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Originally Posted by kbee1981
I am about 24 weeks pregnant, and it seems like lately all I've been feeling is overwhelmed and depressed. I'm excited to have another baby (this is #3), but right now all I can think about it how I don't feel like we have everything ready and my body is going through changes that are hard to handle while taking care of 2 other kids and a house. My husband tries to be supportive, but most of the time I just end up getting angry with him because I feel like he's either too busy to help or he just doesn't understand.
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I can completely empathize with you. I have a 2 year old, 10 and 8. My third pregnancy was the hardest. Although my kids were not babies during the pregnancy, it was hard to handle all the things around me. I was depressed most of the time and felt very similar to how you feel. I found very little comfort when people would tell me to cheer up, that I was a walking miracle. But it's difficult to think that when it's not planned and you're already stressed. I have no words on encouragement I can offer you other than hang in there and have a sit down with the hub. My hubby was incredibly supportive when I was pregnant. Also, don't be too hard on yourself. It's ok if your house isn't perfect all the time, it's ok to sit down, relax and enjoy your other two children right now. I think the only thing that made me feel better was spending time with them - I had to cause I didn't want them to feel neglected when the baby came, so I took this time to enjoy them as much as I could.