World anxiety
With everything going on in the world right now and seeing the news, does anyone else genuinely worry if the country / world is going to be safe for your child to grow up in? I feel a constant sense of impending doom and anxiety.
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yes i do. i worried about it a lot before i even had my daughter and its why i was on the fence about having children at all and its just getting worse :(
I think sometimes it's like ah no what are we going to die from first, AI global warming, nuclear.... and then on the flip side I'm like some people grew up in ww1 and then ww2 and survived. Maybe every generation has their own challenges and life has a way of carrying on.
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World anxiety
With everything going on in the world right now and seeing the news, does anyone else genuinely worry if the country / world is going to be safe for your child to grow up in? I feel a constant sense of impending doom and anxiety.
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Confession
So we’re really tight on money and will be for the next year per our budget. Anything extra is going to our huge debt. After 1 yr things should loosen up a little.
Recently I’ve been feeling down about my extra weight. I don’t hold it well. Some women can have extra weight and it sits so beautifully on them, accentuating curves. Me? I have a double chin and my belly is so big even though I’m only ~35 lbs overweight! Only a bit of that has gone to my womanly curves. I have Humpty Dumpty genes. 😩 I’ve been wanting to start losing weight but am holding off as my baby girl is still breastfeeding and I have supply issues. I want to have as much as I can for her until she’s ready to stop.
I haven’t bothered with makeup for quite a while as I just didn’t have the time for it. I used to be super into skincare too. Recently I’ve splurged on a basic skincare routine (serum and moisturizer for night and an spf for mornings) and better shampoo/conditioner since the cheap stuff has made my hair so oily… and that has led to a bigger splurge on this nice eyeliner and lip stain. It was on sale at by 2 get one free 🤦♀️. I’ve hidden these purchases from my husband because I feel so guilty. I’m normally really good about our budget and might color outside the lines for the kiddos once in a while but justa little and never for myself. I also didn’t need new booties ($33) “for my Halloween costume”. 🫣 probably close to $200 all said and done, which is what we did for their birthdays, a special occasion.
I’m going to stop now and just pretend that I already had most of these things already, but I had to confess since it was weighing on me. It was pretty selfish of me. 🙋🏻♀️👺🙅🏻♀️🙇🏻♀️ he’ll probably figure me out eventually. He always does. I’m a terrible liar too. I know this is small fries to some of the issues other moms have but it wasn’t long ago we really didn’t know how we were going to pay for even food; we jumped through hoops to get to where we are now and resolved together to stay frugal for another year until we were in a better position. That’s why I’m so guilty. 😢 😩 probably I’ll end up confessing to him but I don’t have the courage yet.
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Pregnant Anxiety
Ever since I became pregnant, I’ve been extremely anxious and somewhat depressed. Has anyone else experienced this? I feel so alone in this pregnancy.
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Not as excited about second baby?
This is my second baby - my first is 17 months and so a complete whirlwind at the moment. He’s still a terrible sleeper and can be a handful but 90% lovely 😅
With my first we tried for years and from the moment we found out we were giddy with excitement. With the second we fell pregnant first try and I’m not feeling as excited… I’m 17 weeks.
I don’t know if it’s because I don’t have time to be excited as such as all my thoughts are with the toddler, or if it’s because I’m exhausted from the lack of sleep, or if the excitement will simply come especially when I start to get a bump etc. If I look to the future and think about the bond my children will hopefully have and the family trips etc then I’m excited, but I’m just not feeling excited right now to have a newborn added to the already exhausted state (we thought we would have to try for years again to conceive - not get lucky first time, hence why we started trying now)
Anybody else feel like this if on their second or more pregnancy?!
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2nd pregnancy.. Not nesting, not ready
Busy taking care of a toddler. Mainly focused on setting up childcare for when the new baby turns 1 year old. We don’t have a name picked out, no nursery, no car seat bought. Just feeling more relaxed this time, not sure if that’s good or bad haha
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prenatal
at how many weeks did yall start taking prenatals, i took it for one night and the next day i felt so horrible 😭😭😭 but i ended up buying the gummies im just scared to start them!!! help 😫🤦🏾♀️
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