Prenatal depression??

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I’m 11 weeks pregnant with my 2nd child and feel really low. Didn’t feel this way at all with my 1st pregnancy which was unplanned. This pregnancy was planned and waited for for over a year and now it’s finally happened I don’t understand why I’m not more excited. I think some of it is the difficulty of dealing with 1st trimester symptoms whilst caring for a toddler and the fear of not being able to cope with two when the baby comes along (all being well). I found the young baby stage very difficult and can’t imagine how you do it with a toddler as well. Anyone feel the same? I’m really hoping this’ll pass when the rest of my 1st trimester symptoms do 🤞🤞

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I feel that way sometimes. It's all the   unknown of the future. I have an 8 year old who has mild autism and ADHD and sometimes he stresses me out I get down thinking how the hell am I going to do this with a newborn!

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I’m in the exact same boat.  My daughter is 13 months and I’m 14 weeks pregnant with our second.  
I’ve been so sick and exhausted while taking care of a very active tot.  It’s been so hard that it’s got me terrified for when the baby gets here.  How am I going to do this?

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I think for a lot of people it passes, but I would mention it to your doctor. I had it really bad and without getting descriptive, I was in a very scary place. If you have depression during pregnancy, your chances of postpartum depression are increased. Hopedully it is minor and passes soon, hormones are a tricky thing sometimes. Best of luck.

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Thank you so much for all your comments. I’ve found them really helpful.

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I have a 13 month old and am almost 12 weeks with #2. I've been feeling really down as well and have been wondering the same thing. It's really tough to tell what's going on because I feel so crappy. There's not much time to think about it with wrangling the baby though. Hoping that we all feel better soon.

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I seriously was down and depressed my whole first trimester ( I thought I was hiding it well enough but my poor husband was really worried, he just recently told me). I was a lot more sick and basically had to stay home near to my toilet for the whole trimester. Plus all of the symptoms with a toddler are just overwhelming. I am now 14 weeks and it is a lot better!
I talk to my doctor about it before it started to get better and she said if I wasn't feeling a bit more chipper by 16 weeks that we would talk about it more. I think the pregnancy hormones just really hit me hard this pregnancy. 
Hang in there! I hope it gets better with the second trimester for you <3

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Yup I felt that way with my second and I have those feelings now with my third. Although I'm not depressed I do have my low days where I feel like I'm not taking care of my toddlers very well because I'm so sick those days or super exhausted. 
I know with my second the feeling passed around 20 weeks. I'm hoping this time these feelings pass sooner and that I can start feeling better so my kids get my undivided attention instead of the toilet or trash can. 
You are not alone though, it's a very normal feeling to feel overwhelmed when going from one to two kids. 
Antepartum depression is a thing though and can lead to post partum depression.

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It shall pass. I was feeling the same. I had a super easy pregnancy with my first. This time I’ve had every symptom and side effect of pregnancy lol. That’s why I’m pretty sure it’s a boy for me. I’m almost 13 weeks now and I’m mostly fatigued and low appetite. My depression and anxiety is gone and sickness.

Prenatal depression??

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