Hi All,

I'm currently 8days overdue and feeling very down and miserable. Mentally I'm struggling (as well as physically). Everything is so much effort and so painful.

Ive been booked in for an induction on Thursday - a route I really don't want to take which is only adding to the stress as the days tick away.

As well as both needing to go for a covid test Tuesday and then having to self isolate making work arrangements difficult for my husband and again only adding to the stress.

I had an appointment last Thursday and she told me to remain calm and not to stress as it won't help etc also to enjoy these last few days with just my daughter. I've been really up and down since then. I'm finding it impossible to think of anything else but when and how will it end up happening. I feel guilty for my daughter as I can hardly run around playing and feel like I'm being a crap mom to her and that will only get worse in those first few weeks.

I'm also feeling like a bit of a failure. My daughter arrived at 37wks so I suppose I never expected to be in this situation and I feel like it's my fault in some way or there must be something wrong or something bad coming because why won't it happen on its own???

Sorry for the long rant. Just wanted some positivity and support. Feeling very lonely with it all xx