Since I have been pregnant life has been complete hell. Thoughout my pregnancy I have been very mean and having very irrational thoughts. I know that is somewhat normal, but i thought that the end of my pregnancy would be the happiest part because it would nearly be over. Im due March 21st and now i worry about my baby coming out a different race when my boyfriend and I are the same race. I worry that I will lose him and be stuck with a baby on my own. I have tried to make myself remember having sex with other people when I really havent! In the beginning of my pregnancy i KNEW he was the father and I still do… I dont know what has made me think about this obsessively. My doctor believes that I will have post pardum depression and he is going to put me on medication. Has anyone else ever been this way towards the end of their pregnancy? What kind of medication do they give you for post pardum depression?
Please no negative answers saying i must have slept with someone else. I know that i havent, but I cant seem to stop the excessive thoughts.

I have a sleep disorder and depression. I take medication for the sleep disorder and have continued it (under dr. supervision) through my pregnancy. I’m currently over 26 weeks and I’m having extreme insomnia, even with the prescription sleep medication. Could this be due to hormonal changes? Is it safe to change medications and would that be effective? I have to take something because my body won’t sleep period if I don’t. I can get to sleep fine but wake up after a few hours and can’t go back to sleep for the life of me. It is horrible because I work during the day, can’t even nap, I exercise/eat right, and nothing works. My medication just doesn’t work anymore. I had a little bit of insomnia the first trimester, but now it is extreme and never-ending. I’m so tired and can’t deal with this for another 3 months without getting extremely sick or having clinical depression I’ve also dealt with return. Obviously I don’t want to hurt the baby, but has anyone else experienced stuff like this where they already take sleep medication and even that doesn’t work? Suggestions?

Ok so heres the deal, me and my girlfriend had sex last saturday, i wore a condom and everything and even pulled out as i came. I dont think there was anything with the condom because as i pulled it off there was a very tight suction (like it was air tight and hard to pull off), but anyways less than four days later she started throwing up and feeling nausea, and now she has me all worried cause shes been feeling sick ever since that fourth day, we took a pregnancy test about 2 days ago and the results came back negative, this was the first time that we ever had sex and she was a virgin. im a little concerned because she says one second that she thinks shes pregnant and then another second shes not. she says shes feeling nauseous all day long. She was taking medication for depression and anxiety but she stopped almost right after she had sex because “if she was pregnant” she didnt want to hurt anything. its now been 8 days and she still feels sick from the fourth day. Does anyone think its way too soon for her to be showing signs that she is pregnant? Im really concerned and on edge. Shes do for her period within the next few days but im just stressin out.

I would really love to have a child in my near future, but I have some issue’s that I fear may cause me some complications…I suffer from anxiety/panic attacks, depression, & hypochondria. I take medication for anxiety/depression, & go to counseling for it as well, along with my hypochondria. My blood pressure tends to go up when I’m under stress, so this is also another issue I’m concerned about…Like I said, I’d really love to have my own child, but do you think all of this would be too much for me to handle? (mentally)…I don’t really have that much trouble with depression, & here lately I’ve been doing pretty good with my anxiety/panic attacks, but I fear ANY type of problem during my pregnancy may trigger it, or make my depression worse…..Any good advice?.

I’ll be honest here. I’ve suffered with depression on and off for over 10 years. I have been on medication up to 4 years ago. During the last 4 years, i’ve felt relief from depression and haven’t worried about it.
Now, i’m 9 weeks along and it started before becoming pregnant.. I know where it’s coming from. Since you don’t know me, I can be 100% honest. Its work: when I’m at work, thinking about work I’d rather die then face it. I have a WONDERFUL life outside of work. Before I found out I was expecting I was looking for something better. I’m so excited for the baby and my husbands and i’s start of a family!
I can promise you, I would NEVER kill myself, its just how horrible I’m feeling about it…..(when i was at my worse, I would have dying thoughts but I know I would never ever do that)
Anyways, is there any medication that a pregnant women can take for depression? Or prohaps what have you done with depression during pregnancy?
I have an appt with my doctor in 10 days (also get to see the baby on the ultrasound!!) so I do plan on talking to him about it.
Thank you

I’m miserable day in and day out. I cry or want to cry all of the time. My ob is my family doctor who has been my doctor throughout the year and a half since I have had anxiety but I get too scared to say anything to her. I got off my medication early on and was put back on in my 2nd trimester due to losing weight which was caused by not eating properly. I don’t do anything all day but lie in bed or on the recliner and watch tv but I’m starting to realize that if I dont deal with this soon.. Its going to be impossible to care for a newborn. What do I do? Again, I haven’t talked to my doctor because every appointment I chicken out. Thanks for all your answers.

I’m 35w1d pregnant by the way and so miserable.
I know it sounds crazy and what not but I know the difference and its not my hormones I have an anxiety disorder and when not on medication it turns into depression, I’ve experienced hormones and anxiety during pregnancy and I can tell the difference.
Yes I am on medication. I was taking Lorazepam 3x daily at 1mg each time. So 3mg a day. I know take .5mg twice daily and it does nothing for me. Its hard for me to do anything including showering (I have most anxiety attacks in the shower). I just don’t know what to do I wish I could just have her now, like I was 40 weeks but I’m not.

I am 22 weeks pregnant and all of the sudden i am out of breath, it started with little shortness of breath and now its so often and bad, if i am talking to my husband i am out of breath, if i am laughing i am out of breath. I am always having these body aches, i cant even sleep anymore because my sides hurts bad at night time, i didnt experience this in my first pregnancy and now my back is so bad where i cant sit without some kinda support like a big and soft pillow on my back. I had post partum depression after my first pregnancy and now my OB thinks i may have depression again because all my blood work was good and now she would like me to be on medication for depression. My question is am i the only one this miserable during my pregnancy? or did any of you had the same problem.

I have been recently prescribed lilly-fluoxetine for my depression and anxiety attacks, how would the dose or medication affect my baby? I am currently 5 months pregnant. The dr that prescribed the medication says that i will not harm the baby, how trusting can i be of that comment?

Here is the problem, I am 36 weeks pregnant and up til recently I have been very excited about having a baby but that seems to be changing. Recently I have been having feelings of regret over the pregnancy, and sometimes I feel like I don’t want my baby at all. I know that sounds horrible to say and believe me, I don’t want to be feeling like this, I just can’t seem to help it. I have told my doctor about it and he thought it was just pregnancy related depression so he put me on medication about a month ago. I still haven’t noticed a difference though and I am worrying that it will get worse after the baby is born. The last thing I would ever want to do is take my feelings out on my baby. Has anyone out there ever had similar feelings? And if so, did they get worse or better after the baby?

I am 2 months late, but I took 4 over the counter test and they all came out negitive.
I’m on prozac for depression,xanix and seroquil for sleep, and on hyperthyroid medication. Can the meds affect the pregnanct test?
Thanks!