a bit sensitive - news headlines have me in tears!

[Nai]

Yep same here! Last time I was pregnant a horse had to be put down after breaking down during the running of the Melbourne Cup - I cried for weeks after whenever I thought about the poor horse

[fionas]

Yep, I used to be a news junkie but I avoid anything to do with harm to children, famines and hey, I even have to turn over these days if I'm watching a wildlife program and a bear cub has got separated from Mummy Bear.

[krysalyss]

I think it is pretty natural to feel those feelings. I have always been animal mad and have always been especially sensitive to animal cruelty stories. Child stories made me uncomfortable but not to the same extent. Now I have DS I find myself overly sensitive to both, especially if the child is the same age as DS or one of his cousins because I feel it like I have lost one of them IYKWIM. I don't think you go back to being the same but you start to learn your limits.

[Bel]

I went through a period when TTC and going through IVF where I refused to watch the news. I told my husband they should rename it "Tragedy" cause that was all they showed at 6pm.

Bel

[*charmalea*]

i cried when i read about a newborn getting drowned in the toilet (on ninemsn) i thought about the poor soul all day , sad news stories really get to me , im quite empathetic and when ever i put my self in someones shoes i really feel for them

[sloane]

i can't watch animal shows any more. i always got a bit upset if something happened to an animal but now i just can't watch the shows at all.

[MantaRay]

I am the same and it's been over 2 years since I was last pg. Apparently the emotional synapses in the brain increase during pg and then stay there. I don't think it's such a bad thing though.