in second trimester and feeling weepy every day

[laughorcry]

Just wondered if others had this. I didn't have it when preg with my first child.

It feels like being constantly severely pre-menstrual (although without any physical symptoms).

Has anyone got any tips? All is well with the pregnancy as far as i know and with life in general, and i know it is just hormonal, but is there anything i could be eating/drinking/avoiding?

I'm starting to feel bad for my ds that his mother is crying all the time.

well i'm not sure as I never take much notice of number of weeks etc, but I think i get weepier when something else is not quite right. are you eating enough veg/iron? getting enough sleep?

of course, i get weepy anyway, but those things seem to make it worse.

awwww, no tips am afraid, just to say it will pass babe.... try not to feel like a bad mum, of course you arent, i know it feels like poo at the mo, but in a few weeks am sure you will look back and have a chuckle! [hugs] oops sorry i know if someone hugs me when i am weepy it makes it worse! [hugs anyway!!!]

I definitely found 2nd trimester more emotionally draining than 1st or 3rd. Try taking iron supplements - being even slightly anaemic can affect some people quite strongly. I find that the world is an entirely different place, and that I am much much happier, when I take iron supplements.

I was not like this when i was pg with ds but i was when i was pg with dd (maybe your having a girl) i used to spend alot of my time crying & feeling emotional.

Thanks so much for the replies.

Prettycandles - I have just started taking iron tablets, and have felt much less tired, but still seem to be feeling very weepy.

Scoobydoo, did you feel like that through the whole pregnancy?

SenoraP - I'm not really getting enough sleep. ds is 14 months, and we are experiencing the joy of molars. I don't think lack of sleep is helping, but it doesn't feel like it is just that.

Jaysecond - thanks for that. Halfway though pregnancy it is easy to forget that this is not going to last forever!

Hi laughorcry. I'm in my 2nd trimester also 2nd time round & have spent several days in floods of tears for no reason. Aside from yoga (which seems to soothe me somehow) and trying to get some more sleep if poss, on another thread someone recommended the homepathic remedy Pulsatilla for weepiness & it's ok for pregnancy. I'm not weepy right now, but I thought I'd give it a go if the weepiness starts again! I too felt v.guilty about crying so much in front of ds, but what can you do?!

awww, it's terrible being hormonal, isn't it? You may just want to mention it at a visit so as to keep an eye out for ante-natal depression.