pregnant and have stopped taking it. none of my dr.’s were able to see me and the thought of harming my baby freaked me out. I do not feel any less stable. I am not severely depressed. I kknow what effects depression can have on the baby. I think under my circumstances the greater risk is with taking the medication.

Anyway, Was it dangerous for the baby to have stopped taking the medication? I read it can lead to losing the pregnancy…but you can’t believe everything you read.