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My wife and I found out a couple weeks ago that she is pregnant with our 2nd child. Even before we took the test I knew something was going on, she was acting very unusual. During the last pregnancy she had some mood swings early on, but nothing like this. Obvious depression, short windows of happiness followed by long periods of sadness, confusion, unpredictable behavior… even she says she doesn’t feel like herself.

From the beginning she has had bad morning sickness, except it lasted most of the day. I recently read about ginger and started giving her capsules of that, which seemed to help the nausea. The mental issues, however, don’t seem to get better for long.

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Is depression in the early stages of pregnancy normal? What about anxiety or not looking forward to it at all?
Any suggestions for coping?

I’m looking for advice from mature adults. Thanks.

I feel extremely lost and alone. I know in the rational part of my mind that I’m not alone, but I have these feelings and thoughts that are starting to worry me. I went to the ER last night and was diagnosed with hyperesemis. I can’t help but think that NOBODY has had a worst pregnancy than myself at JUST 6 WEEKS. I’m sad and I dont feel like I can function. I feel like I’m on the verge of losing my mind and if I do my husband will leave me…he has laughed and told me time and time again that he’ll never leave my side,. but I’m starting to feel alienated and this feeling like I’m not myself anymore. I don’t know what to do or how to get support since I am not on any health care system as of now. I have temporary medi-cal but I don’t know anything about it and I am getting scared for myself. please, some words of encouragement. I cant stop crying…I don’t feel like I’m ready for this baby, even though it’s all I wanted before I was pregnant. I suffered a miscarriage 6 months ago, and here I am. The pregnancy is healthy as far as I know. Before I had no pregnancy symptoms and now I have every symptom in the book. I’m alone and sad. help plz. it will be SO much appreciated.
Thank you diana…I read what you said over and over and I really appreciate it

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.

Wondering if its just me? Not depressed about having a baby, but depressed about things that never used to bother me untill now? Normal?

Most women wonder what will be the first early pregnancy sign that she will notice after conceiving. As opinions and experiences related to primary signs of pregnancy being extremely varying, most of the women seem to get confused how to check for those symptoms. Though many assume a missed period is the announcement of their pregnancy, but doctors contradict this assumption. A missed period can be an outcome of excessive stress, exhaustion, binging on work, improper diet and other health problems. As per medical professionals, expecting mothers must wait for and rely on other possible signs of pregnancy as well besides waiting for an overdue period. Moreover, a missed period is expected to surface after a month of conceiving. Nonetheless, your body starts sending signals from a few days onwards after fertilization, therefore, look for those symptoms to detect your pregnancy as soon as possible.

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I still have doubt about not getting pregnant. I had unprotected sex the other night, knowing that I was on birth control. Afterwards, I was in unimaginable pain and remembered: I ran out of my birth control a week prior. At first, I thought it wasn’t even sex because I couldn’t really feel him go in all the way. I found out the next morning that I had a tampon in, stuck way in, so far that before intercourse I couldn’t find it so assumed there wasn’t one in. But I went to the doctor yesterday and got a pelvic exam because of my pain. He said everything looked healthy but that there was a lot of sperm left over and that I should take the morning after pill. My mom said if I didn’t take it then I would have to find somewhere else to live becaus she couldn’t take care of a baby. Of course I wanted to take it, I DID NOT WANT TO GET PREGNANT. It took me a couple hours to take it for reasons unknown. But finally I took it and now, this morning, I feel terrible guilt: I told the boy I was on birth control, stupidly forgetting I was out, I probably waited too long to take the pill. He won’t talk to me ever since I told him about the birth control deal. Today, I’m starting high school. I went in august for the first few days but was then sent to a residential treatment facility for chemical dependency and depression. I discharged over winter break and now I HAVE to go today. I’m so numb so I’m not scared. But I haven’t felt this sick ever. I got up at four, took a shower (which hurt because it hurts to stand up period) and even getting dressed took so much energy out of me to where it was hard to breath. I’m sore. Very sore. Not just there, but everywhere. I know it’s too soon to take a pregnancy test but I just want to know if it’s possible to even try to take one today. I asked my doctor over and over and he told me that if I don’t get my period by the end of the month, he would test me. And the scariest thing is I was ovulating. I JUST WANT TO KNOW SO I CAN HAVE PEACE AT MIND.

i had my son 4 months ago today, about a week ago i started feeling extremely depressed. now is it possible to be having postpartum this late? this depression is just so random and nothing really brought it on. and if it’s pregnancy hormones (doubt it) i would have conceived on either the 10th or 11th (can’t remember which night the condom broke and i’ll ask my husband later) of this month so it seems WAY too soon to be experiencing “mood swings”. so is post partum depression possible this late after having a baby? it’s really effecting me. i can’t sleep, having trouble eating and sometimes i feel like i just can’t stand my son and that makes me feel even WORSE. i’ve also been feeling kind of nauseated right when i wake up. so postpartum depression???

Ive been feeling very depressed lately and Ive had a few pregnancy symptoms that started 3-4 weeks ago such as
dark brown discharge,
tingling sensation in nipples,
headaches,
very light period,
increased acid,
tiredness even though I sleep for ten hours or more and
also digestion problems.
but Ive taken two pregnancy tests that have come back negative in the past 2 weeks so Im not sure I even am. I just need advice/suggestions?