I was suffering from depression and anxiety my doctor prescribed zoloft for me but I’m concerned that it will effect my baby is some way. Are there any mothers who have been on antidepressants while pregnant. I’m having a normal pregnancy so far and I don’t want to mess anything up. PLEASE HELP!!!

this was a project for our english class we had to modernize Hamlet and turn the script into a psa about pregnancy, depression, forest fires

2 months of nausea and dizziness for nothing. i got a negative test result.. so what could these also indicate:???

1. tender breasts
2. sore breasts
3. spotting
4. lighter than normal period.
5. runny nose
6. headaches (rare but like over 5 in 2 months)
7. nosebleeds (every time i deal with nose which is hardly)
8. looking roundish
9. vomiting (once)
10. backaches… the 2nd month
11. frequent urination.
12. food cravings
13. mood swings.
14. constipation-diarrhea.. hard to poo but it’s soft actually and hurts a lot to poo every time. didn’t have essential vits at first but now i bought me a multivitamin but got a neg. test result.

it says: Other Explanations: Poor diet, lack of a certain nutrient, stress, depression, or impending menstruation. but what if it was like every day for 2 months? i just don’t get it.. poor diet.. maybe? but i always ate.. we were low on money… but now have it made better. what certain nutrient would it be? i had stress before… i had anxiety got depression pills. i don’t think i’m depressed.. sometimes i may have thoughts but not always feel depressed.. rarely do. i felt it all days between cycle periods too… it’s weird though.. so what should i do? what’s wrong.. i can’t see a doctor just yet.

Has anyone had to deal with depression while TTC and during pregnancy? I’ve been TTC since October 2008 or at least that’s when I stopped taking birth control. My psychiatrist said to stop taking my anti-depressant because it may cause birth defects. Well I’ve been off of the antidepressants since November. I got pregnant in February and had a miscarriage at 6 weeks. I’ve gained almost 30 lbs not from eating more but my guess is from being off of the birth control and the anti-depressant. This is only adding to my depression of loosing a baby! Surprisingly with depression I handled the loss rather well. I cried of course but a week later I was ready to move on and try again.

But for some reason I feel like I’m in a bottomless pit! I need to be back on my medication but I can not while TTC! I feel if I exercise I’ll feel a little better but sitting on the couch reading just seems so much easier! I’ve been coping by reading a lot lately. With my depression I have an over active mind and I can’t help but think about things to the point where it eats me alive.

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I am 32 weeks and have completely lost it. i want this baby so much, but there are days that i feel like I don’t because i can’t keep my mind off of all these unreasonable thoughts. I feel like i have become a danger to my unborn child. I sometimes find myself shivering and im not even cold. I pace the floor a lot. Im anxious before i go to bed. i wake up anxious in the middle of the night, im anxious as soon as i wake up in the morning. It’s the same things on my mind all the time I’ve tried meds already and all they did was make me feel suicidal, and they all take too long to take full effect anyway. I am stressing to the point where i cannot function. Every second of everyday is filled with worry and overwhelming anxiety. I don’t think about anything else. I try but i can’t. I still feel suicidal at times, even without the meds because i cant stay out of my own head. I know i would never act on these thoughts but i dont want to have them either. I’ve tried hyno-therapy. Im also seeing a therapist once a week. I smoked a very tiny amount of marijuana because i thought it would help calm my nerves and i could finally eat something, and all it did was make me feel extreme guilt. I just want this baby out. It’s not the same thing as towards the end of the pregnancy, you get anxious and u can’t wait to have a the baby. This is more like i can’t go on like this for much longer. I still have till almost the end of jan to go, and i just wanted to know if a doctor would induce me at least 38 weeks or something. I just feel like im harming my baby living like this. Does anyone have any suggestions. What should i do? Anyone suffering from anxiety knows that it is a living hell. And believe me i am suffering bad here.

Any of you ladies experiance that? Feel really depressed, then a few days later the morning sickness kicked in?

Just wanted to share my journey in ttc my daughter and the relationship and life bumps that I experienced and still continue to over come! I hope I can relate and hopefully help someone feel a little less alone in this hard yet so rewarding process. Look for part 2 and 3 ooh ya I’m a talker!!! LOL

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I have an adult daughter, in her early 20′s who I STRONGLY believe has a personality disorder. Without going into a lot of detail, her moods are unpredictable and extreme, generally does not care what she says to others or their reactions, regularly needs reassurance and believes others are persecuting or ‘against’ her, etc. (there are many more symptoms). Adding to my concern, my daughter just had a baby. I do not believe that these issues are a result of the pregnancy or postpartum depression/psychosis, as she exibited the same symptoms for a few years prior to becoming pregnant. I am, however, VERY concerned for her and subsequently her daughter. I have tried both tactfully and directly to get her to seek treatment, but she absolutely refuses. Recently, I tried to get her to go to the ER for a minor issue, just so that I could try to pull the nurse aside and explain why I really took her there, in the hopes that they would provide a psych consult. Of course, my daughter refused to go to the ER tho. I’m at my wits end and need any advice that anyone has. My daughter and granddaugter live with me, so at least I can try to keep an eye on them both, but this cant go on indefinitely and I really have no idea what to do! Any suggestions or even legal advice? BTW, I live in AZ (for legal advice). Thank you so much!

i cant stop peeing.
my boobs are sore.
my left side hurts bad.
im so tired, all i do is sleep.
i cant stop eatting, and im craving wendys.
my head hurts occasionally.
but i am on paxil the depression medicine.
are these pregnancy symptoms?