how do SAHM's of more than one DC do this?!

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I'm a SAHM to DS 3.3 and DD 18.5 months and am currently 8ish weeks pregnant with number 3. my morning sickness/nausea/exhaustion is horrific this time round and 24/7. my DC are fighting and I can barely move without needing to lie down for 10 minutes to recover - how are other people doing this?! DH has been great doing all the childcare/food prep while he's here but I'm really struggling, have no family/friends to ask for help and I'm starting to feel really down
Dr has prescribed cyclizine which worked fine yesterday but is barely touching my nausea today and I'm so bloated/have awful stomach acid/constipation - really not coping today

Oh god it's bloody awful isn't it?! I'm 18 weeks with no4 and have a 9 yr old, a 3yr old and an 8 month old. For me 8- 10 weeks was so so hard things started to get better at ten weeks though and now I feel much much better. I don't really have any words of wisdom I'm afraid except it will get better and I feel your pain!! :)

Promethazine worked well for me, I guess you could ask to try something else if current med's not working?
Sounds like you're doing well in a very difficult situation!

I'm in exactly the same position as you except that my DCs are a little older, which may help a bit - the 5 year old is almost useful at times. But it's still just awful. My children are watching a ridiculous amount of TV. I could just sit and cry, it's so hard.

ah thank you all for joining my pity party - we wanted 4 children but DH has said he can't watch me go through this/go through this (DC have been mightily difficult for him as I usually do most of the washing/dressing and they object to the change) again and I'm inclined to agree...which makes me really sad because if it wasn't so bloody awful in the first trimester I'd definitely want a 4th. I don't know why it's so terrible - it's supposed to be the most natural thing in the world, it's like I'm allergic to it! so in a way I'm praying it's twins

it does help to know others are in the same boat even though I wouldn't wish it on anyone else.

this is my second go at medication, the last one made me more sick because it tasted awful and so drowsy I couldn't get out of bed two afternoons. was really hoping this one would help but yesterday I felt terrible. wanted to cry all afternoon but the tears wouldn't come. DS is being so difficult at the moment, he's just started nursery which is obviously hard for him as he hates change, but all he's doing at home is screaming, lashing out and flat out refusing to do anything/stop doing anything I ask. and I'm still breastfeeding DD and because I'm sitting down more than usual she thinks it's her cue to ask for milk all afternoon long.

I'm just keeping my fingers crossed I start to feel better at (or before!) 14 weeks like I did with the other two

I hope you're all feeling better soon too

Hang in there. It's not forever, it just feels like it. We wanted a big family as well, but after my horrible pregnancy with DC2 we (I) decided no more. This baby, although he/she will be loved and welcomed (in the end!) wasn't even planned (and I had lots of other plans over the next few months, many of which required me to be more than 10ft from a toilet bowl at times).

I'm about to try different medication today too, having not had much luck with cyclizine this time. Can't even remember what new pills are - GP prescribed them over the phone - but they'd better be magic!

well throwing up in the toilet while the DC took it in turns to kiss me on the bottom is something I won't forget! when I was pregnant with DD I remember DS hanging off my legs crying while I was sick, the other morning DD was slamming the toilet lid into my head. you've gotta laugh!

Oh no poor you!! At least they weren't upset by you being ill! It really is awful but it really will get better, I always swear I will never do it again, I'm finding it hard to carry the baby upstairs now because he is so heavy I get out of breath god help me in the third trimester!
I'm 18 weeks now and I feel a million times better than I did I cried most days in the first ten weeks now it's down to about once a week or when something sad is on tv!!
Oh well we know it's worth it in the end :)