Feel extremely angry & agressive all the time in this pregnancy

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Anyone else feel really angry & agressive all the time during pregnancy? I am so short tempered and angry at people and am also bitterly truthful towards them which I expect doesn't win me any friendship points.
I am not winning any friends by my abrupt and honest 'approach' to people, but on the upside feel I much better see people/things for what they are & spot liars/phonies etc. It really helps you to put up with less lame behaviour and bullsh*t from others whereas prior to pregnancy I might have just acted more like a doormat etc

My friend had this in spades - was really debilitating for her as she used to verbally abuse strangers for taking too long to press lift buttons etc. I think she said it was the progesterone that did it, and it got progressively worse through the pg.

I've got it mildly - mine manifests itself in extreme paranoia on the motives of other women, esp. close friends and family. Had it a bit when I took the Pill too, especially when first ever starting it. Had v. bad rows and one that ended a friendship

How far along are you?

have heard about this possibly being linked to having a boy? increase in testosterone?

dont know what I am having yet (16 weeks along at the moment) but if it is a boy it should be born with a beard & with it's voice already broken if it has this much testosterone already! If it's a girl, she will probably have a beard & chest hairs too!

I had this with 1st pregnancy and i had a girl. So not necessarily sign of having a boy. She is 9 now and very very girly, no beard in evidence!

I had this to the extent that I was sitting watching X Factor and wanted the fireworks to set someones hair on fire. I said it was my DP evil spawn making me do it, I did settle down once I had DD and havent been so bad with this preg. Did you smoke before you were pregnant I thought that it could have been that with me.

I was like this with all three pg - 1 girl, 2 boys. On the one hand I agree that I felt more assertive in a good way and certainly wouldn't suffer fools but after pg was over and I was back to my old self, there were a few bridges to build with people to whom I'd been particularly harsh.

I was exactly like you and I had a boy. I was very assertive at work, I fell out with the neighbours, like franke I didn't suffer fools gladly. It was quite liberating!

So glad it's not just me. I am entirely evil and also inappropriate. I've said some very (dirty) rude things without thinking as well as being 'blunt'.

I intend to look back and laugh in years to come. A little honesty never hurt anyone, no matter how scary it is for DP!

Oooh god I'm the opposite, and I would sooo swap. I'm a cynical, sarcastic malcontent all my life, and now I'm pregnant I'm positively fluffy. Really wish I could be like this the rest of my life, rather than just this blissful nine months. Maybe I have a hormone imbalance when I'm not pregs....

I developed extreme impatience towards all people (especially women) without kids in my second pregnancy.
I was constantly snorting inwardly 'Yeah, like you'd know anything about my life' at friends and family. God, what a charmer I was! .

I have this... I have an almost daily small confrontation with someone or other , now 37 weeks preg. especially if someone pushes past me roughly or whatever..

I think pregnancy makes you more assertive and able to cut to the chase, which is good, and lets you be less inhibited. but sometimes it can be a bit much for others!

tbh once you're a mother it gets worse, I remember shouting at a cyclist who I perceived was cycling too close to the pram containing my precious bundle (he was yards away!!)