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1st pregnancy, 7 weeks.....morning sickness & generally feeling icky... help please!!!

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Piper0804 · 30/10/2011 15:30

hi... i could do with finding people who are experiencing or have experienced what i am feeling now as i am feeling very pathetic and sorry for myself!!!!
this is my first pregnancy and i am only 7 weeks but i feel so tired/lethargic and nauseous all the time (i am not being physically sick). i dont know what to do with myself.... i would normally be rushing round doing jobs and being active but all i want to do is curl up on the sofa!!! has anyone got any tips on how to get through this?? i know that most women go through this but i guess i wasnt expecting to feel as rubbish as i do.... and it is especially hard when we havent told anyone so no one understands whats going on. i am also worried as i have gone off all fruit completely and i am worried this isnt ideal for my baby... sorry for the moan!!!!

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CosmicMouse · 30/10/2011 15:37

I'm 14 weeks now. The nausea is pretty much gone, but the exhaustion remains.

My advice would be to do what your body is telling you - ie. curl up on the sofa. I lived on waffles, bacon and scrambled eggs, and dry cereal for the first 5mo of my first pregnancy. DD was fine and healthy.

Eat what you can, when you can. Keep hydrated. And well rested.

You can't fix it, you just have to ride it out.

Onlymydogunderstandsme · 30/10/2011 15:41

Hi Piper, I feel exactly the same, I'm 8+1 and have felt like it since 6 weeks. I find eating little and often helps but doesn't get rid of the nausea completely! I'm finding it hard and it gets me down especially when I'm at work! Seeing the midwife Tues so will ask then. If it was for part of the day it would be bearable but it's all day and only disappears when I'm sleeping!!

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Piper0804 · 30/10/2011 15:42

thankyou.... what makes it hard is trying to manage at work.... i cant concentrate properly. i am sure i am putting a lot of weight on because i a m eating rubbish!!!

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Onlymydogunderstandsme · 30/10/2011 15:48

Exactly the same for me, I'm snacking all the time and seem to get very hungry!!

PamBeesly · 30/10/2011 17:07

Piper congratulations my best bit of advice is to eat whatever you want and whatever you can keep down. There is a reason your body/baby is craving it. I had morning sickness from week 5/6 until week 14/15 with a two week break 10/12. I lived off toast and oranges, the smell of meat made me heave. Any strong smells made me heave actually. I only reintroduced meat into my diet at week 16. Are you taking a pregnancy vitamin? Like Pregnacare? The baby is getting everything they need from you, the vitamins are more for you to make sure you don't get too run down and off course folic acid for little baby
I was also exhausted ALL.THE.TIME. I used to fall asleep in my shop behind the cash register...I had tiredness in my bones it was so bad. Rest rest rest whenever you can your body is doing so much work now supporting your pregnancy. This phase doesn't last forever though so take heart :)

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Piper0804 · 30/10/2011 17:36

thankyou!!!!!

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avacat · 30/10/2011 17:58

Piper, I am ten weeks tomorrow and have spent every free moment in bed and left poor DH to take over completely. I second the advice to eat small meals every couple of hours. What has helped me as well is to take Gaviscon after every meal, and to sleep in a propped up position. If the nausea gets very bad and you are unable to keep things down you can ask for medication to help-I was prescribed cyclizine.

sharond101 · 30/10/2011 18:33

Piper I have been off work for three weeks now with exactly the same. I am not worth a button. Eating small and often helps and don't allow yourself to get hungry as you feel awful then. I have been worried about not having enough of certain things like calcium, vegetables, fruit etc but the truth is I can eat only what I can and so many things make me feel sick even thinking about it's not point stressing over. I have been told as long as I am eating regularly and drinking then not to worry. Taking a pregnancy supplement is good too. I am 10 weeks tomorrow and it's definitely better than initially but still horrendous at times and I find the best way to get some respite is lying down. I tried cyclizine but didn't help me. Sucking boiled sweets seems to help a little. Really cold liquids are all I manage in the fluid cateogry.

OliviaTwist · 30/10/2011 18:36

Congratulations!

I was like this from 5 weeks to the end I'm afraid, except I threw up every morning and sometimes other times. In fact with DS I felt like I could have climbed a mountain the day after he was born I felt so much better.

Just curl up on the sofa and eat what you can. Make the most of it, when you have no2, the sofa-curling-up time is limited!

openerofjars · 30/10/2011 18:40

Hi Piper, are you in any of the ante-natal club threads yet? If not, look for ante- natal clubs under pregnancy in talk topics. They can be really good source of ongoing support if you're worried or if you just want to let off steam about sickness, your DP or having to wee in a tiny pot for midwife appointments. I'm due in early June and 10 weeks tomorrow, so you must be due in mid to late June. Come and find us if you haven't already!

Kveta · 30/10/2011 18:43

was going to post what openerofjars said - join our june thread, we're all chucking our guts up together over there :o it's just lovely...

Kveta · 30/10/2011 18:44

(also, opener, are you 9 or 10 weeks tomorrow? don't we have pretty much same due date? think I'm 9 weeks tomorrow, that's all.)

perplexedpirate · 30/10/2011 18:48

Congratulations! Eat what you fancy, when you fancy and join a dvd club for entertainment through settee sessions. If you don't want to tell anyone yet say you have the flu and must be looked after to aid a speedy recovery.
I'm sorry to say I was sick everyday without fail through my entire pregnancy, and craved washing powder like it was manna from heaven, so take things really easy on yourself.

openerofjars · 30/10/2011 19:03

Don't say that! I was counting on it being 10!

openerofjars · 30/10/2011 19:11

Nah, 10 it is, but not until tomorrow. Haven't has dating scan yet, though...

Anyway, sorry for hijack, OP. Come and join us: we're lovely, if a bit pukey right now.

hippieshake · 30/10/2011 20:20

Piper I have been exactly the same. I'm 9+2 now and I've had Nausea from the start. Some days it's unbearable. I've had 3 weeks off work sick because I work in a very smelly shop (I wont give the name away, but some can probably guess). and it's just making me heave. I'm going to try going back to work this week to see how I feel.

I have an acuband and that seems to help a little bit. Just eat what you can, when you can. I used to live off fruit, and I'm vegetarian. I hardly ever ate any bread/pasta/potatoes etc... Now that's all I eat, fruit just makes me feel awful, so does chocolate,tea,sweets...most things really.

Try to rest, and take your mind off it with a good film/book/nap xx

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Piper0804 · 30/10/2011 20:55

Thankyou - i have joined the ante natal thread - thankyou!!

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Squiglettsmummy2bx · 30/10/2011 21:17

This is exactly how I felt from 4 weeks pregnant until 14 weeks & I know it dels endless at the time but I'm almost 25 weeks now & it is all a distant memory now.
I tried all the usual things like dry crackers, not letting myself get too tired, hungry or thirsty but nothing helped & I just had to focus on baby & ride the storm.
Good luck

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