36 weeks FTM emotional mess
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Anonymous
| FTM here and 36 weeks along. I feel like my hormones are worse now than they were in the first 2 trimesters. I’m crying easily over a lot of stuff. Is this normal? |
Anonymous
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Absolutely. I remember crying about everything from tv commercials to songs to even just thinking about sad unfair things.
Heightened emotions for sure. Congrats! Good luck with the rest of your pregnancy, labor and of course baby! |
Anonymous
| Seems pretty normal. I had an uptick in emotions in my last month and then after the birth, look out! I was crying over any and everything. Took about 6 weeks before I felt like that part got under control. |
Anonymous
| Yes I'm 2.5 years post partum and everything makes me cry. I NEVER cried before getting pregnant. |
Anonymous
| Probably normal (certainly common!) but talk to your OB about it. A lot of women miss symptoms of pregnancy related depression because they assume it's "normal" to cry all the time, or have insomnia, or be overly anxious. A lot of "post partum depression" starts in pregnancy so just keep your OB in the loop and make sure your DH is keeping his eyes open to how you're doing in case you don't realize how much you're struggling. |
Anonymous
That sounds like post partum depression? |
Anonymous
No. I have this issue, too. I'm pregnant now, but before that I could still tell a difference from pre-kid 4 years PP. Things settled post partum, but never went back completely. It's not depression related (for me at least). It's more that the maternal instinct switched on in a major way and it came with a stronger emphatic/emotional response, particularly to kid-related stuff. Movies, for example - almost never cried, but I now I'm a total sap (and sometimes don't enjoy watching the super tear-jerkers). I tried catching up on movies right after my first and started with 12 years a slave - clearly a bad choice and I still haven't watched it to this day! Even reading new stories about missing kids or abused kids....or the stories with the super uplifting happy endings - tears. Fortunately, the issue doesn't extend to frustration or conflict, both of which aren't that uncommon in my job, so work (unless I read a news story while taking a break) is still tear free 
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