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18 weeks pregnant and feeling down in the dumps at times

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lilly1982
Hi everyone!
I need to get something off my chest. I'm 18 weeks pregnant now and super happy with our first baby! But since yesterday, I've been lying in bed. I feel awful, like crying, and I have no idea why? I don't feel like doing anything, and even my partner doesn't know what to do. I'm really frustrated because I don't want to feel this way at all, and I don't know where this sudden change is coming from. I guess it's the hormones... Do you have any tips on how to deal with this, or do you recognize something similar?

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  1. Iza #2

    Long live the hormones!! Yes girls, this really is part of it. Your body changes very quickly in a short time, and so does your hormone balance. This can cause really intense mood swings and can be very unpleasant. Every pregnant woman experiences this to a greater or lesser extent, and it really does go away! If it feels like it's lasting too long, I'd suggest talking to your midwife or maybe even a psychologist. Maybe the pregnancy is causing some anxieties or bringing up things from the past that you're struggling with; it's better to deal with them now than to carry them around until your baby arrives! Good luck!!

  2. lilly1982 started this #3

    Hi Iza,

    Thanks for your message! It's nice to know I'm not alone...
    Thankfully, I'm already feeling a lot better, let's just hope it stays that way. It's not always the pink cloud everyone talks about, but fortunately, it dominates most of the time :-)!

  3. D.C.B & G Love♥♥♥♥ #4

    Oh yes.. it really does belong to pregnancy, for sure.
    Sometimes I also have one of those rotten days!!
    Not because you're not happy, but it just comes...

  4. zusanne Guest #5

    I hate that, seems really annoying. I was on a pink cloud the whole pregnancy, but I had no desire for contact with other people at all. I just wanted to be with my man. I felt more in love with him than ever before. I got butterflies in my stomach again. It felt so special to me to carry our baby.

  5. zusanne Guest #6

    I was also really spoiled by him. He did the laundry, he made the food, he always did it anyway. He vacuumed and cleaned. I wasn't allowed to do anything in the house anymore; he took care of that because he was too afraid that I would get tired, and that that would then be bad for the pregnancy. He really cooked everything I asked for. He believed that you had to give your pregnant wife everything she craved, otherwise the baby would get sick. Just a little advice from me: try to worry or think about depression as little as possible, because babies in the womb pick up on all your depressive feelings.

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