Hi everyone. I'm 21 and my fiancé is 23. We've been together for 18 months, engaged for three. I'm eight weeks pregnant with our first child.
This pregnancy was very much unplanned (contraceptive failure), but once we had time to process it and get over the shock we couldn't be more excited!
The only problem is... Since I got pregnant every little thing my fiancé does or says pisses me off! I don't like to be touched and find myself almost constantly annoyed. I have to stop myself from pulling away even when he's just putting his arm around me or resting his hand on my leg. I've never felt this way before and we're usually pretty tactile with each other.
I find myself feeling relief when he goes to work and I've got a few hours to myself! I feel bad for feeling like this as I do love him and he's a wonderful partner who treats me brilliantly, but right now I can only tolerate him in small doses. I try not to let my annoyance show as he's not actually done anything wrong and it'd be unfair to him, but I'm sure he's picked up on my negative feelings.
I never found myself this annoyed with him before I got pregnant, and I certainly didn't dislike being touched before I got pregnant. Don't get me wrong, we still laugh and joke together and I cannot imagine my life without him, but right now I sometimes wish he was far away from me! It's not just him, I'm more angry and irritable in general, but because I live with the poor bugger he gets the brunt of my annoyance.
I feel so bad for him and feel like such a cow.
Please say this is just pregnancy hormones running rampant?
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Pregnant and constantly irritated with partner! Normal?
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CobaltRose · 13/03/2018 20:58
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