Nausea/terror in 3rd trimester

[illuminasam]

I'm now 30+3 and since about 26/27 weeks I've had occasional, but increasing in number, sick feelings.

It doesn't feel like the kind of nausea I had in the 1st tri, more like extreme nervousness to the point of nausea.

I can't work out if I'm just extremely scared about the whole deal or if there is some kind of hormone rush going on that's giving me a weird feeling.

I feel fine and calm and excited about it all the rest of the time. Just these occasional waves.

I gave birth two years ago at 22 weeks and obviously my baby didn't make it. I can't work out if this is something to do with that or just normal for the stage I'm at.

Can anyone relate?

[MidgetGems]

I'm 29 weeks and have also experienced this. For me it seems to happen more when I'm laid down at night and just like you I feel really terrified just for these moments.

I also feel sick, especially at night, and it feels just like you describe. The doctor discovered I have a urinary infection last week so don't know if that may not be helping?

So sorry I can't offer any advice but just wanted to say ...snap!

[BonjourIvressedeNoel]

OP, have you got any other sympthoms, like headaches, dizziness or chest pain?

[maybebaby23]

I have this too!! Extreme nervousness to the point of nausea is spot on, that is exactly what i feel like when it happens. It just washes over me and only lasts seconds. I suffer with anxiety though so i just thought it was something to do with that..

No idea what it is but you are not alone!

[MrsMattie]

Any other symptoms?

[illuminasam]

No other symptoms as far as I can tell. I have a mild headache today and I suffer from SPD, but that's about it. I take progesterone every day.

Certainly no dizziness or faintness.

[illuminasam]

Happy to know I@m not alone!

[maybebaby23]

I have some dizzyness now and again but this pregnancy is exactly the same as my last and i had dizzyness during the last 6 weeks then too. But not this wierd feeling! BP fine if a little low as normal.

[MrsMattie]

No itchiness anywhere?

Nausea in the last trimester is pretty common, I think. Your digestive system is under strain as your baby gets bigger and squishes your internal organs.

I only ask about itchiness as that - usually on alsm of hands or soles of feet - + nausea can be a symptom of a (very rare) condition called obstetric cholestasis.

[MrsMattie]

sorry, palms of hands

[illuminasam]

I certainly have an itchy belly occasionally but nothing bad and certainly not the hands or feet.

I thought having itchy palms was a sign of being a werewolf or something?(!)

It's very odd. I should have been most anxious around 20 - 22 weeks as this is when I lost my last baby and while I was certainly apprehensive then, it was nothing like these feelings, which have kicked in when there is a much better chance the baby will actually make it.

maybebaby3 - do let me know if you find anything out as it sounds like we are experiencing exactly the same thing!

[BonjourIvressedeNoel]

nausea and a feeling of dread ( malaise) can also be a sign of pre eclampsia.

[maybebaby23]

I will post if i find anything out about it

I have been trying to describe the feeling for ages, can't believe you posted this and worded it spot on! Am going to tell DF when he gets home lol

[maybebaby23]

Sorry to hear about your first baby OP

[illuminasam]

Good lord, I hope it's not pre-eclampsia!

I've had even blood pressure all through my pregnancy though and no protein in urine. All the same, thanks for the heads up BIdeN, I will certainly mention it to my midwife when I see her on Monday.

Thanks maybebaby - We are looking forward to no.2 now.