Week 37 • Third Trimester
Mood Swings at Week 37
Rapid emotional changes, crying easily
📆 Third Trimester Overview
Returns as anxiety about birth increases
🔍 What Causes Mood Swings at Week 37?
- •Dramatic hormone fluctuations
- •Estrogen and progesterone effects on brain
- •Fatigue and discomfort
- •Anxiety about pregnancy/parenthood
- •Stress and life changes
- •Sleep deprivation
✓ Normal Signs
- ✓Crying easily
- ✓Happy then sad quickly
- ✓More emotional than usual
- ✓Irritability
⚠ Concerning Signs
- ⚠Persistent sadness >2 weeks
- ⚠Thoughts of self-harm
- ⚠Unable to function
- ⚠Severe anxiety
- ⚠No interest in anything
💊 Relief Strategies
- ✓Accept emotions as normal
- ✓Talk about feelings
- ✓Get adequate rest
- ✓Exercise regularly
- ✓Practice relaxation
- ✓Connect with support system
- ✓Prenatal yoga
- ✓Journaling
- ✓Professional counseling if needed
🏥 When to Call Your Doctor
Contact your healthcare provider if you experience:
- ⚠Persistent sadness >2 weeks
- ⚠Thoughts of harming self or baby
- ⚠Severe anxiety interfering with life
- ⚠Unable to perform daily activities
- ⚠Loss of interest in everything
- ⚠Panic attacks