Prenatal depression?

Any tips for dealing with prenatal depression? I’m 34 weeks pregnant and live alone with my husband. During the pandemic, sometimes it feels really stressful to handle work, housework, husband and other things going on. I’m just really afraid that once bby is out, I would not be able to handle everything and will breakdown and have postpartum depression. It has been okay for the past few months in my pregnancy but during these last few weeks, I have been feeling tearful, nervous and anxious and having arguments with husband (on top of the back aches and swollen feet of course) Any tips to feel better? 💕

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Did you sit down and talk to your husband about how you have been feeling? If no, I suggest you to do it. Firstly, your husband won’t know what you are thinking and all the assumptions will start kicking in this leading to arguments. Secondly talk it out and you will feel better and just by conversation, you will realise there are a lot of matters can be resolved just by talking to your partner. Ultimately a second brain is always clearer of the whole situation and alas he might even offer his help on certain things the next moment without you asking. Remember never ever keep unhappiness inside yourself especially when you are pregnant. Husband, no matter how much they love their wife, will never understand how a pregnant woman feels and experience. The more you let it pile up inside the more arguments there will be the more unhappiness you and your husband will feel and this will lead to your depression and also unhappy marriage. Always communicate - the key word other than trust in marriage. Postpartum depression is super scary, which I nearly fell for it. After giving birth, hormones changes again, this moment you can be happy but the next moment something minor happen you will feel damn sad and somehow you will find yourself in tears. My husband finds it weird too and when he talked to his mum then he realise it’s common and dangerous too. That’s when he started to try to probe me to say out my feelings and once I say it out, I realise oh it’s just a small matter. It’s always at that point of time, he encourages me that everything will going to be fine. Having a supportive husband is very important. So try to find a time and talk it out with your husband. 😊

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