Is it just me?

Amjoy25 · February 2014

Is it just me or do you get weepy a whole lot easier then prior to pregnancy/birth? Being an ER nurse, you never let 'em see you feel or cry...I'm glad I don't work in that environment anymore, because I would probably cry about everything!

jennlin · February 2014

dangit. i picked the wrong one. i've always been a crier.

lefnc82 · February 2014

I've never been an easy to cry person but I'm definitely more sensitive these days. I feel silly when I cry watching a show on TV but I just can't help it!!

JLW0504 · February 2014

My FFFC today was that I just randomly cried in my car on my way in to work this morning while listening to Olympic updates.

Amjoy25 · February 2014

I have never been a crier...I probably cry like every other year (I blame my brother who used to make fun of me when I cried and told me to stop being a baby...ut oh, flashbacks!)...but birth has deft made me a softy.

chelseyestelle · February 2014

Becoming a mom has definitely made me a softy. I mean, the Olympics always make me cry but this year it's been crazy emotional every time I turn it on. It's those mom commercials dang it!!! They give me the feels.

Amjoy25 · February 2014

wedding06 said:

I said sort of because I am way more sensitive to anything that involves children or babies now.
On a side note I have WAY more food cravings than I did while pregnant. I hope that lets up soon otherwise I am going to have to join overeaters anonymous and buy more sweatpants.

DEFT!! I can't imagine a child or baby in the ER now. I. Would. Cry.

BrittanyCupcakes · February 2014

I picked the first option. I'd always tear up easier than most at movies and things, but lately the littlest things will cause me to break down into tears. Some of that I blame on PPA, but I cry even more at movies and things like that and I think that's just normal now.

Amjoy25 · February 2014

chelseyestelle said:

Becoming a mom has definitely made me a softy. I mean, the Olympics always make me cry but this year it's been crazy emotional every time I turn it on. It's those mom commercials dang it!!! They give me the feels.

Oh yeah. Those are rough.

BMnatz11 · February 2014

I find that I get much more weepy when I'm so tired and exhausted. My tolerance for sad stuff went down a little after DS, and now after DD it's in the toilet.

MittenJennie · February 2014

I was hard to the core. It could have been from working in tv news. Lots of yelling, swearing and reporting on awful things. But now I cry at everything. Total. Wreck. It's flipping embarrassing. Don't get me started how many times I have cried watching the Olympics.
#needtogotobootcamp
#cantleavewokleenex
#mommyisscrybaby

Icarriedawatermelon · February 2014

wedding06 said:

I said sort of because I am way more sensitive to anything that involves children or babies now.
On a side note I have WAY more food cravings than I did while pregnant. I hope that lets up soon otherwise I am going to have to join overeaters anonymous and buy more sweatpants.

Flutterby00 · February 2014

chelseyestelle said:

Becoming a mom has definitely made me a softy. I mean, the Olympics always make me cry but this year it's been crazy emotional every time I turn it on. It's those mom commercials dang it!!! They give me the feels.

yes!!! And the Xgames skiier that they featured last night who died hitting her head during a practice years ago. Her parents were talking about her with such joy. Oh man that had me.

I do cry a lot now, much more than before.

ajjf1026 · February 2014

I said SS because I've always been really emotional and it's worse now. PPD sucks!!

tashad18 · February 2014

Before being pregnant, I cried at sad movies, shows, commercials, etc. It happened all of the time. During pregnancy, I rarely got sad like that. I laughed inappropriately all of the time at the wrong things. Now, I"m back to blubbering.

deedee1017 · February 2014

I'm a friggin mess! Lol

Babyherzog123 · February 2014

SS: I cried through 99% of my pregnancy. Now I can't produce tears to save my life. Don't get me wrong, now anything negative that's child related devastated me where as before it just made me sad, but the crying won't happen. It's kind of bad because I feel like I can't always get my emotions out

I have fake cried to get a point across too... :^o

carawasa · February 2014

funny you say that - I knew you were getting soft on us @amjoy25

eta: I've been meaning to say that as my FFFC for the past 3 weeks

Eta: not that it's flame worthy. I will shut up now, you get the point.

calibr8te · February 2014

I was always the reasoning logical being that would theorize over the emotion of crying but rarely cried. Death of family members broke me down but ended up hardening me to any further emotion.

Since giving birth, the floodgates of emotion have opened up. There's a sappy commercial on? Tears. There's a documentary about how a lioness loses her cubs? Downpour. Happy endings to movies? Waterworks. The well has opened for business and there is no sign of it running dry anytime soon.

asilwhite · February 2014

Always been a crier but after having DS it has gone up a notch. I'm like a blubbering idiot at times, it's a little pathetic.

Amjoy25 · February 2014

carawasa said:

funny you say that - I knew you were getting soft on us @amjoy25 eta: I've been meaning to say that as my FFFC for the past 3 weeks Eta: not that it's flame worthy. I will shut up now, you get the point.

Your mom's soft. (Sorry that just came to me.)

KerCo51 · February 2014

It has definitely changed me. I only cried about things in my life before and now I find myself crying about little things. I had people at work telling me how soft I have become since having a baby.

LetsGoToDisney · February 2014

My emotions are so close to the surface now. I feel broken.

cvjoyner · February 2014

Not much of a crier, but things related to babies and children pretty much break my heart.

Amjoy25 · February 2014

petdocd said:

I don't think my crying has changed because of pregnancy, but I do think I've been crying more frequently lately because of life circumstances (difficult pregnancy, dog with cancer, baby with health issues). I would like to think most people would cry if they were in the same situation, because I don't like feeling like I'm weak.

::hugs:: @petdocd

MtnChickaD · February 2014

I don't know if it's zoloft for my PPD but I rarely cry anymore. If I do it's usually just from pure exhaustion. I have always been a crier so it's weird but nice, especially when it comes to work and stressful traumas/situations.

MittenJennie · February 2014

Snowboarderbritt said:
Just finished majorly balling. I literally have mascara on my neck I cried so hard. My mom was supposed to come for a couple days to visit, but she missed her flight, then the other flight she got is majorly delayed... I guess it just wasn't meant to be, but I am so so disappointed.

Granted I would have cried about this before, but now I can't stop crying. Sigh. Living apart from my mom sucks majorly.

((Hugs))

EmJ&B · February 2014

I dunno about tears but I'm way more touchy and short tempered

juliemay623 · February 2014

Always been a cryer... Had ugly tears walking down the aisle at my wedding... But after moving away from my parents I hardened up a little bc I hated crying at the airport every time one of us would leave again... After getting pregnant yeah I'm definitely a softy again! The Olympic moms commercials, the Clydesdales, Frozen, I'm a mess!

emmylou78 · February 2014

Amjoy25 said:

wedding06 said:

I said sort of because I am way more sensitive to anything that involves children or babies now.
On a side note I have WAY more food cravings than I did while pregnant. I hope that lets up soon otherwise I am going to have to join overeaters anonymous and buy more sweatpants.

DEFT!! I can't imagine a child or baby in the ER now. I. Would. Cry.

I work in the ER. I can usually just separate myself, but they had a 3mo with a brain bleed that got flown out a few weeks ago. The 3 yo sibling dropped him. It was awful and hit everyone hard. We have a lot of new mama nurses. We were all in tears, esp w a LO of the same age.

kirbabe · February 2014

Heather6789 said:

Amjoy25 said:

wedding06 said:

I said sort of because I am way more sensitive to anything that involves children or babies now.
On a side note I have WAY more food cravings than I did while pregnant. I hope that lets up soon otherwise I am going to have to join overeaters anonymous and buy more sweatpants.

DEFT!! I can't imagine a child or baby in the ER now. I. Would. Cry.

I work in the ER. I can usually just separate myself, but they had a 3mo with a brain bleed that got flown out a few weeks ago. The 3 yo sibling dropped him. It was awful and hit everyone hard. We have a lot of new mama nurses. We were all in tears, esp w a LO of the same age.

So awful!!!! Definitely made me tear up!

I don't even let my 6 year hold his brother unless he's sitting down (he's not well coordinated enough and refuses/complains about bringing in a shopping bag if it's "too heavy", which is less than 5 pounds).

I remember talking about this during pregnancy @Amjoy25
I hate crying, I feel way too vulnerable! I have a strict "No crying in the kitchen" policy at work.

But I definitely tear up much more easily than before I had kids, mainly during movies, the news, reading articles or the bump, etc. I purposefully try to avoid reading anything with a trigger.

#icequeenismelting
#butonlyalittle

StefMurph · February 2014

I cried at movies before, but I cried singing "you are my sunshine" to dd and I was a little shocked.

CateOfChicago · February 2014

Eta posted in the wrong post. But yes, I cry way more now. Sometimes, when telling dd I love her I start to cry and laugh at what an idiot unicorn I am.

Amjoy25 · February 2014

@StefMurph, I did the same thing!!! I started to tear up while singing " You Are My Sunshine"...it's not a terribly happy song either.

Amjoy25 · February 2014

@Heather6789, that's awful!! I would have been angry at those parents, but I'm sure they will never live it down, which now makes me sad for them.

norbert5 · February 2014

I cry all the time right now, I blame the ppd.

It is pretty much daily. I cried for an entire naptime last week. I really try hard not to cry in front of the girls but it is tough.

Life is just overwhelming right now and no one IRL seems to care so I feel alone.

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