• exhibit_c said on Jul 20, 2007....

  Hang in there. Things will start getting better in about 9 months. That's three more months of pregnancy, plus  3 months when the baby doesn't sleep at all, plus 3 months to start feeling like herself again.
  Tell her you love her and that, please, if she's angry about something say so right way.
  

• uniquely-ironic said on Jul 20, 2007....

  Did she have these issues with the other kids?  Just curious.  Being 6 mo. pregnant isn't that much fun.  Especially if she's chasing the other kids around.  I'm afraid patience is the only sane option here.
   
  Can you take her out to dinner some place nice?  Maybe make a little fuss over her.  She's probably feeling pretty unattractive right now.

• cankwhiteboy said on Jul 20, 2007....

  I need to do something with her.  She generally says no to stuff like that, so it's kinda hard to figure out what she likes.  I tried to send her on vacation away from everybody, which is what she was asking for, and she shot me down big time.  But your right, maybe I'll just buy her something.

• adaisyday said on Jul 20, 2007....

  Noooooo, do not buy her anything ... What you can do is send the kids to Grandma's for the weekend and do nothing but BE IN THE MOMENT with her ... No matter if she kicks and screams about it ....
  Sometimes you just need someone to take ahold of you and make you realize things are going to be ok ...... Pregnancy just makes them hormones go in 15 different locations some days ...
  I think it would do the kids good to be away from that environment and allow the 2 of you some quality time that sounds like it is MUCH needed. You might want to retrieve to your man-cave right about now ...
  But I think you should take me up on the suggestion ....Bet the two of you will be back in sync before you know it. Go to the movies, out to dinner, window shopping, long drive .... Just being together clearing the air will do wonders.
  of course that is JMHO! :)

• Perdy said on Jul 20, 2007....

  Never been preggers, BUT...I do know what its like to be emotional and a bit crazy sometimes...More often then I'd like to admit...
  Here's my suggestion...Send the kids to a relatives house, rent some romantic COMEDIES (nothing too sappy, if she's already really emotional)....Cuddle on the couch with some yummy popcorn, and...Don't forget this last part....give her a soft foot and back massage...nothing too deep unless you're a professional, cause you could make her go into false labor ..Haha, that'd not be great for ya! Ooooor, it sounds kinda corny...but, tell her she's beautiful, play some nice relaxing music and ask her to slow dance...*shrugs*...I mean, c'mon! What's better then swayin' with the one you love? Huh!? Huh?! Nothing is...that's right!
  ~Perdy

• MsStar39 said on Jul 21, 2007....

  This is the time that you need to show her how much you love her,
  women feel big and unattractive doing this time.
  you have to do more to help her with the kids, she is probably tired too.
  Don't forget to take her some daisies, they are inexpensive and will give
  you some real points. These are some of the things that will help, plus letting her know that you love her, it will make the rest of the pregnancy a little easier.
  

• polarheart said on Jul 21, 2007....

  Cank, I feel sorry for you as it must be tough feeling like someone else has inhabited the body of your wife!  I loved being pregnant and was never healthier or more energetic, but some women take major strain and their hormones go mad.  If I were you I would ask her, in a moment of calm, "what can I do to make your life easier during this time?"  Tell her that you dont want assume anything but would rather she instruct you, because only she knows what she really needs. If she says like she feels there are too many responisbilities that she needs to deal with on top of being pregnant. . .ask her if it would help if you took the kids away for a weekend to give her a break, or if she would like to go somewhere to unwind for a weekend.
   
  How old are the other children?

• the_infernal_optimist said on Jul 21, 2007....

  Ugh, I was a raging bitch for the second half of my recent pregnancy. It was awful - I hurt so much and was so huge...and I could feel that my emotions were all wacky, and that just pissed me off even more. It's like you just want to be yourself, but you're stuck in this cow's body with all of these aches and worries (you do worry about your baby, whether or not there's any real reason to do so)...it sucks and it tends to come out at everyone else as bitchiness.
  
  I totally agree with the suggestion to get the kids out of there for a weekend or a night or something and just give her some relaxing one on one (or even alone) time if she wants that. As much as I love my toddler, some days it was easy to get frustrated with her, and I think we both could have used a break from time to time - but I agree with polar as far as letting her be the guide there.
  
  Hang in there, man! You (and my DH, and lots of other guys out there) should be sainted at the end of the journey - I suppose in some way, having to live with the preggo monster for months on end is a tradeoff for the unpleasant parts of pregnancy women experience (like having to deliver :-p). It's not you, and she's not gonna be crazy forever. :)
  
  ~Infernal
  

• cankwhiteboy said on Jul 23, 2007....

  The kids are 7 (except she is positive she's 30) the boy is 4 (lives to destroy) and the baby is 9 mo's (sweet personality).
   
  I have a baby sitter, so maybe I'l do just that, drag her off for a quick weekend somewhere.
   
  Thanks for all the responses, my plan of attack was to work more and give her lots of space, which no one has mentioned yet.  So I guess that idea is out

• Suddenrain said on Jul 27, 2007....

  I like Perdys idea. That would be what I'd want if I was big and pregnant.

• mrmason said on Sep 22, 2007....

  Mines already mad as a fuckin box of frogs and she's just 12 weeks into it, i have to say, due to being 'on the program' in a 12 step fellowship i do have a pretty good handle on tolerance, patience...and mad people in general but i'm finding my wifes incessant nit picking, judgemenal ranting and the fact she just seems to want to stay in bed all bloody morning  ( even she admits she doesn't have morning sickness too badly) a bit hard to take. Thing is i find it makes her a complete turn off sexually and she's feeling, amidst all the other stuff, pretty horny at the moment....i'd rather put my dick in juice blender to be honest!

  Help.

   

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