Pregnancy Tips & Facts 3

One thing that a husband is afraid of from his pregnant wife is the mood swing. And trust me, he has every reason to be afraid, because I don't know how to handle it. Even after reading several pregnancy books, the safest reaction to a wife's mood swing is to collapse to the floor from lethal disease. It might be painful and tragic, but it's much less painful than to deal with the monstrous episodes.

The mood swings can come and go just like a storm, except that people can predict when the storm comes whereas no one can tell when the next mood swing will hit. The pregnant wife can look cheerful and happy at one time, and suddenly BAM! she cries her eyes out. It could be caused by a very simple thing like running out of salt or the fact that today is Thursday.

One author of the book that I read suggested that the husband needs to be supportive and he also needs to just be there, listen to her and hug her compassionately. That author should root in hell.

Because most of the time the cause of the mood swing is the husband. So hugging her at that episode would be as risky as playing tag with a bear. But you might want to try being supportive. It might work sometimes. But the main key to this symptom is just to keep your cool. Understand the she is having a mood swing, so be patience and don't escalate the situation by shouting back at her. Then you can collapse.