Antenatal depression?

I know there is postnatal depression, but is there antenatal depression too??? I am sooo exhausted, I'm emotional and I keep crying over nothing I've been like this for the last 5-6 weeks. It's gotten so bad I asked my midwife to refer me the maternal mental health people! They sent a really lovely nurse lady around to my house to talk to me and it helped me feel a little bit better I guess but not much. I've had problems with depression before and been on medication/seen counselors so I figured I should take the help that's available because I don't want to still be feeling this way once baby arrives, and whether it ends up being because of hormones or low iron or whatever else it could be, I don't want it to have any effect on me bonding with my daughter etc. Does anyone have any advice or is anyone else going through this too? Should I just hope it goes away?

Hey Smurfling. I suffer from depression and my MW is keeping a close eye on me. She has offered me referals to a mental health group if I need it.
I do have bad days, like today where I just feel fat, frumpy and useless. In fact for the first few weeks of my pregnancy I couldn't stand the sight of myself in the mirror, I looked like death warmed up and I hated it.
Don't count on it going away on it's own. Have you considerind going on anti-depressant medication? I am taking Fluoxitine. I have anaged to halve my dose since being preggy too but Fluox is the safest one to take while preggy.

It probably is just hormones running rampant on you but that doesn't mean you have to put up with it. Go seek some proper help.