u/Practical_Shift_5143

I have been seeing a lot of discussions about how teachers are quitting their jobs because students are out of control and parents are not being supportive.

My old pre-k teacher back in the 90s told my mom on Facebook “ having supportive and involved parents made everything work well!
Unfortunately, today’s teachers have a totally different experience than I did while teaching your daughter”

Has the situation gotten that bad or do the new generation of teachers just not know how to handle these kids anymore?

I often hear from the teachers side and why they are upset, but never the parents.

I don’t have a kid in school yet, so I don’t have a dog in the fight yet. What is going on?

I have been seeing a lot of discussions about how teachers are quitting their jobs because students are out of control and parents are not being supportive.

My old pre-k teacher back in the 90s told my mom on Facebook “ having supportive and involved parents made everything work well!
Unfortunately, today’s teachers have a totally different experience than I did while teaching your daughter”

Has the situation gotten that bad or do the new generation of teachers just not know how to handle these kids anymore?

I often hear from the teachers side and why they are upset, but never the parents.

I don’t have a kid in school yet, so I don’t have a dog in the fight yet. What is going on?

I’m currently 27 weeks pregnant and I’ve noticed a side of myself that honestly scares me a little.

Before pregnancy, I was a pretty patient person. My husband and I have been together for 7 years. We’ve had arguments like any couple, but I never had urges to hit him or physically react when I was annoyed.

Since becoming pregnant, I feel like my irritability has gone through the roof. It’s not even just my husband. I find myself getting annoyed with coworkers, family members, and random strangers, much faster than I used to. I literally want to fight everyone.

The reason I’m posting is because I recently had an argument with my husband that really shocked me.
We were trying to meet up with my sister and her family to watch fireworks. They were following us in their car, it was dark, and we ended up getting separated because my husband didn’t have a clear address and wasn’t really communicating what he was doing. I was trying to coordinate with my sister on the phone while also figuring out where we were going.

The more stressed I got, the more frustrated I became because I felt like every time I asked my husband a question, he would either get defensive or answer with another question instead of just telling me the plan.
What scared me was how fast everything escalated.
I went from mildly annoyed to very angry in probably 10 minutes, and then from angry to absolutely raging in what felt like seconds.

I ended up screaming at him at the top of my lungs. I shoved his shoulder and tossed my Stanley cup into his lap. The second it happened I felt awful because that is not who I am. I apologized afterward and he accepted my apology, but I’ve been thinking about it ever since.

The thing is, when I look back, this isn’t the first time during pregnancy that I’ve noticed more aggressive impulses. I’ve caught myself having thoughts like wanting to smack someone’s arm when they’re being annoying or wanting to physically react instead of just rolling my eyes and moving on. I don’t remember ever feeling this way before pregnancy.

I’m not trying to excuse my behavior. I know what I did was wrong and I take responsibility for it.

I’m just wondering if anyone else experienced a dramatic increase in irritability, anger, or aggressive impulses during pregnancy that felt completely out of character for them.
Did it get better after delivery? Did you talk to your OB about it?

Thankfully, I work an office job so I can sit down all day, but I swear I get so irritated with people at work. Especially those who have never been pregnant and don’t know what we are going through daily. I swear they think we are exaggerating. People just seem to lack empathy these days for pregnant women. It seems like being pregnant, my manager has put even more work on me compared to my coworkers even though I continue to tell him “I’m at capacity”. I can’t wait for maternity leave.

My husband and I have settled on the first name Tobias, but we are having a hard time finding a middle name. My husband is from East Africa so he wants a Swahili middle name and he likes Jabali (which means rock). I’m not sure if I love the name or not.

Do you have any suggestions?

Sorry a little TMI, but I’ve always had issues when it came to constipation. Sometimes going to the bathroom only once or twice a week. Since being pregnant, I have had such a hard time being regular to the point where by the time I need to go to the bathroom it is so painful! It’s normally on a Sunday or Monday where I will wake up in the middle of the night in so much pain from the contractions and being backed up. The pain gets so bad that I end up vomiting.

After going to the bathroom, I am fine for a week until the cycle starts back up again. Do you have any advice?