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Any one else so unreasonably irritable with everyone?

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mumtobe23 · 09/04/2009 15:12

Hello ladies!
i am 19 weeks and have found myself this whole pregnancy to be so terribly, unreasonably, over the top irritated & annoyed by everything and anyone!
I'm so not normally like this but I?m finding it so very hard to stop saying nasty things to people, from my boyfriend to the blokes at work & i can feel my blood boiling over and anger rising at the smallest little thing.
And its getting worse the further I go along. This is my first by the way.

At the moment the boy opposite me is chewing his food so loudly it?s all I can do not to throw my stapler at his head and wish for him to choke!

Please tell me I'm not alone and that this irritability goes after they've had the LO?

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HerbertLooby · 09/04/2009 20:31

Can't help you with whether this goes away but I am in early stages (5 weeks or so) and I want to shout at everyone for making my life soooo difficult (even though its the usual aggro of touch tone phone options etc!) I have been putting it down to being tired and am I limiting the number of irritating tasks I try to do in one day.

I moved away from a group of men in a coffee bar the other day because they were talking too loud for my liking :-)

Belgrano · 14/04/2009 22:02

Yes yes yes! I am desperately irritable and especially with my DH which is really unfair as he is terribly (annoyingly!) reasonable and calm. The other day I threw open the back door (we have a sort of communal back garden so this was not a private episode) and yelled at him to come inside and stop playing with DD and 'PLEASE sort the **ing phones out'. Poor thing was only being a lovely dad and playing with his daughter!
I am a horror. Can anyone reassure me that it will go and that I am normal? Or maybe I'm not...gasp.

biscuitbarrel · 15/04/2009 00:02

ahh yes- the good news is that it does go away- I spent the full nine months in a strop, yelling at people, complaining about ridiculous things that seemed ever so important, and generally being a big black cloud of doom. When DD arrived, I returned to normal, less grouchy self within the week.

I have spent the past year apologising to my extended family for my moods though!

needsomesleepplease · 15/04/2009 13:03

All sounds familiar to me thankfully only 4 weeks left to go!!

Hawkmoth · 15/04/2009 13:20

I'm the same. I blame the testosterone (mine's a boy).

I spend long hours devising ways to kill my enemies.

mrsgboring · 15/04/2009 13:35

I think progesterone's actually the culprit. I am very grumpy and short fuse too. I never know what is going to come out of my mouth - I swear I mean to say "DS, will you please stop banging that tin on the floor?" (he's 3) and instead it comes out at top volume as "WILL you shut the f** up with that!" Charming.

It goes after the birth thank God. I have also had it on the combined contraceptive pill, when oddly it was even worse.

Comewhinewithme · 15/04/2009 13:41

I am the same shouted at dp this morning to wake up cos why should I lay awake and listen to his bloody snoring .

Mines a girl .

roseability · 15/04/2009 13:59

I swore and insulted a woman at a mobile phone call centre yesterday (although she was being rather rude) then burst into tears and handed the phone to DH who could handle the matter much more calmly

Hawkmoth · 15/04/2009 14:18

Oh yes, I had a road rage moment this morning, and poor DD aged three asked me, "Why did you say fuck's sake mummy?"

I was just tearful when pregnant with her, that is easier to deal with.

rationalist · 21/04/2009 05:22

I was shocked at myself today, went in to tescos to buy filters and rizla (no tobacco or anything), woman behind the counter asked me if I had any ID. She does this to a lot of people who are obviously old enough to buy these sort of things, and has asked me for it before too. I'm 26 and definately don't look 17 or younger.
I said no, I don't have any ID, I'm 26 years old. She said sorry, can't serve you then if you haven't got ID. Getting irritated I told her that being 26, I don't tend to find it necessary to take ID out with me. asked her again if she is going to sell me the items. She said no. I said "Fuck you!" (people in the queue behind me probably thought I was a right charmer) and stormed out as best I could with my PGP playing up. got outside and burst into tears.

insertwittynicknameHERE · 21/04/2009 05:47

I can really sympathize with this. I am a horror when I am pg. It wasn't as bad with my DD but this one I feel like ripping peoples heads off if they so much as dare look at me

I sometimes have to sit down and try to think how I would react to any given situation when I am not pg to see if I am being unreasonable or not.

My mum is a star with me and sometimes bears the brunt of my moods, she does say to me that she can't wait for me to give birth though.

I was also like this when one the combined oral pill, so much so that I had to change it completely as I really was gunning for DH at that point. I am worse when on the pill than I am when pg.

prettyfly1 · 21/04/2009 13:42

me too - i was the same with ds 1 and this preg appears no different at all.

YanknCock · 21/04/2009 13:45

I'm leaning more to the depressed side, but have been rather snappy with DH for the stupidest of reasons. 18 more weeks to go.....

prettyfly1 · 21/04/2009 13:50

Oh god yeah - the teary down moods. lIke insert I went mental on pill and also injection so for me I just think its a reaction to the hormones.

Ryn · 21/04/2009 13:50

My poor DH has taken to eating in a different room as i almost murder him every mealtime just for chewing his food (in a completely acceptable manner)meanwhile i shovel it in like my life depended on it! Cant explain it or stop it!! I have turned into an evil horror who cant keep her gob shut (even whilst eating!)

prettyfly1 · 21/04/2009 13:59

I packed my dps bags last week. He told me off for letting our son fall asleep in my bed the night before (t b fair I had worked a fifteen hour day, it was eleven at night and it was his mother that fed him mountains of delightful e numbers to keep him up till that time) but I was so moody with him the next day and when he told me to sort it out I packed his stuff. Ooops.

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