Is Pre-partum depression a thing? in My Metamorphosis
- Oct. 14, 2019, 9:22 a.m.
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I’m 13weeks1day and I am really struggling. I don’t know what my problem is but I just can’t seem to get it together. I know hormonal changes is a part of pregnancy, but how I’ve been feeling is beyond just “crazy pregnancy hormones.” Like, I literally have no motivation to do anything. I dread going to a job a use to love; all the domestic duties have pretty much fallen on Bradley as I don’t cook or clean. I am so irritable and everything just sets me off. I absolutely can not stand to be touched - I haven’t been intimate with Bradley in over two weeks and I don’t even want to be touched by my kids. I don’t want to talk to anyone and have pretty much withdrawn from every social situation, including just texts from friends or family. I go to bed early and dread waking up. I have really poor concentration and just can’t seem to get it together. I’m gaining too much weight because I am eating non-stop, and not for satiety, just to make myself feel better.
I did have post-partum depression with Shiloh, and this does feel very similar - but worse. I don’t get it. I haven’t had anything triggering or traumatic happen. Literally, everything is going good. And yet, I have this dark cloud over me, suffocating me. I can’t snap out of it. I can’t even “fake it till I make it” right now. I just want to curl into the fetal position in my bed and be left alone.
Fortunately I do have an OB appointment today and I will address these issues with her this afternoon. Hopefully there is something pregnancy-safe I can take that will get everything is check. I hate feeling like this. I hate putting my family through this. I just want to be normal again and enjoy this pregnancy I prayed so had to get.
ninakir88 ⋅ October 14, 2019
That’s totally a thing. I’m glad you’re seeing a doctor and I hope you feel better like yourself again.
four-eyed-beauty ⋅ October 14, 2019 (edited October 14, 2019)
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It’s called PERINATAL DEPRESSION and it is totally a thing! It’s also normal.
hugs
I’m still waiting to crawl from underneath my postpartum rock I’m under. But I know what it feels like to just want to feel normal
novelistbynite ⋅ October 14, 2019
I had hideous depression with my second pregnancy, and with the twins. I took citalopram. Everyone's fine. (16, 13 and 13 though - there's probably something better now.) I hope things get brighter for you soon.
terriberri ⋅ October 15, 2019
i hope the doctor was able to help with something. this is a beautiful time in your life that you should be able to enjoy, but i understand the issue of hormones on mental state (having suffered badly in menopause...different but still hormonal and female). i hope it's just this particular stage in the pregnancy maybe? and that things will level out and allow you to feel better.
JustSurviveSomehow ⋅ October 15, 2019
Oh no Leigh! I hope your doctor helps you find something that works for you! xo