Is this normal or do I need to see the midwife?

[gillykins2011]

I am 7 weeks today. For the last week I have been completely wiped out with headaches, nausea, sickness but not much and aches and pains like I have flu. This is my second baby and whilst I felt grotty I didn't feel anything like this. I lie down and sleep for 3 hours in the afternoon and go back to bed at 8pm and sleep again till the morning and then wake up feeling grim.

I am worried about how I am going to work for the next few weeks. Am I just being a wimp and should I just battle on without sleeping in the day. I am not generally a person with a low pain threshold or who gives up easily. I have run marathons and had no pain relief for last birth but this is getting me worried? Should I go see a doctor or is this entirely normal?

[Faaamily]

It sounds pretty normal to me, but see your MW anyway and put your mind at rest.

[DiggeryGravery]

Do twins run in the family.....?

[TheProvincialLady]

It doesn't sound anything to worry about unless you have cramps, blood etc. I slept like that with DS1 and like you, still woke up feeling grim. It only lasted about 2-3 weeks though.

I don't think anyone is prepared for how a less than easy pregnancy takes it out of you when you already have a child to look after. You might just need to accept that you will be able to do nothing except the bare essentials for a while. Get your partner to step up.

[SummerRain]

I had this with two out of my three pregnancies, worst with the third. With ds1 however i barely felt ill at all and just became a bit more tired than usual.

I can't help with suggestions for how to manage work i'm afraid, with ds2 it was so bad that i used have to lock the doors to the house so that the older two couldn't escape and settle them in the living room with tv and snacks while i spent the day alternatively puking, sleeping and lying very still with a cool cloth on my head. Poor dp came home to a bombsite everyday for weeks.

It does ease from around 13/14 weeks though.

[pinkyp]

I'm in my 2nd pregnancy and i was xtremely tired in this one compared to my 1st so it sounds pretty normal to me, every pregnancys different. If you start getting pains or blurred vision etc then i'd ring the mw, otherwise i'd just mention it to her next appointment. Oh try eating more iron rich foods too, you may be low on this which could def be causing you to feel tired.

[gillykins2011]

Thanks and definitely not eating properly as only feel like white bread which is not exactly nutritious!

My midwife is lovely but very no nonsense so worried she will say Im being hypochondrial which I think I would cry at! Dh being lovely but like you summer rain house is a momb shell - playmobil goes everywhere.

Good luck pinky on your second pg.

Will have to put off making my Christmas cake till tomorrow.......

[pinkyp]

thank you :)
Try to have a glass or pure orange in the morning it'll help your body absorb iron. Also in boots they sell some iron suppliments in like a liquid sachet (called something like spatonic) apparently if you mix it with the orange juice it taste nice. Hopefully it'll pass quickly for you or at least you'll learn to cope with it.

[gillykins2011]

i am taking pregnacare so hoping they will provide me with the iron. do you think you need more than that?


Good point re learning how to cope with it..... I am going to be seriously disappointed if it does not pass soon so may have to change my expectations. Its so debilitating its untrue and I am not used to just sitting and lying around in a messy house which is why I am finding it tricky.

[me23]

I hate to say this but I felt this way i.e terrible headaches debilitating fatigue, weak nauseaous, all the way through this pregnancy so far am now 19+3 and still feel as bad if not worse because now have spd I have been signed off all pregnancy from work Dr said I need to rest not that I can do anything but that This is my 2nd pregnancy 1st was so easy.

However my problem started a few months before pregnancy-pregnancy has just made them a lot worse, and my blood results are abnormal for a few things, Hopefully for use it is just 'normal' pregnancy sickness and will pass.
I would ask gp for a full blood count and get your thyroid levels checked.

[pinkyp]

Pregnancare should provide you with extra iron so i dont really know if you should have more tbh (dont want to over dose you on iron lol).

I found that if i rested i'd get a couple of short bursts of enegery so i'd wizz round for a hr doing the basics (i.e wash dishes etc) then i'd pass back out on the sofa so i think i did get use to it rather than it going.

[gillykins2011]

oh me23 - that sounds really grim. i will definitely stop whinging when I listen to you. I hope it does pass and doesn't go on throughout the pregnancy. How are you coping?

PinkyP - just what I have been doing. Actually, managed to get up at 9pm last night have dozing and carve the damned halloween pumpkin and then this morning after long lie in [husband is being the best and most supportive I could get!] I have made my Christmas cake - not really the most essential things but bending down makes the sickness worse so decided that I will only do stuff that I can do standing up. I will have one of those pickers by the time I am finished!!

[homebirthmummy]

On my honeymoon I had the same 'symptoms' as you, the long haul plane flight home was just horrendous! As I already had a DD I guessed that I was preggas. It was awful, with DD I felt ok, the usual tiredness, but DS was so much worse, I think its the combination of having a child that does it!

I had zero energy so Cbeebies was my lifeline! The 2nd trimester was ok though!

Just do things when you can, don't worry about the playmobil! When you begin nesting you can pick it up!! (And besides, your new baby won't be able to pick it up and eat it straight after birth anyway!

[gillykins2011]

Thanks homebirthmummy. I too have just come back off hols which saw the onset of it and I thought it was the flight and travel initially but it never wore off. Today has been much better - managednto only sleep once and do a few things with only one little lie down! Think my blood pressure is low too which I have had all my life and is worse when my body is dealing with other things.

Anyway hopefully onwards and upwards - thanks for all the advice. Good luck with your babies for those who are pregnant and happy Halloween to everyone else!

[jasmine51]

Hi
I had to check your post a few times to make sure it wasnt me who wrote it! I am 7 wks and feeling exactly the same way as you. I dont have nausea as such, just a few tummy jumps but I feel like I have been run over. My joints ache, I feel wiped out, headachey and just...well, ill. Daytime TV has been my closest friend for a couple of weeks! I have posted about this already and have been assured it is pefectly normal. I take all the right supplements and am generally a healthy person but this pg has just knocked me for 6. The last thing I feel like doing is going out for some fresh air but I have been forced to by a demanding dog. Without exception I have felt better afterwards - tired but in a nicer way. I have been feeling quite light headed too so have been careful not to jump around too much and my blood pressure is slightly low like yours. Please keep posting, its nice to share all these weird feelings with (my first pg to this stage but 5th in total after 4 mcs)
take care
xx