November 16 thread 3!!

[Spottyladybird]

Wow! Thread number three.

Hiya Shared! I love a good download! Hope you do feel better and can start enjoying it v soon.

Fuzzy, isn't the paranoia exhausting? Every wipe is a huge relief it's crazy. But keep on taking each day as it comes.

Erm, so I'm watching a cheesy film and actually just starting blubbing because 2 characters held hands. I'm only 10mins into the film. Seriously? I'm not a cryer. Quite freaked out haha!

Hope everyone's Wednesday is looking rosy!

Hi there shared, am almost exactly where you're at, 11 weeks today.
I have also been having a miserable time and however much I tell myself I am lucky to be so symptomatic, it can be hard to keep strong and positive when you're feeling rubbish all day, have no energy and don't want to move.

Anyway, this is just to say that you're absolutely not alone and a big welcome. The group has already been invaluable when I've been feeling awful.

Four times a day is a lot of vomiting -- have you been to GP to see if they can give you something?
I have also been telling myself that if I wouldn't work if I was feeling this bad for any other reason, not to try and work through the sickness: don't beat yourself up about it or try and go in if you're not up to it.

Hi shared we all love a good vent and a moan, don't worry. I think a few of us are feeling very grateful to be pregnant but utterly miserable with feeling ill. I think more people need to come out and say that it is ok to not enjoy being pregnant! Really hope your symptoms start to ease off soon as you make it out of the first trimester.

Albus thinking of you for tomorrow, I always have a restless and disturbed nights sleep pre-scan.

Hi Shared, so sorry you're feeling rubbish. That dream sounds horrendous but as others have said, vivid dreams are a positive pregnancy symptom so if you can take any positives from it, focus on that. Easier said than done though, I know!

Thanks for all your reassurances about feeling alone... I have a few things planned for this week so hopefully seeing friends will help!

On the emotional front... I watched 13 Going On 30 at the weekend and absolutely WEPT. Huge, hacking sobs. Think it's safe to say the hormones are running riot at the moment!

Cake, totally agree with this. My friend had a horrendous pregnancy (twins born in Feb though, gorgeous and so worth it she says!) and hated every second of it. She often said to me she was sick of hearing about the joys of pregnancy and how she should be grateful and glowing.

Kim Kardashian is actually a really good source on this subject - she had two difficult pregnancies and was pretty vocal about it!

Haha yes know about emotional cried at Disneyland at the weekend, because everyone was so happy

Cake, so true. I only enjoy pregnancy insofar as its a different type of stress to the TTC stress of tracking and timing! It feels like you're moving towards a target instead of just living your life in 2 week intervals like TTC.

Booking appointment this morning and had another bleed whilst as the hospital so they squeezed me in for a quick scan. All is fine and no sign of my haematoma, so they suspect it has moved closer to my cervix and is bleeding out. Was quite upsetting though as it was at my booking appointment last pregnancy when I started to bleed too so bought back a lot of bad memories and I've already put on 1.5kgs

Albus I've been crying at everything. Was just in Foyles and almost cried at how pretty a book cover was. And out of frustration that there were no baby name books

Hi All, I've not posted for ages but I am now around 11weeks and have my first scan booked in for next Weds 27th - wishing away the next week. Still suffering from nausea and lethargy, but managed to catch up on lots of sleep last week while on holiday. Really struggling with work this week, I've started to get headaches over the last couple of days. I think they might be sinus related, but they are really bugging me - has anyone else been experiencing headaches? Any tips for easing them?

Exhausting and relentless Bolly. So glad I have this thread of women who understand.

Glad your scan went well and you are passed the booking milestone smells.

I had a sinus infection early on Flamingo and have just spent the last week and a half with the dreaded pregnancy headaches. They hurt so much that even massaging my shoulders/neck brings on nausea and even more head pounding. I have found nothing at all that touches them so please let me know if you have any success as they are a daily occurrence now.

I think pregnancy is incredibly difficult. Whilst I am sure we are all pleased and grateful to be pregnant, it is tough. It doesn't matter whether you are being constantly sick, too tired to focus, too worried to concentrate on anything else or something else, very few (if any) of us are having a lovely and relaxing few months right now.

I've peaked too soon again today. Felt really good until about 2pm now the nausea and retching is back. Joy!

Congrats on the scan Smells

I think my DH is getting a bit fed up with me being useless. I'm sleeping so soundly I'm not hearing the dog in the morning or the alarm, we usually take it in turns but he has done it every day for the past two weeks. My sickness usually starts in the afternoon so I'm useless every night, can't cook and don't want to eat much plus I'm making some stupid mistakes, only little ones, but so so unlike me. We've been together for 12 years so it must be a bit unsettling for him! He said this morning it's like I've had my brain removed!

I'm feeling guilty tho, even though I know I shouldn't so I've prepped us a homemade curry (whilst feeling well this morning) and just been to pick up some beers and some sweeties by way of a gesture for my craziness! Roll on 12 weeks and the pregnancy glow!

Welcome Shared! I'm not really enjoying pregnancy so far, it's been far tougher than I imagined it would be. Really hoping that blooming period is just around the corner.

I went for a walk today into town - did you guys know that if you sign up for the Boots advantage card baby club they send you a voucher for free folic acid/vitamins? I'm running low on Pregnacare so went to pick them up today, they're only like £3.50 anyway but it's a nice gesture!

I had to stop in Wetherspoons and have a sit down and a drink half way through my walk, I was exhausted and my back really hurt. Felt about 60! Had a full fat Pepsi, my first since finding out I'm PG and my first non-Diet Pepsi for yonks. It was heaven. And now I just want moooooore!

Hi ladies haven't been on for a couple of weeks ,been feeling miserable as sin!

I'm now 9wks 3 days and dare I say it..feeling much better than I have been these last few weeks think I'm reaching the end of this awful sickness, I'm no longer eating like an animal and have a bit more energy this week so alls good!

Have my dating scan booked for 6th may and had my booking in session with my midwife on Monday who's a lovely non pushy lady! She even went as far as to admit to me that she never breastfed her son, which I liked because she didn't have to tell me that esp as she said she had to tell me the benefits of breastfeeding.

Hope you are all well and enjoying the lush weather

Hello shared, poor you with the sickness. I'm the same. Pregnancy is so hard! I feel awful to resent how it makes me feel but I do not like it at all. If all goes well I think our family will be complete after this one, I don't think I can do it a third time. That said this week I've only been throwing up about twice a day! Yay! Last pregnancy I was about 6 times a day at this point - and I don't/didn't have HG, I really feel for those who have it. Luckily it went away instantly when I gave birth, threw up about 3 times during labour and then nothing until about 6weeks ago when it was time to take the test! Go to the Drs for help if you need to, I really regret that I didn't push harder for medicine last time.

Sounds very stressful smells but glad the scan was all good. Hope the heamatoma bleeds out soon.

Sounds like good news for you smells, but a stressful day.
Flamingo if your headaches are sinus related you can be prescribed nasal sprays that should help.
I'm trying to think positive about the 2nd trimester bloom - I got it with dc1 but felt awful the whole way through with dc2, was a stone lighter at the end of that pregnancy than at the beginning due to constant nausea and was tiny to start with back then. It's been my excuse for not dieting for the last 6 months, just in case I go off everything again for 9 months

12 weeks tomorrow and starting to feel slightly less sicky hurrah! But my skin is horrendous! I've got proper ginormous spots that take ages to go - I'm also eating like a mad thing and am still obsessed with haribo. Discovered San pellegrino grapefruit pop this week and oh my goodness does it satisfy my need for sour!!'

Mmmmm, really fancying some sour cherries now, need! Alas, I am so wiped I can't move off the sofa.

Aw, you lovely lot- of course I am having a little cry now thanks to your kindness!

Just went to Boots for a Pregnacare reup. Check out lady was so nice that I poured out my sorry tale of not having left house in three days and daily pukefest. She made me feel like a heroine for even making it to the chemist so yeah obvi I welled up.

need my skin's also terrible, huge red welts all down jaw and neck at the moment. Anything working for you? I have a nice face mask rec if you like those? also been eating a million crisps a day that can't be helping

If anyone else wants to join our secret Facebook group (nobody else will know you are in) then just send me a PM with the email address that you use to log in and I can add you.

Oh lawdy, I've reported my post. I blame baby brain!!

almondbutter yes please!!! I'm wondering if haribo obsession is to blame for spots

fuzzyowl how do I pm? Have tried but can't seem to send anything

need it's the Sanctuary Spa 5 Minute Thermal Detox Mask you can get from Boots -- one of those ones that warms up when you put it on. I also use their Radiance Exfoliator and their Night Concentrate, both of which are really nice.