motherofthree
07-21-2008, 03:55 PM
With both of my pregnancies I've always been a cryer - when I'm so happy my heart is bursting, or just too sad. When I was pregnant with Priya, I cried at that Applebee's commercial - the one where they're closing up and the hometown football team that just lost drives up in the bus, and they reopen just for them...
Anyway, here's what I'm wondering. I've been crying, crying, crying for the past several weeks. Nearly every day, several times a day. Always about Kavya. Is this my pregnancy hormones with an excuse? Did anyone else experience this? I don't feel like I'm going through a depression or anything - just the mere thought of her sends the tears rolling down my cheeks. I'm hoping it's just a function of the pregnancy, but I did hit that six-month mark that everyone warned me about, so is that possibly part of it?
My second question is about bad dreams. I'm having them. I've always had disturbing dreams while I've been pregnant, too. However, I've never had these traumatic dreams about my pregnancy. I have dreamed any manner of thing going wrong at the next ultrasound - nearly every night. I wake up exhausted. I realize that this is probably both a function of the pregnancy as well as my anxiety and fear that something will happen to this baby, too...but how much of this is normal? Have any of you had this problem? Does it taper off or go away? I think my dreams are actually making me MORE anxious!
Anyway, I thought maybe some of you that are going through another pregnancy after a loss (or have gone through one before) may have some sage advice or insight on these two things.
Anyway, here's what I'm wondering. I've been crying, crying, crying for the past several weeks. Nearly every day, several times a day. Always about Kavya. Is this my pregnancy hormones with an excuse? Did anyone else experience this? I don't feel like I'm going through a depression or anything - just the mere thought of her sends the tears rolling down my cheeks. I'm hoping it's just a function of the pregnancy, but I did hit that six-month mark that everyone warned me about, so is that possibly part of it?
My second question is about bad dreams. I'm having them. I've always had disturbing dreams while I've been pregnant, too. However, I've never had these traumatic dreams about my pregnancy. I have dreamed any manner of thing going wrong at the next ultrasound - nearly every night. I wake up exhausted. I realize that this is probably both a function of the pregnancy as well as my anxiety and fear that something will happen to this baby, too...but how much of this is normal? Have any of you had this problem? Does it taper off or go away? I think my dreams are actually making me MORE anxious!
Anyway, I thought maybe some of you that are going through another pregnancy after a loss (or have gone through one before) may have some sage advice or insight on these two things.