I cant believe its been a year!!

[agnes_day]

what is a beta level? i have seen it referenced a couple times..i never got one

that aside...i have been feeling so depressed lately..i hate the hormone changes after having baby..blah.

how is everyone holding up?

 

[gpamela3499]

Postpartum depression can be so hard. I now know a little bit about hoe DH feels if does not get his medication. Try to stay as physically active as possible, get sun, and try to do something away from the baby for at least 1 hour may just you and one of the other kids(just your daughter or a boys day) just trust your hubby or grandparents to watch baby and bond with him. I wish I could be there to help you out.

 

[Livinzoo]

HCG is the pregnancy horomone. It is what is detected by a home pregnancy test. In early pregnancy they moniter the levels in blood to make sure it is viable.

 

[agnes_day]

yep, i am going to try that this weekend..unfortunately, my husband is working tons lately to make up for the past month so its just me and the kids here from 8-8 every day but sunday..blah.
thank you for the advice, i am going to try the sun thing, definitely.

 

[agnes_day]

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that is amazing..i wonder why i didnt get one in early pregnancy though.

 

[Robin'sBrood]

The pregnancy test you took detected HCG in your urine. As long as your pregnancy was progressing normally there is no reason for the docs to monitor your HCG levels. If they had suspected you might have been having a miscarriage, or it you had had fertility issues, then they would have been watching your levels.

 

[Robin'sBrood]

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I have been an emotional WRECK for the past two days. My DH did something that really hurt my feelings (he probably doesn't even realize) and it set off an avalanche of emotional extremes, from anger to uncontrollable crying to normal and back again. Feels like PPD... before I'm even PP.

 

[agnes_day]

aww

im so sorry! hopefully you will feel better before the big day!

 

[KellyHM]

Robin'sBrood :

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I have been an emotional WRECK for the past two days. My DH did something that really hurt my feelings (he probably doesn't even realize) and it set off an avalanche of emotional extremes, from anger to uncontrollable crying to normal and back again. Feels like PPD... before I'm even PP.

I feel you there. I'm still pregnant and feel like I have PPD. DH and I got into a fight a week or so ago, which is better now, but this past weekend I lost my dog. I have 4 dogs, but he was my baby...he was there for me all through college and vet school while I was lonely, even before DH and I lived together. We had company over and they let him out while the gate was open and he got hit by a car. He was already gone when I found him.

I've been crying constantly since Sunday and I don't feel like doing anything. Everything I look at or do reminds me of him, even feeding the other dogs. I don't know what to do with myself. I've been trying to make myself stay busy and keep my mind off it, but I can only do that for so long.

 

[agnes_day]

im so sorry!! that is so sad