Feeling terrible this evening, not sure if I can cope anymore.

[RockLovesMincePies]

Sorry for another moan, but I am finding things very difficult at the moment and today has been particularly bad.

I am 34 weeks pregnant, still suffering with nausea every day and being emetophobic is making life hell.

I have been feeling dreadful all day, stomachaches and severe nausea since waking up and it is getting worse, not better as the evening wears on. I walked into town and back last night to have a look at the Christmas market and pick a few things up from the shops.I think I really overdid it, I didn't realise how knackered my body is!

I had horrible back pain and ligament pains under my tummy and was also very breathless when I got home. As a result I felt very sick, shaky and tearful for a couple of hours. I also had a panic because of the crowds in town, it was very difficult to get through the streets and I found myself feeling extremely anxious. And although I have suffered from anxiety before, crowds have never triggered it previously.

Anyway to get to my point, I am sat here unable to eat any dinner and starting to panic because I feel so very sick and unwell. As well as tummy ache, I also have back ache which is like the pain I get when I have a period. I just feel "wrong".

I can't tell if it's just pregnancy nausea, my anxiety playing with my mind or if I've picked a bug up. I am not due til the end of Jan and I just can't go on like this, I have mini panics every time I have to leave the house because of feeling sick.

Sorry to ramble on so long, just needed to vent somewhere. Is anyone else struggling with their pregnancy? I feel like just a wimp, dp is doing everything round the house at the moment. :(

:( rock.

I am struggling today as well. I have spent most of the day in tears. Started off the day throwing up spectacularly. SPD is at is worst and I am fairly certain my ribs are fractured. :( I am in so much pain with not much I can do with it. I just keep crying. My back aches at the top, my shoulderblade feels like its on fire and with every kick/movement I am wincing in pain. As well as that I have had tightenings every 30 mins or so all day.

34 weeks though, you are very nearly there! I am 32 weeks on Monday.

Go to bed with a hot water bottle and see if you can see your midwife tomos, hope you feel better soon.

RockLovesMincePies,
do you have any chance to visit emergency somewhere? the previous night of my first birth i felt like you did and next day my waters broke and labour started.

Aw Julez you poor, poor thing; my problems are nothing compared to yours. I really hope you have a better day tomorrow xx.

Girlie, I have a mw appt tomorrow afternoon for my 34 week check, however I am panicking already at not feeling well enough to go to the surgery. Going to bed would be lovely, but if I fall asleep early I'll be awake at stupid o'clock and then stress that I can't get back to sleep.

My parents are due down to see me at the weekend, they are taking dd and me back up to their house (3-4 hour drive) for a few days so that I can drop dd off with her dad for Christmas.

They are driving me because at the moment I don't trust myself to drive that far whilst feeling so ill. However, I am panicking already at having to be in a car that long and then having to do a 4 hour train journey back home. think all the stress of this may be making me worse.

Noraa, the nearest maternity unit is a good 20-25 mins drive away and I'd have to do that as dp doesn't drive.

I'm pretty sure that's where the mw would refer me if she thought I needed checking over. I live in a fairly rural area populated by small towns, hence not having anywhere local to go.

Oh dear, can your parents not stay with you for a bit, help you out? You can take paracetamol while your preggers so if your still feeling rough I'd take a couple. I was really poorly when I was pregnant, I had gallstones and was in hideous pain at some points so I know how you feeling xxx

No, I have to get up to Oxfordshire as DD is staying with exh from 22-29 Dec. I really want to spend a few days with her before I come home to spend Christmas with DP and his family.

I feel exactly like you described and I am only 20 weeks. I have been in and out of work for the past couple of months - am currently signed off work until the end of this week but still struggling to cope.

Still feeling awful and nauseous but the worst thing is that I am constantly hot and at any change in temperature I just seem to overheat within seconds and feel dizzy and faint.

I just went into the village to pick up some new contact lenses and I could't even sit in the shop for 3 minutes to wait. I just got a taxi home with the window open and am now at home crying. I seem to be able to cope at home as I can control the temperature and eating/ drinking. As soon as I go out into shops or the train though it just goes out of the window and I feel just like you described. It's making me feel like I can't do anything and not sure how I can go back to work or even get through another 20 weeks of this.

Oh that must have been very scary Bub, just have a very relaxing afternoon.

I had the exact same thing at the end of Oct when I was staying with my parents. I had to go to an appt to have my eyebrows waxed (I was desperate as I was looking like a Yeti lol) and I went even though I felt awful.

Anyway I was in with the beautician (lovely, lovely lady), lying on the bed thing and I suddenly went really hot, tingly and dizzy as well as feeling extremely sick. I had to ask if I could sit up whilst she finished, otherwise I'd have had to run away with one eybrow done!

She was great and offered me water and apologised as she had turned the heating up to full to dry a wet patch on the wall that a previous client has caused with her coat. It was a tiny room, so the heat was stifling and I know that was the problem. I managed to finish the appt and pay, but then I shook whilst I drove home (5 mins) and felt awful all afternoon.

I felt the same as you at 20 weeks, and i have to say, even though I feel awful at the moment, I have had good days in between so it hasn't all been unbearable.

All I can tell myself now is that this is a temporary state the baby is worth all the discomfort and disruption to my life and next year I will be able to live normally again. Sometimes it helps, sometimes it doesn't, but it's all I can do, along with taking things one day (or hour) at a time.