PREGNANCY-BIRTH Messages for August, 2001: Re: Getting angry when pregnant

Re: Getting angry when pregnant

From: anon (anonymous@obgyn.net)
Fri, 31 Aug 2001 11:03:26 -0500 (CDT)

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Hi. Your post got a good smile out of me. I too experienced HUGE mood swings and irritability when pregnant as well as noticing the accompanying population surge of stupid annoying people.... especially on the road and in any customer service situation involving standing in a line. Ha!

I guess my kids are all fine, but I too worried about the obvious adrenaline surge attacks that accompanied some of my fits. I'll be interested to see if a doctor answers your post. Probably the stress hormones associated with adrenaline surges are not the best thing in the world, but what does one do in pregnancy to combat these kind of extreme moods swings?

At Fri, 31 Aug 2001, Lisa wrote: >
>I'm normally a bit short tempered, but since becoming pregnant, my
>temper has gotten worse. I have far less patience with people,
>particularly stupid, annoying people - and because of my hormones, there
>sure seem to be a lot more stupid, annoying people around now than ever
>before!
>
>Anyway, this week has been particularly bad. I managed to 'lose it' on
>two separate occasions, and both times things got to the point where my
>tummy felt quite tense and I ended up crying uncontrollably (but not for
>long, thank goodness).
>
>My question is this: Is anger during pregnancy 'bad' and unhealthy for
>the baby? The rise in blood pressure (and adrenaline?) can't be good,
>surely? FYI, I'm currently around 24 weeks.
>
>Thanks for your time.

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