Question: Okay ladies, this is my first pregnancy and I feel like I'm griping all the time. I really am super happy and excited to be pregnant. We had been trying for about 6-7 months so we're very happy about it, but it's all new to me and I didn't realize how many issues I would face, the worrying about a healthy pregnancy, the smells getting to me, the back aches and nausea... Well finally, the nausea has let up and for the most part the sensitivity to smells, however my bladder now feels like it has a hole in it. I'm just now noticing that I have to pee ALL the time, and the backaches are starting to become an everyday occurance, but nothing is as bad as what's recently started happening to my emotional health. I feel like a freaking nutcase. I feel anxious and frustrated all the time, and I'm crying a lot. Then when I start crying I start throwing all this emotion at my dh and he gets all confused and defensive and then I start thinking that I'm driving him crazy and he's going to leave which makes it worse. (BTW, he loves me and has been very patient with me, he's not going to leave over it, that's just how irrational I can be) And I know the whole time that it's stupid and I'm being silly but at the time it just feels like the most important, pressing issue of my life and it has to be dealt with. Afterwards I always feel like a jack-a. HELP ME! Am I going insane, do I need to talk to my dr about it, or is this really all normal. I know they say that they hormones and just the pure excitement and nervousness of the situation messes with your emotions when your pregnant, but I honestly feel like a lunatic. Is it normal? ?
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Answer: It's normal and usually passes after the first trimester. Welcome to pregnancy, ain't it great? There are many more lovely things to come. Good luck. =
Answer: Glad I'm not the only one feeling like a lunatic. There have been times where I know I am wrong, yet I keep arguing my point. I have no idea why!!! I also feel like a lunatic, especially considering I have always been so calm and laid back a person. And like you, FlyBear, I pee all the time too! I do drink more water and juice lately, but not enough to cause me to pee every 15 minutes! Crazy! Looking forward to the second trimester! =
Answer: OMG, so last night we were talking about his career path a little and just what the future holds and I just started crying and totally being irrational and he got frustrated with me. The next thing I know I'm bawling that I'm a lunatic and need to be locked up and I'm promising him that I'm not always going to be crazy, and he's try to hug me and comfort me, telling me he knows and he loves me. I hate blaming it on the pregnancy all the time, but honestly I know that's what it is, and I'm starting to get on my own nerves! I know our precious little one will be all worth it! =
Answer: My sister is an Ob-Gyn nurse. She says it is completely normal. And it is to especially be expected since our hormones are doubling exponentially. I guess our body will soon adjust and the emotional, irrational beings we have become will go away. But she said a few days after we give birth- all those hormones that have been doubling daily- will all go away AT ONCE and we'll go right back to being lunatics. I guess that only lasts a few days though and the little one will be there to curb it! =
Answer: Ah he sounds like a sweetie! Does he have any friends who are new dads? If so hopefully he can talk to them so he knows its not just you, LOL.
And relax, take a deep breath, you are having his baby and it sounds like he is in awe of you having his and respectful for your feelings.
Just remain open with him and keep telling yourself this will soon pass! Even when I'm loosing my mind I know I'm acting irrational. I called my husband's cousin over to get him out of the house for some guy time and a hour later I called him crying that I wanted him to come home......then I felt stupid and called him to apologize but he was already right down the street. I felt horrible! =
Answer: Cali, I kind of did something similar the other day. Wednesday night he didn't really spend a whole lot of time with me because he was working on some other things so the next day at work I was bothering him via text message and I was super emotional. So it wasn't long before he was asking me what was the matter, obviously a little frustrated. I finally broke down and told him that I felt like he didn't love me anymore and was trying to look for reasons not to spend time with me and that I just needed him to spend some quality time with me. So he apologized for not spending time with me the night before and spent the rest of the day sending me little I love you messages and stuff, but of course I felt like a jerk because every second that he's not at work, we're together and he obviously loves me so much and I'm just all crazy and emotional. I honestly don't know how he deals with it. But he does. He was great last night. We spent the whole evening together, no tv, no computer, just us, and then as you read, right before we went to sleep we were talking about the future and I had another episode... :( I decided this morning when I got up that today was going to be better and I was going to keep my emotions in check. So far I've been successful although there were a couple of times that I thought I wasn't going to be able to. lol Oh, I can't wait to not be crazy anymore! Anyways, Cali, he is a sweetie. Really he is. The first thing he does when he wakes up everymore is still to pull me close and shower me in kisses. I love him a lot. I just wish I could stop being so nuts. =
Answer: Last night my bf tried to help by putting away the dishes from the dishwasher, well when I tried to find my favourite mug for tea and it was in the wrong place I cried like my cat had died!!! LOL! I was so upset, I knew in my mind it was irrational yet I couldn't stop it! I am 6 wks & 2 days pregnant with my first...haha!!! :) =
