Everyone always talks about postnatal depression, and ways to help manage it, but it doesn't seem like anyone talk about it during pregnancy. Specifically during the third trimester.

I was diagnosed with depression about 5 years ago, but the doctor suspected that I'd had it for a few years prior to my diagnosis. I was warned about it being a trigger for postnatal depression when I was pregnant with my Son 4 years ago, but it never did. This time round I was, of course, asked about my mental health. And as I'd been able to get by the last 4 1/2 years unmedicated for it, I was once again warned that it could be a trigger for postnatal depression. What I wasn't prepared for was for it to get worse during my pregnancy. No one ever warned me about that.

My first trimester sucked. I was constantly feeling sick, and had no energy.

My second trimester wasn't much better. I still got nausea, but not as bad. I still had little energy, but enough to get me through the day. But then came the dizzy spells, and nearly passing out while shopping. I found ways to manage that, and although it didn't completely stop, it did get better.

My third trimester, everything that had worked before stopped working. And then I hit 31(?) weeks. And my depression hit bad. And it's steadily got worse over the last few weeks. Everything I do just isn't good enough. Everything takes so much energy that I have to have so many breaks, just doing one job. I don't know how I'm meant to keep doing this for another month or so... I've cried so much this last week and I'm not sure I can keep up. My partner and Son have been amazing, but there's only so much they can do, and it only makes me feel worse that I'm not doing anything. I just want to give up, but I can't...