Pregnancy Depression

I’ve been feeling really lonely since I’ve had so many symptoms all pregnancy, and now constant back pain, too. I feel disabled due to my big belly and my family just tells me to “stop complaining.”

I feel like I have no one to talk to and I have no motivation or energy to do much. I cry frequently and just feel so sad. Anyone else?

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I felt like this in the beginning of my pregnancy when I was so sick all the time. I couldn’t be near food, I could barely leave my apartment because the city smelled disgusting. I felt so trapped and ungrateful and cried all the time.

While it’s not completely reassuring, all I can say is it got better I certainly still cry and have different things I face now, but at the time it felt like one of the worst times in my life. Unfortunately it’s hard to make the symptoms go away but they will eventually get better, even though it doesn’t always seem like it. You are strong and will make it through

Yes definitely. Somedays I just want to cry and stay in bed all day. Sometimes I feel so lonely and depressed. The mood swings are kicking my butt. I try to lighten my mood up with a good movie, maybe snack at night. Play some tunes during the day and stretch my hips or dance even when I feel tired. Surprisingly it’s kinda fun and funny to wonder what the baby is felling/ thinking when I’m dancing 😂 also when I would shower I’d double wash my body with two different soaps, exfoliate my face, and scrub my feet with pumice. I’d then layer myself with my favorite lotion at the moment, oil and perfume combo. I’d put lotion and Vaseline on my feet and cover with socks. Don’t forget to butter and moisturize that face and belly! Self care is key! You’ll feel so much better. Take care of yourself bc you deserve it. You’re growing a baby! You got this mama ❤️

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facing eviction because of him.

my partner has anger issues. i’ve dealt with them and wanted to leave many times because of them (and infidelity). but i’ve given him chance after chance, thinking things will be different. after his blow ups he’ll apologize and i’ll think we came to a conclusion. but then he’ll rehash it, throwing everything out the window. he wants me to quit breastfeeding our 17 month old. so i’ve started the weaning process for him. what he proposed i follow was not working for us, so i told him and said im following a different schedule that will work better for me and our daughter and after a few fights he decided he was ok with that. but a few nights ago when i got home from work at 10pm, our daughter was in bed with him which is fine. but she woke up so i was breastfeeding her back to sleep so we could all just go to sleep. he freaked out. pulled her off my breast. started SCREAMING in my face telling me im harming her development and it’s bad for her. i told him its late, im tired, we can talk about this tomorrow. he refused. he started escalating it. turning the lights on, knocking shit off of our dresser, shattered a glass on the floor. throwing her toys. taking her from me and locking me out of the room. making a huge scene for HOURS! i said please she needs to go to sleep stop keeping her up because of this. and he said it’s my fault that she’s up because i want my baby back and won’t leave them be. he ordered me to clean up the mess he made. before he finally laid down in her room with her and got her to sleep at around 1am. the next day i received an email from our leasing office. they received noise complaints and realized my partner is living here while not on the lease. he has terrible credit and renter history so it had to be under my name only. they said he can’t live here and must find somewhere else to stay. that if they receive one more complaint or that he hasn’t left i’ll be evicted. now i’m in an impossible situation. he’s apologized and says he wants to make a plan to keep him from blowing up again and he’ll park is car elsewhere and not come in through the front door. but i don’t feel optimistic anymore. i feel like he’s going to fuck up again and then my name will be ruined. i don’t want to make him sleep somewhere else because i feel that will be hard for him, that and how will they know if he’s still there if he really does keep quiet and lay low? but part of me feels that they will find out. idk what to do. i need to reset my nervous system i feel like im in fight or flight permanently.

i’m currently on implant

been on pill two different ones tried implant for three months now constant bleeding was thinking of trying the coil as my last option or the injection but heard it causes weight gain and things like that when i’m trying to lose weight too what’s everyone’s opinions/experiences?

Food pouches

Stupid qu but going on holiday and getting Ella’s kitchen pouches to take - do they have to be heated up? The chicken ones etc say warm in hot water but if I was reheating chicken at home I would do in microwave/on hob until it was piping hot!

Job hunting

I’ve been looking for a remote job. So many companies are hiring but for some reason I can’t seem to land one. I have a bachelor and a master’s degree and I am so frustrated.. my 6 month’s maternity leave will end mid October and I am really nervous 😩.. please help 😩