Is this normal???

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So for the last few weeks I have had extreme mood swings but mainly excessive anger. I have a very high stress level as well because of a lot of things going on right now..several people have told me that I will have a miscarriage if I don't relax, I'm almost 8 weeks. Do you really have a miscarriage from high levels of stress and bad mood swings?? Also any suggestions on ways to relax and handle the crazy??!

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From high levels of stress yes stress kills people that aren't pregnant so imagine what it can do to a fetus all of us have some type of stress in our lives it just depends on how you learn to deal with it

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I had the same thing.... Major major bitchyness and anger. Idk if actually causes miscarriages but it is bad for you and the baby. Normally I use working out...or wine.. As stress relief. I found I couldn't work out hard enough to get any kind of relief and obviously wine is not an option... I was stuck for quite a while... Lots of crying and screaming. I actually started coloring and felt like that helped... Got one of those adult coloring books and some colored pencils and it was pretty therapeutic. I feel like it helped my mind relax at night enough to calm down and go to sleep. Hope this helps!

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You can't cause a miscarriage from emotional stress, most pregnant women would probably lose their babies if this were true. Mood swings are extremely common in pregnancy. One thing I would note however, is that studies show babies of stressed moms tend to be born earlier, at lower weights, and have more health issues.

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P.s. Calming baths with dim light and candles, music music music, dancing, getting a mani/pedi, massage, crafts/DIYs, movie night, hiking forest trails, anything with water - all help me a lot.

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All I know is we were TTC 6 months and I wasn't getting prego - during this time my dad was in end stage cancer plus living in Florida (we're in Toronto) so made it extra stressful, we had major family politics in making final arrangements and funeral preparations (too many hands in the pot and his sister who hadn't called him in 4 years suddenly acting like she cared), me starting a new job, my hubby and I dealing with other emotional stress related to immigration Canada (I'm sponsoring him and we only just received approval now), and my cycles were no longer every 28 days like they were my whole life. They went to 31-36 days, each month different so I bought opks cuz pinpointing ovulation was annoying. I strongly believe my body was saying NO to all the stress, regardless of all the sex. We took a 3 month break when my dad passed. In April we started again and boom! Prego after my May 5 ovulation. Stress is SO powerful! I was definitely in a better mind frame and emotional state in April. So thankful now that it was just stress and we can successfully make babies 😀

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