Moody, Emotional, Anti-social.... is this normal?

[fi1980]

Hi

I'm starting to wonder if what I am experiencing is normal!

The past week or so I have been extremely moody and emotional. I feel anti-social and un-excitied by pretty much everything! This sort of behavious is very out of character for me. Normally I am very happy, positive, social, bubbly etc. I am very excited about the arrival of bubs in a few weeks time and up until now have been very openly excited about it. But now I just feel flat and over everything. I don't understand what is wrong with me. I have not been moody at all throughout my pregnancy so this has come as a real shock and I'm struggling to know what to do with myself.

Has anyone else experienced similar feelings at this stage in their pregnancy?

Thanks,
Fi

[Trillian]

yep, yep and yep! LOL. It's completely normal to feel all of what you are feeling when you're pg, even if it is out of character for you. You get to the point where you are completely over it all, you're tired, hormones are just out of control and you might even start crying at the drop of a hat over the most trivial things too. I know myself that I loathed the thought of having to go anywhere and preferred to stay at home with my own company, but then I had moments where I did want to go out too. But if at any stage you feel like you're in a rut that you just can't get out of, it might not hurt to talk to someone about it.

[foreva*your*mummy]

me too me too!!! I was talking to my DH the other night about it and was asking him if maybe there is some hormone that kicks in at this stage of the pregnancy to make you moody and OVER IT!! I just dont understand myself. I dont feel anymore uncomfortable now than I did 4 weeks ago but I just dont want to be pregnant anymore!!!! I dont know what it is either but its definatly happening to me aswell. Also I feel really agrivated at times for absolutly no reason!!, like I cant sit still or decided what I actually WANT. Hope it goes fast for you

[Lolli]

*hides* Oooh, this thread made me smile. i just yelled at dh for absolutely no reason. I'm so over it. I'm irrational, cranky, irritable, nothing is right and I WANT MY FREAKING BODY BACK. On top of all that, the IL's will be here in 20 minutes. I wish everyone would just **** off and leave me alone....

(yeah, i think you're normal )

[demongrrl23]

Ah yep......doing the same here too ...very tired, anti social, waddling like a penguin and completly over it....
I tend to think that towards the end, you withdraw into yourself a little bit as your body will be drawing on every little bit of strength and energy to be able to give birth, so its probably just your bodies way of saving all its resources for the big day...

And of course it could be just your body saying also...Ive been doing this for 9 months now, enoughs enough!!!! lol!!!

[fi1980]

Oh thank you, thank you, thank you girls!! I feel better just knowing that I am not the only one riding some sort of crazy pregnancy related emotional rollercoaster! I was starting to think that there was something really wrong with me but by the sounds of things it is completely normal

[boomba]

Fi hun! This happens to me too! DH says i am a cranky pants when i am pregant especially if I dont get my way. Totally normal hun xxxxx It has scared me often though.

[Tecopa]

I read somewhere that it's all part of preparing for the baby. Like your body needs to get to the stage of being sick and tired of being pregnant, and you have to get to the point of being so over it - so then you are more than looking forward to the actual end result - the kid! Cause if the body was set up so that we looooved being pregnant and wanted to stay pregnant who'd want to look after a newborn when they popped out cause you'd be resentful the pregnancy was over and probabably upset at the child for making it all end

[bon]

I am feeling this way right now...so tired of being tired, I don't want to go anywhere or do anything - but of course I have to, because I have to get DS to school and DD to kindy in the mornings and then I have hospital appointments and other things to do, and then when I am home there is the never ending housework...when all I want to do is just veg out all day and just do nothing!

I am starting to think there really was something to that old custom of a pregnant woman going into 'confinement' a few weeks before her baby was due! I would love it atm - somebody else to cook, clean and take care of the kids while I am confining myself