Teaching, pregnant and emotional

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Hi,

I was wondering if anyone else is a teacher on here? I am 11 weeks pregnant and have been quite emotional - or more specifically, easily annoyed and angered throughout my pregnancy. I have been trying very hard to surpress these emotions at work (secondary school) but did have a real outburst when a student misbehaved. I really let rip which I know is counterproductive and unprofessional. I found myself getting really wound up and not holding back. This resulted in shouting and really arguing with a student to the point where I made it so much worse. I know this is bad practice and it is unlike my normal approach. So I was wondering if anyone else felt like this and if you have had similar experiences/outbursts? Will I stop being so agitated at some point? Everything and everyone is winding me up at the moment and it's making me really upset. I know this sounds really self centred but I genuinely am finding it hard to control my emotions. I felt horrid after my aggressive confrontation with the student (the student was absolutely horrible and unteachable at the time but no excuse). Have pregnancy emotions made work life more difficult?

Hi I'm a teacher too but 39 weeks tomorrow. I remember being really irritable with my lovely little nursery class when they came in September and having to tell my TA well before 12 weeks because I just couldn't keep my temper. I normally try to be such a happy lovely cuddly teacher too! But I was snappy and had little patience and the workload had me on my knees... I would get home at 6, stare desperately at the poor dog who wanted attention, shovel something carby in my mouth and then be in bed by 8!

Not just me, phew! I'm a head of department in a secondary school (5 weeks today until our first exam and then they are running pretty much through every other week til late June). I've got a mountain of coursework to mark on top of normal workload, plus kids bugging me every 5 mins to do after school/weekend/half term sessions!
I'm normally really devoted to them so I think they're a bit miffed by the cold shoulder but I simply had to leave at 4pm yesterday and today! I'm 8+5 today and feeling shattered plus vomiting every few hours. The staff know but won't tell the kids until I'm starting to show. It's a bit of a nightmare!

Grumpy hormonal teachers united lol!

Grumpy teachers united indeed! I'm so glad I am not the only one as I have felt like a completely useless teacher which is a horrible feeling. Jamjar12 I completely understand the pressure, I am going through the same. Have you told your dept? Funny enough, one of my classes asked me if I was pregnant as they have 'noticed a change'. Code for 'miss you look a bit fat?' I have been leaving around the same time since I went back to work last week as I am just exhausted. The usual 'your leaving early again' comments have become annoying now.

Congralutions LittleMissAlwaysHungry! Hopefully you don't have too many symptoms.

On a side note, tea and milk are completely off limits - the thought of both make me feel sick and actually make me physically sick if I consume them. The days at school have felt pretty long without my tea breaks!

Secondary teacher here. I developed pregnancy-related rage and now have post -pregnancy related rage as my children are 4 and 2. I googled the symptoms for post natal depression and didn't match the symptoms. I'm getting better at managing my short fuse, both at work and at home, but spent a lot of my pregnancy simmering with rage!

Yeah I had to tell my department as I was organising timetables for next year so we've put out feelers for a cover teacher to replace me.

My sixth formers have given me a few raised eyebrows as to why I'm a bit peaky and eat biscuits constantly (it's either that or vomit on them at the moment!!) but I'm sure it won't be long until the cat's out of the bag!

I'm living off bread and butter- literally anything with protein or any sort of nutrient in it makes me heave!

Ahh I used to run to the local shop as soon as my class had left the premises and buy the cheese and onion slices, salt and vinegar twists, and fizzy haribo type sweets! I couldn't eat anything remotely healthy and feel anywhere near well, and that made me angry as well!

I have had to tell now due to timetabling which is a relief because I can be much more open about how I am feeling. Everyone has been really good which makes it a lot easier. Probably is best to let a few people know earlier but I was just so scared something might go wrong!

As for eating, I have had lots of days of bad sickness and others fine but have been eating rubbish most of the time as most things make me feel sick. Excessive weight gain as a result which is a bit sad as I read somewhere that there isn't any real reason to gain weight at this stage, perhaps a kilo at most