Pregnancy triggers increased domestic violence!!!! Who knew

I am not shocked by this at all. First off, there are several different scenarios of how and why a woman gets pregnant and if the pregnancy is planned by both partners, etc. Woman have been known to plan to get pregnant for the purpose (in their mind) of wanting to get the guy to marry her or stay with her. There are pregnancies that are unplanned that will place an extra financial hardship on a couple. There are many more scenarios that may cause stress on a couple. I should think that if there is an underlying tendency towards violence in the relationship that a pregnancy will not be the first instance to bring this to a greater level. Pregnancy can certainly intensify the situation if there is already some violence, subtle or not, in the relationship. Thirdly, as you know, during pregnancy a woman's hormones change tremendously. The woman can become someone other than herself. Some woman tolerate these changes and in fact "blossom" and become beautiful and radiant. Some woman go through pregnancy as if it were a curse and are ill tempered, etc. Pregnancy is a life changing process on the body. It is not always an easy thing for woman to go through and I do not think it is possible for a man to understand this. However, I can see where it could bring out the worst in couples if the circumstances are ripe for violence. Even the best of husbands, the ideal, the loving, understanding man, will have his patience tried. His is mostly a mental and emotional journey through pregnancy while the woman has the bodily effects to deal with also. It is a complicated matter and is best dealt with when couples are committed to each other, to the pregnancy and to dealing with the good and bad times in a rationale manner.

Some women actually become violent during pregnancy because of the raised hormone levels, so the statistics might not only be about acts of violence committed by men. I know several women who used to get insanely angry whilst they were pregnant and throw things around and hit people and everything.