Haywire emotions a sign of prelabour?

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I can't find anything in my pregnancy book but was wondering if haywire emotions might be a sign of impending labour? Can anyone relate to this from their experiences?

I'm due early next week with my first and have had no signs of anything happening as yet but in the last 3 days, I feel (to use the cliche) like I'm on an emotional rollercoaster. Swinging between feeling normal then tearful, angry, even panicky - for little or no reason. I shouted at very supportive DP 3 times yesterday - once because he pinched a prawn from my ample mountain of stirfry. I feel like I keep kicking a puppy - nasty Zen

Could this be hormones ramping up? I haven't really been emotional at all during my pregnancy and this all feels a bit out of control but maybe I'm just kidding myself and it's just simply me being erratic as bored of sofa surfing now.

Off to find something sad on tv to see if I can draw out the tears i feel are bubbling beneath the surface.

Could be...but that kinda summed up late pregnacy in its entirity for me. Very frustrating and unpleasant.
This will be of no help at all but other than regular braxton hicks (couldn't feel them, and they weren't all very strong - nothing like 2nd trimester BHs where I felt everything hoik about), which we now think may have been latent labour. Only reason why we knew I was having them was reduced movements and missy's heartrate dropping leading to monitoring twice the week before birth - I had no signs of a latent phase. Even to the point of DTD with DH 10 mins before waters broke - which was so little fluid I doubted it...but 20mins later I was in established labour.
So don't give up hope.
It can all happen at once...just as you're going to bed...ruining a potentially good nights sleep for everyone......

Yep, the day before my waters went I was a snippy, moody cow, picking very unnecessary rows with DP. 4am the next morning every thing got going. Maybe nature's way of preparing you.

DP is bracing himself for the impending arrival of DC2.

Good luck, OP.

Thanks Oeisha - that does help. I haven't really had any BHicks at all - the occasional cramp but it's good to know things happen differently for everyone. It sounds like you had a stressful time so glad it all worked out with DD in the end

Lorna - glad to hear I'm not the only one. Nothing as yet and still feel moody in a way that really isnt my usual self. But I woke up a few times last night and just have a feeling something might happen soon. Thanks for the best wieshes.

I got really shitty with a waitress when my bowl of tofu noodles took 10 minutes longer than dh's meat dish. For the first I could remember, I did not leave a tip. Called my doula later who said it was a very good sign. Dd was born the next day.

Still ratty but still no baby but I feel it could be soon s hopefully a good sign as you say alligatorpie