Pregnancy Blues?

I'm just over 6 weeks pregnant with baby number one and feel horrible.
It's only been a bit over a week that I have been feeling constant nausea all day and have vomitted yesterday and the day before. Not bad considering how others get along but it's doing my head in. I don't generally get sick or have bad period pains, I also don't like other people fussing over me. My colleague didn;t allow me to lift a chair the other day!

I miss being able to enjoy food and being out and about doing stuff. All my seedlings died because I haven't even bothered to water my garden over the past few weeks

If pregnancy is such natural normal/natural thing why does your body rebel it so much?

I am so unmotivated, tired and have no engergy to do anything anymore. If I could I'd sleep all day long - I don't feel sick when asleep so thats probably why.
Have not done any washing or cooking for ages. I have not made love to my husband for over 4 weeks now.

I'm lucky enough to have a job where I can be very flexible but if I continue to do what I have done over the last couple of weeks (= hardly anything) it will come back and bite me.

I've feel terrible for feeling this way as I remember reading some posts while TTC about woman who hate pregnancy and I just could not understand where they are coming from when I wanted it sooo much. I really don't like saying it now but I do hate this too. I can't believe I'm thining this way as so many of the loveley ladies from the TTC thread are loning to get there, especially the ladies who are and have been trying for number one for such a long time.

I've been feeling very sorry for myself for the past few days and have started to question why I want children in the first place. It really is not a nice place to be in and I know I shouldn't even go there.

Is or has anybody else felt like this while pregnant or am I going to be the worst mum ever if already I am being so selfish?

I'm one of those women that hates pregnancy. I hate it with a passion.

Prior to Daniel I had not thrown up since I was a little kid and while I was pregnant with him I went through approx 12 weeks of throwing up every day. With Jared I had that for 14 weeks. And with both I had nausea either side of that.

I've worked my ass off loosing weight only to be knackered and not wanna exercise much. Its really hard work to get my ass moving.

DH doesn't get sex when I'm preggers either. I can't imagine doing that with nausea

My post isn't helpful but it does let you know you aren't alone. I love Daniel like crazy now even though I hated pregnancy with a vengence. I actually don't mind the labour etc but I wish I could do that without having months of feeling like crap

Me too! I honestly honestly wondered how anyone could do this more than once. It was horrid.   But it has definitely gotten much much much better - and that is despite still being sick most days.

Don't beat yourself up for feeling down...it is normal to experience a range of emotions right throughout pregnancy. You WILL get through this rough patch!

ohh I know how you feel too!

It was just yesterday that I said to DH that I thought I would love being pregnant but actually I dont really like it at the mo!

I must admit the ms is starting to fade (I think!) so I am feeling better but it just feels like everything I want food wise I cant eat, I want to be out at BBQ's with my friends but I'm tired of feeling sick and pretending not to and by 9:30 I feel like the party pooper cos I wanna go home!

I have so much to do and not one ounce of energy.

I am hoping the turning point is soon!

haha - DH just asked if I had written that it sucks too that he has no idea how I feel right now....I think I may have said that a few times int he last few days

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I'm with Kelly, stop feeling guilty. It's ok to feel like snot!

I had horrible morning sickness from 6 weeks to 14 weeks and I hated every moment of every day for it. Then oneday...it just stopped. And from then, right until the day I gave birth, I enjoyed my pregnancy (except for a few moments of frustration, etc).

Just try to remember that everything your body is doing IS normal and it won't last forever. Somewhere along the line, it WILL stop.

And I tell ya, I had some horrible sh*t go down during my pregnancy with the babies father and I and Mac is no worse for wear for it and he is neither hateful or stand-offish towards me or his Dad. He loves us both very much (either that or his smile is just his way of laughing AT us )

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mrs ana, if your needing to sleep every afternoon it may pay to get your bloods done, check for iron and b12, its normal to be tired but if you are low in either of those you will feel it even more and it will make you more cranky. i know it does that with me. im gonna be having b12 shots right throughout pregnancy cause my levels get really low and its like a caffine hit in many ways. as soon as ive had it i feel instant energy and tiredness lift within a few hours.

But for me it gets better after 20w, i generally feel like poo until then as my ms tends not to ease off until well into the 2nd tri and then my tummy finally feels normalish about then so i dont feel so rotten at the world.

Susy - you poor thing! I shouldn't really complain, I don't have any MS. The GP should be able to prescribe some anti-nausea meds, maybe you have some sports drinks in the house also to keep your fluids up?

Stacey - I've had low B12 + Iron in the past, I had my levels checked about a month ago, GP said they were fine... might have to check them again.

I had mine checked with Jared and they were good for me and a week later they were both below 10 . So I'm keeping an eye on my tiredness this time. I'm lucky in that I've got some b12 jabs with me so I can just go along and get the nurse to jab me lol

Hey SUsy,

Honey, I can relate! I felt EXACTLY the same way... everyday for ages. I had MS everyday, all day and night and I felt so depressed... and even said I couldnt do this anymore (meaning the pregnancy) . I felt really guilty about how i felt but by reading other forums I realised I wasnt a bad person and that other women felt this way.
Let me give you hope though.. and I thought back then, I would never feel this way,. but once you see that baby in a scan it makes it ALL worth while... you realise the nausea, depression is all part of it... and tis ok not to like the nausea etc but that doesnt mean you dont want the baby.
I had MS until 16weeks.. slowly after that it got less and less... every second day... now i have 2 good days, one not so good. Its mainly just exhaustion now rather than the nausea.
Ask your doc about metaclopramide... it changed my world... meant I could get out of the house and it just about compeltely took away my nausea.
You are not alone, accept all feelings etc that come your way and when you feel disgrunteled about the sickness go online and look at ultrasounds of what your baby might look like at that particular stage... it really helped me realise that I was sick for a reason.
hang in there... its all part of the ride! I am 23 weeks now and for the past 5 weeks life is GOOD!!! i feel good, my modd is fantastic. I still have off days each week but jus tknow to go with it and the next day will be good!
xxxx

just remember hun, that you can hate BEING pregnant, but can love what pregnancy is going to do (give you your first child) it took me a long time to stop hating being pregnant, i had intense MS until almost 30 weeks, was lethargic and could barely do my job (and i was in water). but i remember thinking about how it wasnt long before we would get to meet our son, and somehow it go me through it. now ive got the nighttime feeds (which i hate) the nappy-filling the moment you put a clean one on (which i hate) the cracked nipples (which i hate) but would go through it all again in a heartbeat for our son.

you are more than welcome to hate the situation and there are alot of people who do... just remember who you are going through this for, yourself, your OH and your child


FXd it gets better for you!