Why My Pregnant Self is Crying 6/2

DuchessOfCambridge · June 2017

hippiestinkmom · June 2017

Listening to Studio Ghibli music earlier. Don't know why it made me cry, it just did!

ArtificialRed · June 2017

I'm crying because parenting is hard. Sometimes I have to be "mean" because it's what's best for him.

BayCamp · June 2017

Poop in the tub. But really just all of today. It's all sucked and I still have to work 6p-1a with a happy customer service face.

NYTino24 · June 2017

I lost an important envelope somewhere in the house and spent hours recycling a 10 gallon garbage bin worth of mail, cards, invitations, and magazines trying to find it. I cried to DH because I was frustrated and embarrassed we had so much of it in different rooms. Being pregnant 6/8 months with two pregnancies really wiped me out and I let it get bad. I feel better now, but didn't find it. Now I'm worried I somehow recycled it.

angbaby83 · June 2017

@BayCamp customer service is so hard when you're having a rough day. Hope it goes fast for you and tomorrow is better.
@NYTino24 that junk tends to pile up fast. That sucks that you didn't find it.
I'm crying because of this whole losing my job situation. I was handling it but I don't stand a chance when everyone is crying around me. Let's be honest though I was a crier before pregnancy hormones.

bannaners · June 2017

My coworker took my shift today and I started bawling on the phone thanking her lol so hormonal and feeling crummy for so long has got me down. She told me she had been thinking of me all day cause she knew the past few weeks have been rough and when I texted her to see if she could stay a bit to cover part of my shift she wanted to offer to take the whole thing.

Airynn Chica · June 2017

Sitting here bawling hysterically watching Pete and the Dragon. I mean really?????

c+mpeachey · June 2017

I am breathing and therefore i am crying. All i seem to do atm is cry.

DuchessOfCambridge · June 2017

I'm just emotional today for some reason and got upset about the caffeine I had and DH was talking to me and I started crying. He was alarmed and asked what was wrong and I just said I DONT KNOW IM JUST SAD TODAY. Sooo there's that.

ineedsixeggs · June 2017

I'm all in my feels today too. My SIL is having a great recovery and sent a pic of her and her little 4 day old heading to church today. Rather than just feel happy for her like a normal person, I started crying because things weren't like that for me. And then I cried more because I was mad at myself for being so selfish.

DuchessOfCambridge · June 2017

@ooodalollly I haven't experienced it yet but I am already anticipating feeling that way. My friend is having an amazing recovery and an easy time breastfeeding and looks great, which everyone keeps talking about. I'm not at all resentful towards her for it, I think I'm just putting unnecessary pressure on myself to be the same. Luckily by the time my baby is born hers will be 6 months old and no one else I know is giving birth around that time so I am hoping I won't compare myself then.

ineedsixeggs · June 2017

@DuchessOfCambridge That's exactly it. And logically you know you're being silly but you can't make it stop. Hopefully everything goes great for you and you just won't have to worry about it. But if you end up having a harder time I hope you are able to be much better than me at not holding it against yourself.

ariasbabyblog · June 2017

DH and I are trying to severely clean out the house and garage and whatnot before our summer renovation starts and I threw out a ballerina poster that I have had and been carrying around since I was 5. Sometimes it is hard to let go of the physical image of your dreams. I was old and battered and I would probably never put it up again, but I loved it.

DuchessOfCambridge · June 2017

@ooodalollly we'll see how it goes considering I started crying over caffeine today

kaitlinliz · June 2017

DH and I work opposite shifts so we don't see each other during the week. We spent Mother's Day together but the weekend after I was out of the state visiting a friend and newborn, he had to work, I was upset and asked if he missed me, he said he enjoyed having the bed to himself - I cried. The following weekend (my birthday!) He decided to go for a guy's weekend with his brother....and didn't come home til 6pm on my birthday......I cried. A lot. He used to be active duty in the AF, he joined the reserves and had his first weekend this weekend. He came home at 630 tonight. I cried a lot this weekend too from not seeing him. These hormones make me the biggest cry baby lately....my birthday pissed me off, but the rest is just ridiculous. Hopefully next weekend we actually get to see each other.

BayCamp · June 2017

@DuchessOfCambridge don't beat yourself up over the caffeine!! I have some every day, I quit through first tri with DS but started again second tri and he's fine lol, but really, there is no harm in moderation!

Also, some days it's ok to be sad.

@ooodalollly I feel that way when I see people having super involved partners postpartum. I get irrationally irritated because we had a really hard time marriage-wise during that time. Things are better now, but I guess I still feel a little bitter about it.

DuchessOfCambridge · June 2017

Potential TW

My friend was trying to warn me about PPD by telling me how her friends wife has it really bad at 5.5 mo pp. She apparently went from normal happy person to extremely anti vax and saying their marriage is over and she and the baby will live in a bubble. She's also suicidal and the help she's getting isn't working and she's against taking meds.

Like, warnings are good but way to give me an extreme example. Now I'm just so sad for that family.

angbaby83 · June 2017

*tw*
I cried today because my husband's friend announced his wife is having a baby in December. She had a miscarriage back in August and was really sweet and reached out to me after my mc even though we aren't super close. It is so wonderful that we now get to have shared joy instead of sadness.

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NYTino24 · June 2017

@angkay711 Sorry about your job. It's great that you are happy for his friend's wife, though!

angbaby83 · June 2017

@NYTino24 thanks. It is definitely sucky timing. I have a job interview on Friday so hoping for the best.

ArtificialRed · June 2017

It was only my pride and mascara that kept me from crying during Wonder Woman. Annnndd while talking about it afterwards.

av2323 · June 2017

I don't know why but I have been so insecure and jealous lately. I'm wondering if it is a side effect of the Makena injections I started taking last week. DH and I have a female coworker at work that also plays Xbox. She knows he has been playing a certain game and is looking for someone to play with. I know it is innocent and I trust both of them to my core. Last night I cried and cried about the thought of them playing together. Then I cried and cried about how irrational I was being. I don't like feeling like this. I have never been a jealous person. We both have numerous friends of the opposite sex and it has never been an issue. But I can't quit crying. It's nuts.

hippiestinkmom · June 2017

Pray for me. Test is tomorrow and I'm totally doomed.

DuchessOfCambridge · June 2017

This is political so I've put it in a spoiler.

I've been crying all day after watching this when I woke up. I recommend proceeding with caution. It's incredibly moving but all the feels, guys.

hippiestinkmom · June 2017

Feeling better after having studied for about an hour, crying for thirty minutes, and then studying another three (?) hours. A bit more confident. Hopefully I do okay these next two days because I'm freaking out.

mariposa_767s · June 2017

I cried to SO earlier because I feel fat and much larger than I should be and I still have a while to go. He chuckled a little and told me I'm growing a baby which is a miraculous thing he's jealous of. Then I cried even more because hormones. I know he thinks it's beautiful, but I'm feeling like I look 6-7 months pregnant already and I swear there's no space for new stretch marks. So...my shallow and self conscious self is crying. I worked so hard to lose weight before getting pg and now my hips are right back out to where they were and I look like I'm smuggling a bowling ball.

angbaby83 · June 2017

@mariposa_767s I have been struggling with similar feelings. My husband tries to comfort me and I think sometimes it makes it worse. We are doing a wonderful and amazing thing but it doesnt always feel amazing. Just want you to know you aren't alone.

NYTino24 · June 2017

I cried because I should be meeting my first baby in 10 weeks. I'm grateful for this one and will love it with all my heart, but knowing that upcoming DD is nearing really upset me today.

BayCamp · June 2017

@NYTino24 big hugs! I can't imagine how difficult that must be with the conflicting emotions.

angbaby83 · June 2017

@NYTino24 sending you lots of hugs.

irishfrisky · June 2017

Because I can't settle on a paint color for the nursery and whatever I pick will be wrong and her life will be ruined. I mean REALLY self?

DuchessOfCambridge · June 2017

@NYTino24 so many hugs and all the support you need on that day and those leading up to it.

britduhr · June 2017

Went to see Wonder Woman and cried during the big fight scene in the beginning. So. Much. Girl. Power.

Wait also want to add: I cry during sad commercials, I cried watching an episode of fixer upper, I cried when I heard we were exiting the Paris Agreement, and I just cried watching a nine year old girl sing on America's Got Talent. THIS IS WHO I AM NOW.

liz4382 · June 2017

@britduhr I saw that today, too! Didn't cry but was silently cheering for her the whole time. I loved how she just did what she wanted no matter what anyone said. Did you know Gal Gadot was pregnant during filming?