Hormones...Well I think it must be?

[spybear]

I have had 4 DC, am 25 and got pregnant first when I was 17.

I have noticed a pattern now, that during in pregnancy and when the baby is small and bf I am a normal well balanced, chilled out person.

When the baby reaches about 6-9m, am still bf but periods start to feel like they are returning. I start getting horrible mood swings. I get so angry, and things start going through my head, mainly about my DP and its like very bad thing about him/our relationship goes round and round in my head and I cant even think straight, I am snappy with the DC, the littlest thing can set me off, the i'll be back to normal and see that I was totally overreacting.

My latest baby is 7m and this wkend has been hell with my mood swings.

I have been to the Dr about this with my 3rd baby and he said I had post natal depression, which i don't because it carrys on untill I get pregnant again.

I really want to know if there is anything i can do to even out my mood swings, go on the mini pill or something.

Has anyone else been throught his, what could I say to my doctor to get him to take it seriously

I am going through this too! I was diagnosed with PND but I have doubted that diagnosis as the symptoms are worse when I ovulate and the week before my period (at other times I am really happy and calm). I have started taking fish oils and Magnesium-OK (from Boots) and am waiting for things to feel better (apparently takes a couple of months before they do). Some people swear by Agnus Catcus (or something like that) but I haven't tried that yet. I've been wondering whether going on the pill will help but so far it seems it could either help or make it far worse (looking at old threads on here!). I hope this helps. I think it is fairly common to have raging PMT after childbirth.

Thank you Becky. I will look into those things to see if I can take them whilst BF.

Its like the only thing that can make it go away is to get pg again, and I really want to stop at 4!