in need of some sanity-saving advice...

pinky32207

while i am mostly a lurker, i am now in need of advice on how to save my sanity...i am high-risk due to 1) incompetent cervix, 2) i am borderline gestational diabetic, 3) just found out i maybe pre-eclampsic to boot...can anything else go wrong?????? im already dealing with the fact that i just reached the point that i delivered my first son, which was at 32 weeks 3 days...hit 33 weeks today...(that alone is stressful enough for me)...how do i keep my sanity for the rest of this pregnancy without falling off the deep-end??? theres also other factors to my stress-levels...single mom of about to be 2, working part-time (all i could find), not even going to have a job when i go to deliver this baby (havent been at my job long enough to quailfy for maternity-leave, or FMLA)...and to top it ALL off, my car broke down last night while traveling on the highway on my way home from work...anybody have any advice on how to deal with all of this??? i feel so broken...

marisaluv1

I have the same dx as you, incompetent cervix and I've been diabetic since 05. I can tell you it's not easy living with that disease, not it's intensified being pregnant. I know what you're going through. I had my girl @ 26 weeks, and she stayed 4 months in the hospital. She's fine now, three years later. I wished I had listened to my body, I might have been able to stop the early delivery, but it was my first. Just listen to your body, If you feel anything wrong tell your doctor. Even if you feel you're bothering them, it's okay.

 Relax, take time to just be, and don't worry. I know it's hard, but I'm praying for you. And I felt horrible when I found out I was preg. We had no money to save, my husband had lost his job, and I couldn't eat anything for 2 months! I felt like the walking dead! But God saw us through. It feels like the world's collapsing, your hormones aren't helping you either. I would take time to do something for myself. And take it one day at a time, don't think too much into the future. Remember that little inside of you, just concentrate on him. It'll be okay! *big hugs*

kclynner

I really don't have any advise for you besides the fact that maybe try to find something that you can find calm in so your baby doesn't get stressed out too.  I just wanted to send some ((((HUGS)))) to you and hope things start looking up soon!

pinky32207

thank you ladies...ive been trying to listen to my body moreso this time around...its just with all these things that the drs keep adding onto my IC, its just so unreal...and the whole car thing...wow...

 but i have taken my crocheting back up, and it seems to be keeping me centered, and kinda helps me de-stress...(THANK GOD!!!!)...i guess when it rains, it pours...and it sucks when it does