Im 23 weeks. We found out last Thursday something was not right with baby girl. So far she has hypoplastic left heart and cleft lip. Maybe small growth. But the hardest piece of news is yet to come: we're supposed to get some answers (hopefully) on the chromosomal cause this Friday. Obviously, I'm a basket case. Not eating right, not taking care of the house or myself. It's all I can do to keep up with my 3 yr old twins. Not many family or friends know yet, especially not specifics, because we'd just rather wait til we find out before answering everyone's questions.
My question for y'all is: any ideas on how to make it through this week? I can't come up with any dinner ideas, not up for going to the store, we're running out of clean clothes....I know I need to get it together for my family but any tips on how y'all got through the long wait for a diagnosis would be so helpful. For some reason dinner is especially hard bc i know i need to feed my family but im not hungry and cant come up with ideas or things that i feel like putting effort into making. Thank you.
Re: Help while waiting for diagnosis
"Fake it, 'till you make it.". Is the best during times like these. Consume yourself in your kids and set small goals. Like today say, "This morning I will do 1 load of laundry."
Then, build momentum the next today, like, "okay, today I will do one load and take a morning shower.". If you find yourself only handling 1 task , then do that one.
Take 1 day at a time.