can you have antenatal depression?
beacuase i am only 8 weeks preg and feel like shit, i think it is more than likely due to the conctant sickness and lack of sleep cos i cant rmember what a good nights sleep is! and i cant stop crying and its because i am so fed up that i cry, ?
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Yes it is and I would say speak to your Dr or Mw asap.
I suffered horrendous depression and hyperemsis until 16 weeks when i sadly miscarried but what I want to say is that I never said anything to anyone and let myself get deeper and deeper into a real mess. To the point where I wanted to abort my Bean because I was so beside myself with confusion and depression that I didn't know who i was anymore. Its a set of feelings that haunt me now after losing my baby because I cant take back the thoughts of despair that I was having and I feel guilty for not loving my baby the way I should have.
I realise now after the even that the doctors/ Mw could have helped me even if it was just to get me extra support. You have done the best thing by coming to this site and sharing your feelings.
Good luck and it will be ok. I have spoken to my doctors since and they have been really lovely and its a common problem apparantly and there is lots they can do to help
xxxx
I don't mean to sound as if I'm disregarding your feelings cos it takes bottle to come on here and admit you're not coping but I think it may be a little too early to diagnose definite depression. The way you're feeling is sooo common (sorry, not that that makes you feel any better :roll: ) and it's surprising the strength of those hormones and the way they make you feel, you can feel totally overwhelmed. Hopefully this is only a bad few weeks and you'll feel better when the sickness and tiredness stops but in the meantime try and talk to someone. Hope you feel better soon.
Loopy x
What I would say is at 8 weeks pregnant you will be feeling so knackered and very hormonal. I cried A LOT in my first trimester! So please don't write yourself off as a sufferer of AND when in fact this could be due to those pesky little hormones going beserk in the first couple of months.
Give it a few weeks, think positively and hopefully you'll be blooming in no time at all )
I agree with all the other posts-yes you really can suffer prenatal depression!! I had it (luckily not to severley) and had to be signed off work for three weeks. I am now suffering pretty bad PND but think that its easier to deal with because I have more of an idea while I am feeling the way I do!!
Try and think positive and definately go and see your doc. Good luck xx
I agree with everyone too! I didn't know it was so common though I was signed off work for 6 weeks when I was pregnant with my little girl. I felt so depressed and had really bad sickness and headaches. I chose not to take anything for it and to see how it went. I found it helpful to go for some nice walks and watch and read nice things At 20 weeks it seemed to just go away and I enjoyed the rest of my pregnancy. The good thing about telling the midwife at this point is not only the support you will reveive but also the fact that she will keep a close eye on you once you have had your little one. That way if you do have problems with postnatal depression it will be diagnosed early and you wont have to deal with it any longer then you have to I suffered really badly with baby blues but because it was known that I had problems in the beginning I had extra support straight away and it got better really quickly!
I hope you find the support you need!
Take care
Anna XXXX
Don't keep it all locked up-talk about or write it down, hopefully it will help. xxx