am about 8 weeks pregnant and am really depressed

Hi,

I'm sorry to hear you are feeling that way, A lot of it is completely normal, LOTS of hormonal changes go on when you are pregnant and I do not suffer from depression but still cried every day of my pregnancy! With any kind of depression though, when you are having 'bad' thoughts, you need to talk to a professional. Every problem has a solution, even the ones that seem sooo HUGE. There is absolutely no shame in putting your hand up and saying 'i need help'...admitting your darkest thoughts and fears to someone will not make them think you are crazy...just the opposite it...asking for help when you need it and putting your hand up to say.."hey I don't want to feel this way anymore.." is the sanest thing anyone can do. Please talk to someone today...if not your GP then find a help line to call...Not sure what country you are in but I know in Australia we have a range of organisations that people can call to speak to someone about depression...lifeline, beyond blue, black dog institute...maybe check your local services guide. Good luck, please reach out to someone...there is a solution..there always is xx

Hi,

I'm sorry to hear you are feeling that way, A lot of it is completely normal, LOTS of hormonal changes go on when you are pregnant and I do not suffer from depression but still cried every day of my pregnancy! With any kind of depression though, when you are having 'bad' thoughts, you need to talk to a professional. Every problem has a solution, even the ones that seem sooo HUGE. There is absolutely no shame in putting your hand up and saying 'i need help'...admitting your darkest thoughts and fears to someone will not make them think you are crazy...just the opposite it...asking for help when you need it and putting your hand up to say.."hey I don't want to feel this way anymore.." is the sanest thing anyone can do. Please talk to someone today...if not your GP then find a help line to call...Not sure what country you are in but I know in Australia we have a range of organisations that people can call to speak to someone about depression...lifeline, beyond blue, black dog institute...maybe check your local services guide. Good luck, please reach out to someone...there is a solution..there always is xx

Hey i know exactly how you are feeling. I had my depression start in 2006 and i was at my very lowest in life then me and my Fiance decided to look to the future and wanted a baby i fell pregnant straight away and we had our daughter in 2007. Now shes 4 and started junior school ive always wanted a brother or sister for her so the past 5/6 months i have been off the pill and times would come i thought i was pregnant but then came on my period which was a bomb shell. The past few weeks i had sore boobs so friday did a hpt and it was postive!! Best, best feeling in the world over the weekend was feeling quite sick and not eating much then monday i was upset as i had a thought that i wanted the baby gone and yesterday morning making my self anxious crying uncontrollably and i self harmed. Then by the afternoons i start to feel better saw a doc yesterday as i hurt myself and wanted to die so was given diazapam for my anxiety so this morning woke up early again then about 30 mins later i started to feel anxious so took a pill was feeling like killing myself telling my Fiance to go away leave me alone and let me end my life and i was very angry which isnt like me at all. Saw the doctor again who said its out of his hands and i was being passed to the crisis team, so my advice to you is talk to someone i find going for a walk with my Fiance helps me as im feeling like 'cause i got pregnant my hormones have messed with my depression and so i feel like if im not pregnant then i will be happy again but that isnt the answer, if i kill this baby then i could make myself sink even deeper into my depression 'cause the thought wont leave me that i killed it. But when i feel depressed that feels like the best thing to do and its so hard to snap out of it but i know that i want this baby its just a mixture of my hormones and depression.

It will get better, seriously, chin up and look to the future and remember how happy and exciting it was when you had your 1st child and when its out the amount of love will just fill you ok.

Hope your ok.

xxx