PMS getting worse in your 30's?

Devon • My name is Devon, my husband & I got married in Hawaii in February, & we just found out 3/17 we conceived Baby #2!!

I have to ask, hopefully I'm not alone.

So, for the past 6 months my PMS symptoms have become NOTICABLE. I am 32. Mom to one 2 year old boy.

I have always been a bit grouchy and crampy before my period, but thats about it. Lately, the past 4-6 months mainly, I have been noticing a more noticable disturbance in mood a week or so leading up to my period. Lots of anger. Devestating sadness. Tears. Momentary Rage. Depression. And Anxiety.

Has anyone experienced this? Or am I going crazy alone?

We are hoping to start TTC our second child starting next month and I am worried something is going wrong with my system??? :(

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j

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This is totally normal. I also think it's gotten worse as I've gotten older. More painful too. I've been to the doctor and I'm totally normal. I'm sure you are too :)

Li

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Me too. PMS was a punchline. Then I turned 30. The struggle is real.

Mo

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Around 28-29 my PMS became a lot less horrible, but my cramping became so much more painful! I also started to experience lower back pain during my period for the first time. My dr said its normal for your cycle and hormones to start changing around the age of 30. But most women experience worse PMS :(

G

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Late 20's noticed the mood swings and pain more. Turned 30 and I feel like Im pregnant when Im on my menstrual: food aversions, sore breasts, very swollen looks like Im preggo, way more moody, sad and depressed. I almost want to go back on birth control (pill) to try and level out the hormones, but I am vegan and there is no vegan alternatives or low hormone implants so Im just sucking it up :-/

Ta

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I'm there with you. It's normal but super annoying 

Je

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Right there with you. My mood is all over the place and I can pinpoint my symptoms now like clock work.