Temper Tantrum

Jennie - posted on 08/21/2012

I am a ob nurse and wanted to share my knowledge. You cannot cause yourself to have preeclampsia or PPROM!There have been numerous studies done on the suject! Although stress can effect any pregnancy I don't believe it caused your current battel with tempers!Take a honest look at how you handle stress curently and what your child has picked up from you over the past five years. I'm not saying you did anything wrong but when I am having issues with my five year old looking at how I handle things helps me keep it all in perspective! Also, remember kids have a difficult time verbalizing anger, tempers can be there way of working through feelings! Good Luck!

Jessica - posted on 03/23/2012

Wow so I'm not alone. I could just figure because I have heard whatever you feel the baby feel. So I figure that when the baby is born they could be born with what you're feeling. My FH wasn't too happy with the pregnancy more I thought he was scared. He never told me tol abort because he knows I wouldn't do it. If they felt what you felt then he should know I love him more than anthing in this world. I'm in love with my son and would do anything for him.



I ask my son so many times to do what I ask and it's a constant battle. I get frustrated when he doesn't I hate it. When our daughter reacts like that how do you react toward her anger? I'm still trying to learn. My son gets out of control with the temper. He even shakes. He used to do it more when he was a baby.

Allison - posted on 03/23/2012

Whilst I was pregnant with my daughter, my partner (her dad) and I constantly fought because I decided to keep her, and not abort like he wanted me too. It was constant throughout the entire pregnancy, and even for about 2 years after she was born. Things have settled down a lot now (I was diagnosed with post natal depression, which I am happy to say I won the battle!), but we have the same problem as you with the lack of listening and the anger/temper. At first I thought it may have been this way due to the fact that her dad/my partner didn't live with us, so we (my daughter and I) we constantly together with very little time to have on our own. But even now that we do all live together (finally! Lol), we still scream at each other. I try to talk calmly to her and ask her nicely to do things, but she still refuses and won't do it.... That's when things escalate. It seems almost like war between us. Just know your not alone in this! I feel so bad coz I had so much anger when I was preg, whereas my sister has two very placid children who do as they ask, as her and her hubby where in agrreance with the pregnancy and never argued.... So in my opinion (after all that babble lol), I think that being stressed and angry whilst pregnant does have an effect on the children's temper. But I'm no expert!