OT:Mood Swings?

[DisneyMommyMichelle]

hello! i am 18 weeks preganant and am irritated by EVERY one and EVERY thing! it is crazy. no matter what someone says it's the wrong thing and no matter what someone does, it's not right!

What is wrong with me??? i feel bad about it, but sometimes i would just rather be alone...is this normal? or do i need help? any and all advice would be welcome! thanks!!

 

[Brier Rose]

Sorry, I wish I had some some advice for you.

Just wanted to say I know how you feel. I was down right HATEFUL when I was pregnant!

Luckily everyone around me just learned to ignore me.

I would say make sure you talk to your OB about it to see if they can offer any suggestions.

Wish I could be more help.

 

[MATTERHORN]

FIrst and foremost, nothing is wrong with you!!! I go through this a lot while I am pregnant!!! I am 25 weeks with our third, and have been like this off and on this whole pregnancy. Granted I have alot more going on in my life this time, but still, it's hard with other children at home to take care of while going through phases like this. It is normal though, and what's funny is that my first two are girls and it wasn't nearly as bad as this time, and we just found out it's a boy!

Congratulations and this too shall pass!!!

Andrea

 

[KirstenB]

Both pregnancies, I was silent my entire 2nd trimester! The tiny part of my brain that was still rational knew that I couldn't control what would fly out of my mouth, so better not to speak. The good news is that I regained my moods and reasoning at about week 28-29 both times. I'm now 36 wks into this pregnancy, and totally back in my groove again. I hope you don't have 12 wks of moodiness, but it does pass. Best of luck.

 

[estherhead]

I just wanted to point you to parentsoup.com. There are message boards there that made me feel normal instead of a psycho when I was pregnant. EVERYTHING about you is going to change from here on out. All parts of your body, even your heart tilts to allow room for your growing tyke. And the hormones are different than normal ones, so that will effect your emotions and mental state. Finally, what pregnant mom does live terrified everyday that something will go wrong? "Normal" people don't live with that kind of fear.

The moms on those boards helped me tremendously.

 

[minkydog]

Totally normal and totally pregnant. It's the hormones that do you in. You'll probably start feeing a little better soon...then the third trimester kicks in. At least summer is almost over.

 

[DisneyMommyMichelle]

Wheeeww...thank you all! i was just so worried that something was wrong with me or the baby..i feel soo odd all the time! my next appt. is on the 15th and i do intend to mention it. It's just gotten so bad that i don't want to leave the house for fear of losing it in public! Thanks a lot, i really like hearing that this is normal!!