Pregnancy hormones - myth?

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Hello! I'm super new to this - first time pregnancy and only 6 weeks - but my doctor just told me that pregnancy mood swings are a myth: As in, pregnant women don't get mood changes from pregnancy hormones. It's all a myth or paychosomatic/fake.

Is this true? Is this a scientifically-backed thing?

I had experienced long-term depression and anxiety before pregnancy (all managed now, woo!) and before I knew I was pregs (last week), I had a horrible "blue" day that was like the worst of my depression. Colours looked different, I felt wretched for no reason, couldn't think properly... Been super sensitive lately and couldn't figure out why.

Want to know if this is normal or if I should worry my depression's coming back. It's definitely not just in my head: felt like this before I knew I was pregnant.

My doctor was firm about there being no such thing as preg mood swings but so many people anecdotally seem to experience them.

(My doctor's a woman, if that makes a difference. :P)

What's your take? Have you experienced any mood changes or has your doctor told you something similar?

Thank you!

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Your doctor is an idiot. Please find a new one. If she's clueless on something that has been proven imagine what else she's clueless or just doesn't care about. I'd switch real quick

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That's complete crap and my husband can tell you that. I'm okay one second and crying the next lol that doctor needs to be educated by a ton of pregnant women.

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Before I got my positive test I was crying that entries week prior because work was stressing me out 😅 now I cry over something as simple as Lilo &a Stitch when stitch was about to go on the spar aircraft and starts saying how Obama means family..etc. 😭 cried like a damn baby. Your doctor sounds mean and I would consider finding someone else who doesn't put you do

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Pregnancy hormones are definitely real

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That is crap. Hell my doctor had asked how I been feeling and I said weird. That I talked at my husband for no reason and he said will that part what the hormones can do.  You should think about a new doctor maybe.

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I don't know if the technical term is "pregnancy mood swings" but yes. They are real. I'm not asking for any scientifically backed research for this. I love my husband. And we don't often fight. There are days, however, that he could say "hello" the wrong way and I would bite his damn head off. For no reason and apologize immediately after. 
My cat bathing herself has never caused me to have a second thought. Now, I tune into like a freaking siren and it makes me literally batty. I have shut her out of the room for this. Lol
I am also not an angry person in general. I stay pretty calm, and it takes a lot to get my to raise my voice, but at the beginning of this pregnancy I would get just irrationally angry over the most stupid things.. my water bottle being empty, the air coming on, so on and so forth. Hormonal increases/ imbalances do different things to everyone, but will not be dismissed because one doctor doesn't believe in them.

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Personally for me,  the only time I get irritable/annoyed easily is when I haven't had enough sleep.  I aim for 8 hours a night and have been doing so since highschool. Lately I've been getting 3-4 hours and it's made me a bit short with everyone.  I've only experienced depression once and it was after a major drawback in life and money problems so it's  situational in my case. I think that when you have hormone changes  they WILL disrupt your sleep pattern.  Mothers,  pregnant women, and ovulating women  have a lot of disruption to their normal sleep pattern which will result in mood changes.  Your doctor probably had nannies at hand day and night,  and lots of money so no reason for her not too sleep therefore she cannot relate to the common woman. This is based on my own experiences,  not facts. I would get a new doctor if I was you,  because I could never feel comfortable with one that tells me that my reality is a myth. What else will she judge you for?  Weight gain during pregnancy?  Swollen feet? Find one that's a bit more sympathetic and understanding especially because you're feeling depressed.  Last thing you need is to be told to get over it,  and I feel like that's what she's telling you.

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Your doctor is a dick.  Find a new one!
I had some of the craziest mood swings in early pregnancy and the most extreme feelings of rage!  Like pure anger over the tiniest things that made me what to explode and punch things and scream!
Followed by impatience and frustration about the tiniest things and now at about 19 weeks everything is making me teary and emotional.

When they say extreme mood swings though, I think the thing that never gets thought of is that I would also get random extremes of happiness and laughter, I would be in fits of giggles over tiny things then end up laughing at myself realising the situation I was in - that was kinda fun - maybe the best thing about pregnancy before I started feeling physical differences 😂

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When I found out I was 2 weeks prego. One of my signs was crying for NO REASON. I was out dancing with my girls and I always have fun when I'm out trying to have fun been going to dances every weekend before I got prego. The last time I went out I didn't want to drink SUPER ANNOYED TIRED IRRITATED. When it was over I started to cry for no reason was super tired. Now I'm 30 weeks. And I have my really happy days and there's other days I feel so down that I just cry and cry. Also been stressed but I always try to make my self feel better.

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Does she have kids? Because she's sounds like she's doesn't. 😤😂😂😂

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