Mmmm... oh, yes. The crankiness. With my first I felt like I was PMSing for nine months. I couldn't remember what it was like to be normal and wondered if I would ever recover. he he.
This baby (#5) I've been doing a lot better on the crankiness until just recently. Just as the pp said, the heaviness and awkwardness of my body as well as the general exhaustion I get at this point is making it harder to just get basic things done. And that makes it harder to be nice when focusing on anything else.

Still, just accepting that this is the way things are at the end and that it's temporary helps me a lot to not feel bad about it and to not lash out very much.
Praying helps me a lot, too.

M.