Does pregnancy(2nd trimester)make you more paranoid & prone to over-analysing everything?

[vinobaroness]

Hi,
I'm 16 weeks now & I feel like certain things make me completely paranoid... e.g I was at a cousins 30th last week & I posted a pic on facebook to say great night & happy birthday, she didn't hit like or even acknowledge it however did to everyone elses & thanked them for coming:(
Just little things like that, I get upset if no-one comments on a fb status, if I send a text & don't get a reply straight away I feel anxious etc.... Is this normal? Is it hormones-things like this would never have crossed my mind pre-pregnancy!!!! I'm just hoping its the 2nd trimester hormone surge as it really is making my days miserable & I can't seem to stop my mind from racing & feel upset by the social media snubs....

Think it's fairly normal, hormones are all over the place. I work with a guy who teases me relentlessly, I also tease back and its been like this for a few years. We both know its all in jest and he often says to me 'I know I could only say these things to you coz I know you don't take it personally and know I'm joking'. However, from about 12ish weeks his teasing would sometimes reduce me to tears (no change in what he was saying and I never cried in front of him) I also got a bit mean and he layer off for a while, at which point I got upset because things had changed!!!! Drove me mad. It started getting better around 27ish weeks, I apologised for mean, snappy things I'd said and explained. He understood as he and his wife recently had a LO so pregnant lady irrationality was understood. Things have totally gone back to normal now and none of his comments bother me. Hormones are wonderful things!

it's probably hormonal mainly, but has your lifestyle changed too? Mine has as I've been so tired, I've hardly seen my friends for ages, so it makes me feel down and lonely and paranoid no one likes me at times. At first it was the sickness/tiredness of first trimester, last week I didn't go anywhere in intense heat, now not travelling during olympics!

I developed anxiety in my first pregnancy so it certainly happens! Hopefully it will get better on its own but do keep an eye on it, if it doesn't go away or gets worse or is really bothering you it would be worth mentioning to the midwife. Ante-natal depression / anxiety is very common affecting about 1 in 10 women - same as PND - but no-one seems to be very aware of it. Like I say I'm sure it will be fine and will subside but if it doesn't please to mention to midwife