May-ish 2019 - thread 2!

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Thought I'd get this started 7+5 for me today

@frankiefumbles @DietCoke1

Yes, it's nerve wracking. I'm also worried the morning sickness will kick in and I'll be ill for the full two weeks!

I'm really not organised either. Will need to pop to Primark this weekend lol!

Hello
I'm worried I'm not getting the right nutrients and liquids. I'm having extreme morning sickness. I've been proscribed cyclizine which do help a-little but still all I seem to be able to stomach is toast and sips of lucosade/ peppermint tea..I'm 7-3 weeks had sickness since 5 weeks. Not had a full meal for over 2 weeks. Is anyone else in the same boat. Even the toast is coming back up and this is effecting my folic avid intake.I have ended up using my leave at work as I don't want to take sick days, I cannot go on until 12 weeks. Everyone tells me "it will be worth it in the end" which I know it will but this amount of nausea and sickness is starting to get me really down. can't leave the house starting to feel lonely and upset as nothing is helping.I find myself up 15 times a night with sickness nausea.... please someone tell me I'm not the only one feeling down over it all and upset I'm not being able to get the correct nutrition to my baby

@DietCoke1 take bits off food you can nibble on and even pack ginger ale and peppermint tea. I went away at 5 weeks and sickness started. Trying to find ginger ale in turkey was hard. I was dreaming about eating salt and vinegar crisps and couldn't find anything. Hopefully you won't get sickness but just incase be prepared I wish I had been. You can find things abroad but I was so sick it's nice to have the home comforts. Little portage pots you could fill in the room with the kettle. The thought of food that wasn't what I was used to made me worse. And I normally eat anything and everything not fussy at all. But I just dreamt of plain home foods. X

Is anybody experiencing just having no appetite at all? I have no nausea or sickness but just not hungry? I usually love my food! I’ve eaten a tiny pastery today (at a work meeting!) and that’s it . I suppose I need to keep reminding or forcing myself to eat so the baby gets enough nutrients??

Yes Lorrie I keep having to force myself to eat. Very unusual for me 🤣 don't worry, the baby will take everything it needs from your reserves. But maybe try and snack if you can't face big meals?

Feel like I've been hit by a bus today, the exhaustion has come back with a vengeance!

@Lizzybeth123 that sounds really tough. I don't have any experience of this, but what I do know is that you are not alone. Lots of people struggle with this and have perfectly healthy babies and no one has the diet they imagine they will do! It's not quite as simple as you'd think...ohh yes dahhhling I'll have the organic salad with homegrown tomatoes and an organic skinless chicken breast followed by seeds of the earth and quinoa spinach shake 😂 nah. Get down what you can and hopefully in a few weeks time you can look back at this as being a distant memory. Sorry the nausea is hitting you so hard. When I was sick on the last one I was having weak elderflower cordial with fizzy mineral water and not a lot else until about 9pm. At least that had some sugar in it to keep me going. For my evening meal I'd cook at 5pm and feel awful but leave it on the side. When I couldn't smell the cooking smells I'd eventually go back to it.

I know everyone usually suggests ginger etc but have you tried liquids like soups/yoghurt/milk? Fruit purée? The thought of it might make you urge. I don't know.

@Lorrie3 I'm not hungry until later in the day generally but I'm relying on the fact that I've eaten well over the last year so my body must have some stores of nutrients.

I'm guessing both you ladies are taking the multivitamins? @Lizzybeth123 I'm sure someone has mentioned somewhere about dissolving vits and folic acid, maybe worth looking into

Bloody caps. Apologies for every time I do this over the next however many months.

@Lizzybeth123 it sounds like you’re having a horrible time of it.
I haven’t suffered like you are but my friend did, she described everything you have including the loneliness.

One thing I would suggest is disclosing to your work that you are pregnant, I know it’s early but you will then be protected for sick leave which can’t be counted or used as a disciplinary reason if it’s pregnancy related.

I don’t mean to add to your worries but this could go on for a while and you may need to protect yourself.

Also keep going back to the doctor if you feel what you have been perscribed isn’t helping.

Don’t worry about what you are and aren’t eating. Your body will prioritise the baby over you for nutrition so it will be ok, just eat what you can.

Thank you @MimiSunshine @frankiefumbles ..... thank you for the advice. X

Hi all. Didn't realise there was a new thread :)

29 and 5+2 with my first. My cramps have now eased to where I'm not even noticing if I'm having them or not. Ahh it feel weird not having them after them being there for 2 weeks. Hope everyone's sickness eases. I haven't had any yet. Just lots of heart burn.

X

@mimisunshine thanks. Im probably going to cook in a bit and I think I’ll manage to eat so that should be good! I’m not taking any multi vits though it did cross my mind today to go get some advice and take them? We only found out on Sunday and all he doc told me to take on Monday was folic acid as we were trying so hadn’t been taking any!

@Lorrie3 Be careful with weights I'd speak to a trainer at your gym. I've been told to stop any hip swinging motion type exercises (glute kick baks, hip thrusts, sumo squats and anything with kettlebells) until I'm 12 weeks. Also have to drop my weights too so I'm going to do a lot of banded things and body weight exercises. The biggest thing to watch out for is breathing, holding your breath is not good and can increase blood pressure so I'm asking my training partner to look out. I can't remember the name of the breathing I'm talking about but it's when you breathe out strongly without actually exhaling any air.

@McDonald123 yes thanks: I actually didn’t go to my gym class in the end this morning I was going to but thought the better as we do a lots of swings burpees etc
I’ve since phoned my trainer and she was super understanding and really seemed to know her stuff and has changed my programme. Feeling much more comfortable now and looking forward to getting back training

@sassehmonsta not too far from you, south northants based x

All this talk of exercise is tiring me out! I’ve had a very lazy day with my only plans for this evening being an early night and reading my book.

I am so in awe of you wonderful ladies who are continuing to excerise! It is amazing and I don’t know how you are managing to do it... I genuinely feel like I’ve been hit by a bus most days.

To the lovely ladies suffering with terrible sickness - I hold out a hand to you! It’s truly awful... I can sympathise a bit (I’m sick between 2-3 times a day) and I feel shit. I keep trying to remember that “this to, shall pass”

In other news I told my DM our lovely news... as expected her response was less than pleasant... she said FOR FUCK SAKE! And went on to say what a mistake it was. I knew she would be mad but it was still hard to hear - so feeling a little down about that.

@lizzybeth - Don't worry too much. Focus on making sure you aren't becoming dehydrated - I got to almost 15 weeks without proper food because I couldnt keep it down. Baby was fine (and now a happy, healthy, annoying 3 yr old!)! I threw up my multivits constantly too. This time the Dr has prescribed liquid folic acid. It's ace, it's 0.8mls a day!! I can manage to keep that down...

@Dreaming ohhh someone close by! I do a lot of traipsing to small south northants villages to my parents :)

I have managed a small amount of food today. The stemtil I have been prescribed is ace.

@until.... what a horrible thing to say. Grrrrr.

This too shall pass is my mantra.

@until That must have been hard to hear from your DM on top of feeling crap.

That’s awful @UntilTheVeryEnd

Gosh until how cruel! Any idea why she is so against it?

@UntilTheVeryEnd so sorry to hear your Mum was so negative. Hopefully she'll calm down, but don't let it dull your sparkle. It's your life not hers!

I've felt so nauseous the last two days, so have been googling. Apparently sour flavours can help, so tomorrow I'm going to buy sour apple type sweets, bitter lemon drink and some actual lemons! Had a Fever-tree ginger beer tonight and that seems to have helped too.

Thanks @LittleTipple I hadn't thought about sweets to suck for when I'm at work and feeling bleurgh - I'll pick up some lemon ones tomorrow x

Hey guys, I’m currently 7+3 I had an early scan on Monday at epu due to pains and spotting, all is well and seen the babys heartbeat. This will be baby number 3, I have 2 ds 8 and 6(next week).

I haven’t told my mum yet as we are going away at the weekend with my brothers and nephew and I really don’t want them to find out yet and Don’t want her to accidentally slip up but feel really frustrated I can’t tell her. I know she isn’t going to be happy to begin with but after the initial shock has worn off she will be there for me. I had an miscarriage in November last year at 6 weeks and she was really supportive, i feel like that is also going to happen this time even tho I’m past that amount of weeks now.

I won’t be telling work until at least 20 weeks and that will just be my boss. I can’t be dealing with everyone’s questions all the time we are a small team and it will be talked about daily I wouldn’t rather tell them when I have to because of a bump. I work with 2 really close friends but have decided not to tell them because I told them both before I had a miscarriage last time and they would accidentally talk about it, I do feel bad about that but I want my privacy with the rest of the work lot. I have told my 2 other best friends outside of work and hoping them don’t slip up to the other 2.

Also is there anyone else who won’t be finding out the sex of there baby until birth? I didn’t find out with my boys and it was the best surprise; so won’t be finding out this time either.

Sorry that was a very long post

@Lorrie3 you need the pregnancy ones that have lower vitamin A in. They usually recommend the pregnacare ones which have a multivit and folic acid.

@UntilTheVeryEnd I've clearly missed a bit of the story but clearly she needs to jog on until she gets a better attitude!! Your body. Your life. Hopefully you've made your own decision about it and feel justified in your choice.

@Amberryan I'm also in the mc crew...you might like to search out the brexit babes group for pregnancy post mc. The tone there is a bit more geared to those of us feeling nervous etc. Welcome and fingers crossed!

My tummy is sooo swollen today. It's like someone has inflated it. Boobies getting quite uncomfortable. I keep feeling I don't have symptoms when in fact I do!