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The best thing I learned is not make any big decisions while pregnant and the 1st year pp. Your emotions are everywhere and hormones are crazy. It could also be the moving on top of regular pregnancy stress. When you're stressed and overwhelmed everything and everyone irritates you. I'd say it's "normal" because there's a lot going on while your pregnant and a lot of changes happening and it's the same when your postpartum. Don't give up on your marriage just yet. It'll only hurt you and him more than anything. And I feel like it's not talked about enough but men also experience stress during pregnancy and postpartum. So he could be stressed too
@Isabelle Thank you girls! For the part about not making a big decisions that really helpes me alot. Because I was actually thinking about moving out and being a single mom because of how things are right now between me and my husband. How do you not become so irritated or feel stressed when pregnant?
Definitely don’t make any rash decisions prematurely or while pregnant but I will say this.. in my experience the things that annoyed me were pre existing issues that intensified with pregnancy so if that is the case for you then it is something you need to address before your child gets exposed to it as normalized.
When I was pregnant with my son I would go on walks by myself when I was feeling irritated or overwhelmed. I'd also go hangout with my sister or some friends or do anything that would help calm me down. A nice warm bath/shower always helped. Or my favorite food/treat. I also talked to my husband a lot about the way I was feeling. Of course when he said he understood how I was feeling I didn't believe him because I at many times didn't understand why I was feeling that way. But after he talked to me about his stress and worries I felt more connected to him because I felt less alone. I made a big decision when I was 9 weeks postpartum and to this day I still regret it really bad. Things are hard but it does get better. I also went to therapy while I was pregnant so you could look into that as well. I went like twice a month
I am only 17 weeks and definitely experiencing irritability. Maybe it’s the local political situation or the air quality, lol. I try not to make big decisions when my mental health is struggling, but it’s hard because you don’t want to ignore intuition either. I am starting to see a local therapist next week (I am in Murray, ut). If you’re interested, message me privately and I will share her info.