Becoming parents is just hard..
But a woman goes through so much more than a man does and I don't know about ya'll but my mood-swings took went for a spin!
1-TTC was stressful but not too stressful
2-I wasn't a bad preggo
3- during labor I wascalm and cheerful
4- postpartum <<<I was a raging monster <WINNER!
5- mommy-hood (3+ months) I am great
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GOLD / wonderful pea / 17697 posts
Definitely the immediate pp period, although I think it's nearly as bad now (at 7 months) because the months and months of sleep deprivation has caught up with me, and I'm running on fumes instead of adrenaline, and I have moments of being bitter and resentful of my DH for getting to leave the house for 8 hours a day, for not having a baby attached to him, for not waking up every hour on the hour night after night, for getting a break...
(I love my DH and he helps as much as he can, and I love my DS and am grateful I can stay home with him, but some days it's just hard.)
GOLD / pomelo / 5737 posts
Immediately PP!!!!! (In full disclosure I had PPD but I think it'd be the winner regardless!!)
TTC- We were lucky, 1 month.
Pregnant- Only a few weepy moments, nothing big. First trimester nausea was my biggest complaint.
PP- Crraaaaazy mess. Sad, sad, sad. Running thoughts, anxious.
Now- at almost 6 months PP- doing great!
pomegranate / 3917 posts
I'm struggling more and definitely have moments (mid/late January, February up to the present) with wondering if I am having any PPD issues. Bigtime down days and huge emotional swings. I thought I was "laughing" so to speak, and free and clear of any of "that" but definitely am owning up to feeling a little too far down, and sad and it's surprised me.
I'm trying to work on a few things, and hopefully it'll get better!
pomegranate / 3452 posts
This week I feel pretty crazy and cranky, lol! I am worried about how I'll react PP.
GOLD / papaya / 10206 posts
I was a hawt mess Post Partum, cranky, happy, angry, sad, angry all at the same time. What a rollercoaster ride that was.
cantaloupe / 6630 posts
I cried all the time pp but yet I was so in love with A and so happy to have her I couldn't understand the tears, totally hormonal. The issues with her hips made me cry a TON mid December to late Jan, but I can't blame that on hormones.
bananas / 9357 posts
I was a hormonal mess postpartum. All those hormones out of whack made me one crazy lady. I cried A LOT!
coconut / 8305 posts
I was crazier pp than I EVER was during pregnancy (not crying but waaaaaay moodier)! I HATED it!
blogger / wonderful cherry / 21616 posts
I have ot choose one?!?!! gahh!!!
I actually wasn't horrible through any of them... I had my moments during each but as a whole I think I did ok... but it's a tie between pregnancy and pp!
bananas / 9118 posts
I cried at the drop of a hat for the first month pp, I was a wreck and just couldn't handle dealing with outside people.
I've certainly had crazy TTC months and during pregnancy I could fly into a rage at tiny things, but pp was the worst.
coconut / 8475 posts
I'm so glad everyone is being so open! I cried over everything! It was like I was just fighting back a breakdown from weeks 1-6!
nectarine / 2994 posts
I was most moody maybe in the first 6ish weeks pp? Being attached to a baby 24/7 and doing every night waking by myself made me pretty upset and resentful of DH. At one point we wern't even speaking to eachother and I think that if we hadn't made the time for a datenight when we did, we might not have made it. LO is now 5 months, and even though dh still doesn't help at night (even though lo mostly sttn) I am much happier and loving being a mom.
apricot / 274 posts
Postpartum, for sure. I absolutely loved being pregnant and had a very hard time adjusting to my LO being out there in the world - the fourth trimester was pretty rough for both of us.
GOLD / squash / 13464 posts
The first few weeks post partum. Everyday when the sun went down I cried like crazy for about thirty minutes. I honestly felt like I wasn't capable of caring for my child and wondered if it was a good decision to have her. But luckily it never evolved to ppd. And while being a mommy is still super hard I love it!
grapefruit / 4800 posts
@thepinksuperhero: Me too.
LO isn't all the way weaned but whenever there was a sudden drop in nursing I was tired, more tearful and way less patient with anyone around.
During the beginning and end of pregnancy I had a few moments too of feeling upset that things were out of my control. Def have less patience in general during pregnancy.
coconut / 8681 posts
During the immediate PP wins by a very narrow margin for me!
-During TTC I was very stressed out and one track minded.
-While pregnant I was an anxious crazy worrywart.
- immediately PP I cried soooo often. (and I'm a big crier already!) I was constantly worried that I was doing things wrong.
- Luckily I've adjusted and at 5 months PP I feel good! We are in our groove 
We still have some very hard days but on a whole I'm much more comfortable.
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