Pregnancy in Late Thirties

ah yeah when I was preg with my first I use d to cry all the time cause my husband looked at me mean. I was serious then and think its funny now cause I know how unrealistic I was being. I knew one preg girl cried for 2 days go get grapes and when she got them she ate one and let the rest go bad. and wouldnt let her husband eat them either

Oh, yes. My husband and students (I teach high school) said it was like watching a demonic possession. My students figured out what was wrong...I was hungry. So, they started bringing me little offerings of food to keep me stable. I remember one time I was slipping into a mood swing and a student jumped up and yelled, "Quick! Get Mrs. F some milk STAT!!!!" Ten kids ran for the cafeteria and the rest started searching their backpacks for something to feed me. I was so embarrassed, but it was nice to know what the problem was and how to solve it.

It doesn't matter how old you are, when pregnant... just being pregnant and all the bodily changes and hormones fluctuating... makes a pregnant woman have moods.... and be emotional.

If anything, talk to your OB/GYN about it...

Absolutely! You've got 26 new hormones running through your body.......and believe me, about 13 of those are stupidity hormones......you will forget things you wouldn't believe!

Pregnancy is an emotional roller coaster and the best thing you can do is just go with the flow. You may be more emotional to begin with, even out in the middle.

You are not crazy, not losing your mind. You're just pregnant. It will, in time, pass. Best wishes...xxx

I think this varies a lot with each individual (and each pregnancy).
My husband tells me I was very level headed when I was pregnant.
But I've heard (and my husband's heard) of women who were just awful with the moodiness. A few were downright mean and cruel to everyone around them. I think if you prepare to have healthy snacks with you all the time, you can avoid most of those times when your blood sugar suddenly takes a dive and Lord help anyone who gets between you and the food.

Good grief! Freaky mood swings is one of the biggest parts of being pregnant and each pregnancy seems to get worse! I am 40 years old and 7 months pregnant with #4 and will be crying one moment, mad the next and ecstatic the next. My poor children and husband think I am a nut case!

My favorite part is when other people go, "Oh, well that makes sense since you are pregnant and all." so of course I am upset all over again, like it is not true and I am not emotional. Of course I'm emotional and irrational!

Being pregnant is a wild roller coaster ride and just be prepared, it takes a while to go away once the baby is born too. So just sit back and enjoy the fact that you have an excuse to be a crazy lady for a while.

Good luck and congrats!

Of course -and it has nothing to do with your age when pregnant -it's all about hormones!

yes-but consult with your Dr.-and if they continue after the baby is born-you will need additional help and support.

yes, very much so! i wish someone had told me before my first pregnancy. i had never felt out of control before, i really was scared that something was wrong with me. its just hormones, they are so powerful. i learned for my next pregnancies to let things roll off. it was much easier just because i knew it could happen, i knew it was normal, and i knew it was temporary. let things go. which is much easier said than done. i had to literally walk away from things that i knew were gonna upset me. i turned and walked away from my hubby in the middle of conversations many times because i knew where it was going and that i would end up hyperventilating in the bathroom or something. crazy. oh, and not to scare you, but just so you know, after the baby comes it might be even worse for a while. just know that it IS temporary. if you are especially volatile like i was, practice ways to stay calm and avoid things that get you worked up whenever you can. take care :)

Some say "yes" and some say "absolutely!" I will not elaborate on what other moms have said here, except to add that the fact that you are experiencing raging hormonal tides does NOT mean that your emotional outbursts should all be written off to pregnancy hormones. I got angry at my sister during my first pregnancy over some decades-old family dysfunction stuff, and she tried to write off my anger as "of course you're hormonal, you know"--and it nearly ended our relationship. Cut yourself some slack, try not to inflict your moods on everybody else, but don't let people trivialize your emotions, either.