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Hi i’m a mother of 1 and about to have our second child (due date in a week) I’ve allways been a very happy stay at home mum and housewife but recently, over the last few weeks i’ve started to feel very depressed by my life, feeling like it’s going nowhere and i’m useless.
My husband works and i don’t have any friends close by so i spend everyday alone with my 3 year old and as much as i love her company i feel very lonely.
My husband doesn’t know how to react to this sudden change in my character and honestly neither do i.
Has anyone else felt this way? did it go away on it’s own? please give me advice on what to do i feel stuck in this life!!

I never felt depressed when pregnant with my first child, I rarely cried and I was in a better mood than usual, but my hormones are a wreck this time around. It’s like a freaking roller coaster- I felt great for 2 days- and then for the last two days- i have been balling my eyes out. I hate the way I look and feel and I am dreading wearing shorts- meanwhile all my non pregnant friends are losing weight and looking good-I’m paranoid that my husband thinks I’m ugly- even if he’d never admit it… I was in the process of losing weight and working out when I got pregnant, and because I have had so many miscarriages in the past (4 total) I was told not to over do it- plus I am so tired all the time I feel like even walking wears me out. I haven’t gained any weight on the scale, but my belly is growing and I feel huge and bloated and I don’t know why I care- I am happy to have another baby- but why am I feeling so down and negative? I guess it’s hormones, but I didn’t feel this way with my first child, so this feels wrong. Does any one else feel this way?

this is my first pregnancy and the care ive received is very dissatisfying! i go to a major hospital in atlanta for my prenatal care that has been dubbed as a hospital for poor people! I only went there for my prenatal care because i went there as a child almost everyday with my mom(memories), i like to go downtown, and i was born there:) I have GREAT insurance and could have went anywhere for my prenatal care but my mindstate was different when i found out i was pregnant. I was strangely nonchalant and was debating abortion so a good hospital was the last thing on my mind. I even missed several early app due to depression and laziness and when i realized what i was doing i stopped all that and made the trips. Most of the women down there are on medicaid or no insurance at all and i think thats alot of reason why we are treated the way we are. They feel as if we have no choice but to do services at there facility and have to put up with RIDICULOUS wait times and MUCH more trust me!!!!! I had a choice, my insurance covers pregnancy 100% but I chose that hospital because of the history I have with it and now im completely disgusted with it! My midwife is just so nast to me, she has been making slick demeaning comments towards me from day one. For example, yesterday was the first day I brought my babies dad in the room with me and she had the audacity to say ” Im assuming this is the babies father” as if i brought some random guy down there in the hospital with me. I babysit and the little girl came with me to a few app already so when i brought her yesterday, i was ticked that the bitch had the nerve to ask “whose going to watch your daughter when you go into labor” when ive told her before that the little girl is NOT my child and what kind of question was that anyways???? If she was my daughter i do have family or she could simply come with me. She didnt acknowledge either the father of my child or the little girl. I hate that i didnt switch to another hospital im now 37 weeks so its kinda too late. Who can I report her to? I havent had a pelvic exam to check how far the baby is all she said was yea i think shes head down, she finally realized i have warts and told me it wont harm the baby and then disrespected my babies father implying that if ive only been with him then clearly they came from him when ive told her before, ive had those things for long over a yr. and a half! Sorry for it being so drawn out and long but i needed to vent!!!!

Okay so i’d like some opinions. Currently I’m almost 7 weeks. So maybe this is a little early, but I’m having a really hard time, on deciding whether or not to get prenatal testing done. The father wants me to , but I’m having second thoughts. Here’s why, What if they are wrong, and I ruin the next couple months wondering, grieving, and not happy about being pregnant. Shouldn’t it be a wonderful time. When my mom was pregnant with one of my little sisters, they said that she was going to have spinal bifida(sp?) and a chromosomal disease where all the organs are on opposite sides and she wouldn’t live past 3 months. My mom thought that she was going to loose her child, after giving birth. She had a really hard time during pregnancy because of this, depression, pre term labor, and so on. So why should I put myself through that. What are the pro’s of finding out now, what can I do differently if I find out something is wrong now. I’m still going to have the baby. So should I worry now, or be happy and see what happens when the time comes. Are there any tests in which they may find something that they can help prevent? Just some opinions of people who have and haven’t got testing done. Thanks!
As far as I know I have no birth defects in my family history and neither does the father. The only thing that might put my baby at more risk is the fact that I have type 1 diabetes. It was uncontrolled for the first 4 weeks until I found out I was pregnant. Now things aren’t exactly perfect but so much closer to perfect than they were before. I’m really doing a good job keeping my sugars under control.

I’ve been takin bc pills for about 8 months now. my doctor put me on prenatal pills about 2 weeks ago to help me get all the vitamans i need. NO I’M NOT EXPERCTING. does anyone else have experience with taking both? Have you had a change in you mood? Slight depression? Please help!
the reason i’m taking both is cause i had an abnormal pap the doc wants me to take them to get healthy for my next pap. to make sure i don’t have mild desplyasia.

When my husband and I found out we were pregnant with our son we were thrilled! We were just moving into a new house, and it was right before christmas.. after trying for nearly 3 years. Now its much different. I am still very thrilled about my son but there have been a LOT of changes in our lives, excluding the pregnancy. I was having a lot of cramping the 1st tri so i quit my job. Husband now works long hours at 2 jobs. Took my 4 year old daughter out of daycare and now she is home with me 24/7 and is making me crazy, my mom is going through menopause and i can barely stand to talk to her, as we used to be very close, and my sister moved in with us. As if the lack of sex wasnt already enough, that makes it even worse. I cant sleep at night (obviously or i woldnt have time to write this) i feel like i can never get any housework done. I feel like my life has taken a 180 and i just want to break don and cry. At least I only have about 10 weeks left! Hopefully postpartum doesnt hit me!
Has anyone else had this? What can you do to get help? Are there any SAFE drugs a doctor can prescribe? How can i handle this stress when i dont even get time for a bubble bath?

How can a time that should be so exciting make me feel so horrible? I have been suffering from morning sickness for 6 weeks. I have had to quit my job as a massage therapist. I wake up in the middle of the night feeling horrible and it lasts till i go to sleep… Today at the Dr. I even found out the small lump in my breast is not nothing, but because I’m pregnant they can’t do much. I am filled with guilt because the only thing that allows me to eat and even get out of bed is very small hits of pot. I don’t need anyone telling what a horrible person i am for exposing my baby to drugs. I just need to know someone else out there feels like this. We wanted to be pregnant so bad but now I am so sad all the time.

What is a pregnancy massage or prenatal massage?

Pregnancy massage or prenatal massage are generic terms used to describe a variety of conditions and treatments performed to help alleviate the signs and symptoms associated with pregnancy.

Conditions like: Sciatica, headaches, low back pain, swelling in the extremities, muscle tension and sleep disturbances can all be part of being pregnant. An RMT can work to address all these conditions.

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The most of studies show that massage therapy executed during pregnancy can abate anxiety, reduce symptoms of depression, relieve muscle aches and joint pains, newborn health and improved labor outcomes.

Many Massage therapy techniques, one of technique is called Swedish Massage, which purposes to rest muscle tension and blood circulation and improve lymphatic through mild pressure applied to the muscle groups of the body. It is the advised or recommended prenatal massage way during pregnancy because it addresses many common discomforts associated with the skeletal and circulatory changes brought on by hormone shifts during pregnancy.

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