Pre-partum depression

By Luzer - 18/09/2022 00:30 - Italy

Today, it’s been four and a half months that my wife is pregnant. It’s been a long and hard process, but we made it. Now she says she hates it, she can’t stop thinking about how her life, body, and identity got ruined, and how she wishes she was dead. I'm a simple man. I was happy. FML
I agree, your life sucks 1 410
You deserved it 242

Same thing different taste

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sounds like your wife's hormonal issues maybe causing depression and she will most likely have postpartum time to talk to a specialist and get help

Wait until the baby comes. Your sanity and finances will be ruined, too! Yay!

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Wait until the baby comes. Your sanity and finances will be ruined, too! Yay!

There are pregnancy crisis counselors, find one.

Sometimes the reality doesn’t match your expectations. That’s not really anybody’s fault, it just sucks for everybody. Try to support her as much as possible anyway, and maybe consider consulting a pregnancy crisis counselor. You can’t change what happened, but you can change how you handle it going forward.

sounds like your wife's hormonal issues maybe causing depression and she will most likely have postpartum time to talk to a specialist and get help

Get your wife help and stop making it about you.

polquidot 1

tell her that she is a hero for doing what she does. she should feel good about herself. say how much ur family means to you and that no matter how hard it gets or how scared you are, the person you are deserve greatness. just help her out during this

tiptoppc 19

I’m definitely on board with several others. My wife has experienced this as well when we lost our kids-to-be, and it sucks. But try to encourage your wife to at least a telehealth counselor as she needs some help. It’s ok to ask for help, and let her know that. She may not be able to be put on meds (wouldn’t recommend while pregnant) but my mom even told me she freaked out while pregnant as hormones upset everything and she collapsed in a ball crying. It doesn’t take a delivery for those symptoms to hit, and as a person who has had crippling depression, it can feel lonely and painful, even when surrounded by your best of friends and family. Get to this before it gets worse! You can potentially lose both, and then you’ll have wished you did something before that happened!