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Feeling depressed w hard pregnancy

Knottie13770426Knottie13770426 member
in 3rd Trimester
I'm currently 30 wks. For the past 6 weeks I've had constant, extreme pain and dizziness. It was occasional before but practically every day now. My dizziness has caused me to black out and I've fallen down the stairs multiple times. My dizzy spells sometimes last hours and my pain immobilizes me. I've missed a lot of work and even at my high paced, high stress job I can barely do anything. My coworkers and boss have me feeling isolated because of this, like I'm the outcast in high school. Much of my friends and family I think don't know what to say to me so they don't say anything it seems. My Dr says sometimes these things just happen and tells me to rest which I can't do with my job. No tests have turned up anything and baby is perfectly fine. I feel no support from my dr or anyone else except my fiancé but he doesn't know how he can help and neither do I. I've never felt more depressed and isolated.
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Re: Feeling depressed w hard pregnancy

  • febmom4febmom4 member
    I'm so sorry you're going through this. I created a group on here called moms to be with anxiety and depression. Please join if you need support! Hugs!
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  • vpinevpine member
    If your Ob tells you to rest, can't he give you note to put you on bed rest already so you can stop working?
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  • Knottie13770426Knottie13770426 member
    She wants to take it day by day saying she doesn't "legally" have a reason to pull me out yet. That I don't understand. This is only making my work situation worse to the point I fear losing my job. In the past 3 weeks I've gone to work 4 days, 2 of which I went home early.
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  • bby2015bby2015 member
    My pregnancy has been really hard too and it's really hard for others to understand how debilitating my symptoms are. I think you need to be firm with your doctor and tell her/him that your anxiety at work due to your symptoms is a very valid reason for the doctor to provide you with a note for medical leave so that you can address the depression it is causing and rest as much as possible for babies sake. If they don't give you a note seek another doctors opinion.
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