I feel awful, don't know how i'll get through

[middleclassdystopia]

I'm 7+2 with a much wanted third dc.

However the last few days I have felt awful. Constant nausea and fatigue. Today I have been in bed most of the day.

It is making me feel a bit down and ambivalent about the baby. I can't feel like this, I have two children to look after and get to school/nursery etc.

My dh has been great today but I feel guilty he is doing everything while I lie in bed.

I know I am so lucky to be having a third and because I can eat and drink plain things I am not suffering HG, poor women that do. But I do feel very rough.

Just needed to moan sorry

It will pass, I promise. It's the most miserable feeling in the world. But it won't last forever.

You have my sympathy. When I was 8 weeks I remember being in floods of tears telling my DP that I just couldn't cope and that we couldn't have any more children because of how bad I felt. I was suffering 24/7 with agonising sciatica (or so the MW said, I don't think that's what it was) puking constantly, sleeping all the time... The list goes on. But I saw a physio who sorted out my pain and when I hit 14 weeks I stopped being so tired and sicky and I was like "yeah okay, I could do this again." 27 weeks now and really excited to meet my little man :)

Thanks TobyLerone. I felt fine until six weeks and was so excited. Damn hormones

Daleybump I'm sure i'll get better as the first trimester passes I hang onto that. Feel very sorry for the women who suffer worse.

Anyone who does this with small children to look after, and/or a full time job, I salute you.

hi middle I feel exactly the same, except I don't have kids to look after! Can't imagine how you are getting through. The only thing that's helping me is to try and take just one day at a time - find it really hard to deal with the uncertainty of how long it will go on for (although it definitely won't last forever).
When it's particularly bad, I just try and get through one hour at a time. I've been feeling really down too, but when I finally get a decent bit of food in, and distract myself, I feel much more hopeful, so trying to cling onto the good thoughts when I start to feel down again.
Hang on in there - it will be worth it in the end.

I could have written your post and can totally empathise. I feel I shouldn't complain as I haven't actually been sick but with 24/7 nausea and almost constant acid reflux I feel horrible all day. Like you I have also been in bed most of the day as I am so exhausted, and just keeping everything crossed it will pass in time. I have been on holiday for the past fortnight (when I started feeling so rough) and so my DH has been doing a lot to look after DS1 so I have been able to rest. I really don't know how I will cope with 3 days at work and 2 days on my own with an active 3 year old. I think I'll be heading to bed the minute he gets in from work on those nights!
Anyway, know you're not alone (and thanks for giving me a space to vent too!) Fingers crossed it passes soon and we can enjoy the rest of our pregnancies :-)

Poor you, i suffered with HG all the way through all of my pregnancies. Do what your body tells you to do, if you need to rest then rest, forget the washing up etc just do the essential things ( feeding dcs ) get DP to help as much as he can. I feel for you, i work in a kitchen, awful when smells make u sick ( along with everything else making you sick ) It will pass, just do what you can manage

It's awful isn't it. Food is so essential to our well being, physically and psychologically.

This will be my last, I just need to hang in.

Maybe we could keep this thread going for a moan if we need?

Yes, I think we all need a moan from time to time even if we know it will all be worth it in the end!