Anybody really irritable, grouchy and frustrated?

[MrsMoe]

I feel very annoyed at everything lately. Like everything is crawling under my skin and I'm hving to seriously control my temper. Anybody else?

[samsmamma]

Yes!

I'm like totally manic half the time and the rest of the time I feel like I'm going to lose it for one thing or another. If I see one more mess in my house, i"m going to just throw everything away. Our PC turned up with some spyware this AM and that both pissed me off and made me want to cry. I['m like a psycho speed demon at work just trying to get things done. I'm sick of eating, so all food has lost interest for me except cheese, which alternately makes me laugh, get angry, or cry. I'm like a one-woman roller coaster!

I spoke to my SW about it today and she said it was all totally normal...

[BensMom]

On Saturday, DH went next door to play poker. I was pretty tired after dealing with a sick kid all day and all the house rearranging we have been doing. I was sooo looking forward to making myself a big bowl of ice cream, climbing into my big comfy bed and watching the premier of Nip/Tuck that I had tivo'd.

DH leaves, I make my ice cream, go into the bedroom and the TV didnt work. Somehow, when he moved the TV, he did not rewire it correctly. I just cried and cried. I called next door and cried to DH. He left his game and came over and fixed it since he felt so bad for me. NOrmally I would never cry like that. I was just a sobbing mess. Love these hormones!

And with DS getting sick, he was a total pill last week and I found myself loosing my temper with him a lot more than I would perfer. It's hard on us right now.

Hugs, mamas!

[MelW]

Most doctors write pretty generic & boring notes from prenatal visits, but one that I work with always writes more interesting and memorable things (what they're naming the baby, any trips they take, stuff about their other kids, dogs, etc.). One of my favourite ever prenatal records was notes from a visit that said "Everyone is annoying her. Days are filled with tears and misery" I appreciated the truthfulness of it.

s to everyone- I hope you can get some free time to relax on your own, away from all of the annoyances. Wouldn't it be great to have a November DDC weekend spa getaway right now?

[Monkeyfeet]

I was scrolling down through the forums and saw this, so I had to comment.

Oh, I remember that so well! Even the most innocent comment irked me. I had to remind myself to be nice a lot of the time, lol. It does get better!

[3for3hb]

Now that you mention it, yes, that's what am I am but I'm in denial about it I guess. I start talking the minute DH walks in the door, either for his lunch break or when he comes home in the evening. And I get really pissed off when he plays with willem and talks to him while I'm giving him my oral honey-do list. :LOL
I'm happy, excited, sappy, frustrated, and basically want to be left alone (and in my pre-preg body so I don't have to huff and puff and moan and groan with each step and move I make, might I add) so I can get all the stuff done around here that I want done before I go into labor.
I haven't really cried that much because I think part of me is in denial about how soon this baby could potentially be here. Yesterday was definitely a wake up call, especially when the midwife said about all my contrax that we need to try and keep the baby inside for at least 6 more days.

6 MORE DAYS!!!!!!!!!!! WHAT????? HOLY CRAP I'LL BE 37 weeks in 6 MORE DAYS (as of yesterday)...and 3 WEEKS after that I'll be 40 weeks!!!!!!!! : :
I'm heading right over to the what are you doing to get the household ready thread and listing all the stuff that I have left to do and then printing off my list and sticking it to my bathroom mirror
and my laundry closet door
and the refrigerator
and the front door
and the back door....

(yeah, did I mention I'm a on the verge of mania here???? )

[Momma Aimee]

yes

yes

yes

yes

see my post in TAO on my family and my out-of-control feelings.

some times i am soooooooooooooooo happy (like now)

and other times i could tear this house apart with my hands.

hummmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm

me ? emothional? naw. my Dh chakes every timet he MW asks about moodswings.

A

[DreamsInDigital]

Not only am I grumpy, but I'm SO FREAKING TIRED I couldn't possible sleep enough. I was in my bed at 7:45pm trying to go to sleep. Ugh.

[MrsMoe]

I'm glad I'm not the only one

I am not emotional (happy, sad, roller coaster) just angry. Everything, and I mean everything, is setting me off enough to make it feel like my blood is boiling. I could break things I'm getting so tense!!! I don't like this at all.

Originally Posted by DreamsInDigital

Not only am I grumpy, but I'm SO FREAKING TIRED I couldn't possible sleep enough. I was in my bed at 7:45pm trying to go to sleep. Ugh.

Having issues with sleep also. Soon as I fall asleep, I wake up to go potty or with severe acid reflux or even vomiting from acid reflux. It really messes me up.

[crsta33]

I can so relate to all of this. *sigh*

Christa

[dj tex]

i have had an INCREDIBLY short fuse. so much more so than normal. no patience AT ALL.

the RAGE is so scary to me!!

....and then the next minute i am lonely and need to cling to DH.

the fact that i get to leave on a two week business trip next week IS MAKING ME FEEL EVEN NUTTIER/scared/homesick already. Two weeks without DH? Without my dogs? (the only thing that tends to calm me down)?

heaven help me!

deb

[cjbeach]

Originally Posted by MrsMoe

Having issues with sleep also. Soon as I fall asleep, I wake up to go potty or with severe acid r9eflux or even vomiting from acid reflux. It really messes me up.

ditto.

i've been spending a lot of nights on the sofa in the living room from like 3am on (I even watched Solaris from 4-6am the other morning...LOL)

[Belleweather]

Oh good god, yes.

I feel like I should give DH a medal just for putting up with me. I can't find the energy to clean or cook or do laundry, and just spend all my time on the couch in front of the DVD player like a beached whale feeling alternately teary and grouchy. I miss my feet and my belly button but I'm terrified of the baby actually being here, so I'm stuck in this emotional bardo and am taking it out on anyone within complaining distance.

[guestmama9915]

Yes yes yes! WILL THIS EVER END?! I am so short tempered lately, I feel horrible for DD, I've been putting a lot more effort into not being so short with her and rushing her but I just get so irritated. How many times a day must I pick up this mess?! I must be driving everyone insane around me. I'm excited and happy and then grumpy and lonely. I don't even know what I am anymore.

I can't fall asleep at night for hours I have to pee constantly! And then I can't stay awake in the middle of the day - I've fallen asleep while DD plays so much the last week. But I'm feeling a little better because this weekend we're having a garage sale and whatever doesn't sell I'm tossing up onto freecycle, must get rid of all this excess crap! I think that will help.. at least for a while?

My mind is so fragmented, I feel like I'm never making sense.

[RainCoastMama]

Oh, two scoops for me, please : I've been cranky as all hell and unfortunately, I don't have much patience for DD - full on into terrible, tantruming two's, who's been stepping it up a notch for some reason. I spent an hour this morning convincing her to get out of PJs, bathe, eat, and get dressed again. I was so winded! My lungs are compressed or s/t by the baby and I feel winded a lot, esp running after DD. DH is out of town on business this week so I have to lift her (he'd been doing that) when she's having a little fit.

I actually got out by myself for 2 hours today and started daydreaming about what it was like to be childless and spontaneous, and totally selfish with my time. Don't get me wrong...I love my kid(s), but some days...especially days like these...

[meagen]

I feel the emotional up and downs, although not as bad these last two weeks as it had been before.

Now, I feel like a bear guarding her den! Having anyone over feels soooo invasive! I was actually offended when the LLL leaders suggested having a meeting at my house for my convenience :LOL They're just trying to make it as easy on me as possible, but for whatever reason, my house is now sacred and only the select few can enter. I'm very happy to go somewhere for a while, however. Ah, nothing like a few pregnancy hormones to make life interesting!

[MrsMoe]

Originally Posted by meagen

I feel the emotional up and downs, although not as bad these last two weeks as it had been before.

Now, I feel like a bear guarding her den! Having anyone over feels soooo invasive! I was actually offended when the LLL leaders suggested having a meeting at my house for my convenience :LOL They're just trying to make it as easy on me as possible, but for whatever reason, my house is now sacred and only the select few can enter. I'm very happy to go somewhere for a while, however. Ah, nothing like a few pregnancy hormones to make life interesting!

Strange you mention this... normally I love to have people over and lately I don't want people in my home or space. Maybe it's a nesting instinct in preparing for birth.

[SoggyGranolaMomma]

Yes, that would be me. My situation and loss of control is driving me even more bananas.

[*Amy*]

Y'all, I'm such an emotional basket case right now. For no reason whatsoever I became really grouchy and irritable last night around dinner time, and it's still lingering. I have no reason to feel upset, but I just have all of these feelings of hostility and almost depression! I know it's totally hormonal...but it doesn't really help to realize that, and then I feel sorry for myself (and the baby) that I am not feeling positive and wonderful. I hate it!

I have nothing on my to-do list today though so I think I'm going to make some oatmeal-chocolate-chip cookies and veg in front of the TV or something. I just don't want to talk to anyone!

[gonnabeamom]

YES!!!

Must kill DH!!!

The thing is I feel totally entitled to my feelings. He is being an idiot about taking care of himself, I am getting stuck doing everything less than 2 months before my due date, he is being worse rather than better about every major issue we've had our whole relationship.

OTOH, I know this kind of anger is isn't great for me. I woke up this morning early and couldn't get back to sleep because I was too busy listing all of the reasons I was mad at him, and eventually I'll just get depressed.

Still don't be surprised if you here about the missing husband of a women in her last weeks of pregnancy!