Mental Health Check in Week of 5/15

Jens_Hoes · May 2017

How goes it?

kat81 · May 2017

I'm feeling better now but I totally left a whiny, wordy comment in the overdue thread about, well, being overdue, basically, while I was having insomnia. Waiting is hard! Uncertainty is hard.

Jens_Hoes · May 2017

@kat81 I'm not even close to overdue (38 + 2) and I'm antsy!

kat81 · May 2017

Jens_Hoes said:

@kat81 I'm not even close to overdue (38 + 2) and I'm antsy!

My advice is to remind yourself that babies that are fully cooked tend to do a lot better. That's what I tell myself now because I had one that was 4 days early and one that was 4 days late. I'm not sure if the timing was the difference versus other factors, but the one that was in a week longer was a pound bigger and nursed like a champ. The one that was smaller and early had SO much trouble nursing. Took longer to sleep through the night (we also had to wake him to feed him) and we needed daily weigh-ins.

jayandaplus · May 2017

@kat81 That's good information, thanks for sharing. It's helpful to keep perspective like that.

BabyMC517 · May 2017

@kat81 my dr told me that too! She said bigger babies eat better and sleep through the night faster...

OmegaRose3 · May 2017

DH has been under a lot of stress lately and has been in a bit of a funk because BIL has been harassing him about getting into contact w/ MIL's estranged husband who was very abusive to them and MIL. DH has such a strained relationship w/ his family and has tried to express that he has no interest in contacting MIL's H. Well it all built up on Sunday and he completely lost his shit and I got the brunt of it. Probably one of the crappiest Mother's days I've had since the first holiday after my first pregnancy that ended in a M/C. Anyways, I just feel completely down and hurt and exhausted with everything and it feels good to just type this out.

vrj0522 · May 2017

@OmegaRose3 - I am so sorry that happened! Completely unfair! Hopefully your H realizes soon what he did was unfair to you and apologizes.

jayandaplus · May 2017

@OmegaRose3 I'm so sorry that happened. DH, no matter his pain, has no right to take it out on you. Especially on Mother's Day! Tons of hugs, hun. Have you talked to him about it? Hang in there.

kns1988 · May 2017

@OmegaRose3, I'm sorry your DH ruined the day for you. I hope that the rest of the week is going better. How are you doing now?

OmegaRose3 · May 2017

@vrj0522 @jayandaplus @kns1988 We ended up having a talk about all of it and how I'm not his punching bag and it's not right to act that way even if he is dealing with a lot. I'd be lying if I said I wasn't still feeling a bit sore about the whole deal. I know he's sorry and even though he's said it, he knows actions mean a lot more to me. He fixed the blinds that he broke and he said that he's going to make up for Mother's day so we'll see how it all goes. As much as I love him, it's really hard to know how to feel about all of it after having been with him for 5 years and seeing him behave that way for the first and hopefully last time.
Thank you guys so much for the support! It feels good to have a place to just write it out and try to sort my thoughts. I'm hoping this week will get going a bit more smoothly.

jayandaplus · May 2017

Glad you talked @OmegaRose3. I hope it doesn't happen again. I hope time heals this wound.

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