Yes, it really gets to me in the 2nd half of my pregnancies.
I stop watching tv news and only sometimes check in on internet news - that way I can keep up to date (ish) but also have more choice in deciding if I want to click on what the headline is about or not, rather than with tv it just being blurted out.
There are certain ads I cant watch on tv when I am pregnanct either, or they just keep traumatising me - so I keep the sound off or flick channels when ads are on.
Oh, and I stop reading the papers too.
Those are my coping ways - I wish I started earlier with this pregnancy though, I was so upset for weeks about that flat in Sydney where the couple fell from the balcony.
I've been extremely emotional lately so I virtually cry over anything but I do remember when I first got my BFP Jane McGrath died shortly after and that in particular had me in tears every time I saw it on the news. I was watching the trailer to the Marley & Me movie on you tube last weekend and when DH walked in the room I was a mess (I'm a real animal lover & if you've read the book you will be able to relate to my insanity) and he'd thought something was really wrong. I just let the tears flow when they want to, I'm not good at holding it in it just makes me worse.
Yep same here! Last time I was pregnant a horse had to be put down after breaking down during the running of the Melbourne Cup - I cried for weeks after whenever I thought about the poor horse
Yep, I used to be a news junkie but I avoid anything to do with harm to children, famines and hey, I even have to turn over these days if I'm watching a wildlife program and a bear cub has got separated from Mummy Bear.
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