Question by scorpio: Is there any home remedies that work on prenatal depression?
I am 22 weeks pregnant and I constantly feel like crying. My BF, daddy to be, loves me very much, but I am in constant feeling that he doesn’t want anything to do with me or touch me. He swears its in my head but I can’t shake it. My children are preteens and very loving to me, so I think it is just me. But I need help through this because I don’t want to push anyone away. My kids and BF do get tired of my ups and downs as much as I do, but I can’t fix it. I just make it worse. I need help through it but the 1st time I mentioned it to my doc in the 1st trimester, he didn’t want to give me anything because I am having a high risk pregnancy. I went from a fulltime working mother living in my own home, with a great boyfriend not living with me to being an unemployed, expectant mother, girlfriend to loving boyfriend whom I’ve now moved in with due to job status and crazy exlandlord within the past 3 months. I always wanted to be a stay at home mom and I still do and I want this baby and a life with my boyfriend more than anything, so why in the world am I feeling so unhappy and lonely all the time????? I JUST CAN’T DEAL WITH IT!!!! UGH!!!!

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It’s been a week since I found out I was pregnant. Currently, it’s about 6 and a half weeks in. I feel sad and slightly apathetic about it at times. I think it may be early pregnancy depression, but I’m not sure. The fact that I am pregnant is not sinking in at all. My breasts are not sore at all, and I don’t feel any different. Occasionally I will have a stomach ache or get dizzy, but nothing else. I have this horrible fear that I’m not actually pregnant. Is this normal???? I have my first prenatal appointment in two weeks, and I am anxious and want it to get here already. I feel like something is not right. Help me understand this!!

Hi i’m a mother of 1 and about to have our second child (due date in a week) I’ve allways been a very happy stay at home mum and housewife but recently, over the last few weeks i’ve started to feel very depressed by my life, feeling like it’s going nowhere and i’m useless.
My husband works and i don’t have any friends close by so i spend everyday alone with my 3 year old and as much as i love her company i feel very lonely.
My husband doesn’t know how to react to this sudden change in my character and honestly neither do i.
Has anyone else felt this way? did it go away on it’s own? please give me advice on what to do i feel stuck in this life!!

I have been suffering the worst depression for the last month. Its to the point where its affecting my marriage and job. I go to the doctor next week for my next prenatal appointment. Can my doctor prescribe me anything for it? Is there anything safe? And is it normal to suffer from depression?
Thanks!!

i had a baby 11 days ago and ever since ive not been feeling myself i cry all te time even over the tinyest things i dont answer the phone or really talk to anyone this is my 4th child i had a few teas each time i had my other children but never to this point. is there anything i can do to make myself feel better?

drugs? I really don’t want to put any “drugs” in my system. If there’s a natural way, I’d rather do that. She also suggested that I start taking PreNatal vitamins? I have to go get blood drawn next week to see if I have this…even though I don’t know much about it?
I do have symptoms she said like fatigue, depression (occasionally), weight gain (only a few pounds though), I’m always cold, etc. and I think my grandmother has it too??
Any ideas? Thanks.

can u get over it without councelling? without medication?is there a magic cure? will it ever get better?

I won’t bore you with details except to say that life is agonizing right now and I’m not even halfway through my pregnancy. Things improve in the second trimester? Yeah, right.
It’s not worrying about my baby. It’s this feeling of indifference, depression and anxiety about my out of control feelings. I wish I were worrying about the baby but I feel trapped inside my own thoughts right now. I wanted this baby and now I don’t even know if I want to live.

Sara is a happy mother with a new baby. She was able to have a natural childbirth, at home with a midwife assisting. With no anesthesia dulling her experience she was able to fully bond with her little girl right away. She recovered quickly from her birth, and was able to delight in her precious addition to the family. Her first childbirth was a vastly different story, however. She had been induced into labor with drugs by her physician. The labor had been long and arduous and she had lost a lot of blood.

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