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I’ve never cried this much in my life. It’s either crying about feeling sick or having complicated emotions about the pregnancy.

I was never someone who felt like it was their purpose in life to be a mom, never fantasized about babies etc. I’m not a ‘kid person’ really. But I’ve really warmed to the idea of starting a family in the past year, and my husband and I got pregnant literally within 3 weeks of trying. (I know that’s a blessing and we’re very lucky. But I also experienced it as a massive shock and quite terrifying.)

Now I feel a complete loss in my confidence and sense of self. My husband and dog smell bad to me and I can’t snuggle them. Can’t eat normal food, am sleeping poorly, feel sick and drained most of the time. I’m almost 11 weeks and I feel like I’m trapped in a repeat of the same day over and over. I can’t imagine ever feeling like myself or feeling confident again.

I’ve found a perinatal therapist and plan to start therapy soon to for support. But it feels so taboo and wrong to be feeling negative and miserable, like there’s something wrong or I’m not made for this.

I’m sorry for how much of a bummer this post is. I’m just wondering if any of this is normal, or if anyone else is feeling this way. This group has been such a comfort to me.

I’m 9 weeks 3 days and starting to feel really worn down/depressed. I feel like I don’t exist outside of my symptoms.

Has anyone in this group hit a point where the nausea and fatigue has started improving, and if so, when did it start?

Edit: I could cry and kiss you all with gratitude for sharing how you’re doing. So grateful for this bumper community❤️ we’re doing it y’all!

I’ve been coming in to work late every morning because I wake up sick, and have already missed two full days of work… I’m 9 weeks today🥵

My boss knows and is really understanding. My workplace is very employee- and family-centered. I haven’t used up all my PTO… But the guilt is immense, and worrying about it on top of feeling miserable is really wearing me down.

I’m a nurse and I’ve worked previous jobs where I already would’ve been fired for this, so I’m feeling grateful too.

Anyone else on this struggle bus?

Hey yall, I was so desperate and reading every Reddit thread about morning sickness in existence for the past couple weeks so I thought I’d share what’s helped me. I’m 8+4 right now so hopefully in the thick of it.

I never vomited but was missing work, hovering in the bathroom, and crawling out of my skin for good portions of the day. Cried a lot and felt completely miserable. I started losing weight because I couldn’t eat anything except for saltines and applesauce (and even that felt gross). Also was dehydrated because water tastes so bad.

First I recommend calling your doctor if you are so sick that it affects your daily functioning! Don’t wait until it’s gotten insanely miserable. She prescribed Reglan (on top of the unisom + vitamin b6 I was already taking) and Zofran if the Reglan didn’t work.

Now my nausea feels way more manageable, I only feel uncomfortable and yucky in the mornings and evenings. But I’m able to eat a bigger range of foods and am more hydrated. I even vacuumed today!

Here’s what I’m doing:
- 25 mg of vitamin B6 and 10 mg of Reglan in the morning, midday, and evening
- 10 mg of Unisom in morning and 25 mg at bedtime
- eating 3-4 saltines before even sitting up in the morning (and whenever I start feeling queasy)
- EmeTerm sickness band during the day (I’ve noticed I feel sicker when I don’t wear it)
- lemonade Crystal Light in ice cold water (GAME changer for hydration. I underestimated how much being dehydrated played a role in the weakness/dizziness/nausea)
- trying to eat protein with my carbs whenever I can manage it
- not going more than 1.5-2 hours without eating
- Gin-Gin ginger chews for when I’m really on the struggle bus

Also - preggie pops just arrived in the mail today, haven’t tried them yet but I hear that they can help a lot!

Feel free to add any other things that have been helping you! This sub has been such a comfort to me these past weeks, I hope this helps even just one person.❤️ Hopefully just a handful more weeks for us all until things start looking up!

Just had my first ultrasound yesterday, all is well (yay!) except a large 9 x 10 x 9.5 cm intramural uterine fibroid. My OB said she’ll refer me to maternal fetal medicine for closer monitoring and ultrasounds. She mentioned that it could cause preterm labor but also said “this doesn’t mean you’ll have a bad pregnancy.”

Does anyone else have experience with this? I lost some sleep last night and googling is not helping my case😵‍💫 I’m trying to focus on the positives but I’m scared, I don’t want this to become the main character of my pregnancy.