Newly pregnant and never felt so ill in my life

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Hi everyone,
I'm just over 8 weeks gone and the joy of finding out I was expecting has been overshadowed by feeling totally out of it for the last 2 weeks. I feel nauseous pretty much 24/7 and so tired all the time, I barely do anything these days.... Just work, try to eat and sleep. I know I signed up for this and it's all to be expected but I guess I'm looking for people going through the same thing who might have tips or just offer another perspective. Please tell me I will feel human again soon!
The dr has seen me and we paid for a private early scan, so all is healthy. I just need a bit of moral support from people in the know!

:) thanks Sam

Yes it's horrible, it will get better and go away though. Sleep as much as you can. That made me feel better and lessened the sickness slightly. I found haribos and skittles were good for feeling less sick.

Yeah, it sucks. I wasn't nauseous 24/7, but I did get morning sickness. And I got the tiredness. This too shall pass.

I'm 7 weeks and feeling the same. The tiredness is the worst I think. So hard working full time and not being able to tell anyone at work why I'm zombified everyday!

It's horrible so lots of sympathy from me. I found eating pretty continuously during the day (dry crackers were my thing but whatever works) helped with the nausea, also sipping sparkling water. Just eat whatever you fancy even if it's not that healthy. Most people start to feel much better after around 12 to 16 weeks. If you have a good relationship with your boss I would consider mentioning it, also book a few days leave from work to rest up if you can.

Hi there! I'm 37 weeks with my 2nd child ...I had sickness - actual vomiting 5+ times a day until 28weeks! All I can say is, it will end one day whether that's at 12 weeks or after birth! Until then your going to have to suck it up, chill when you can, eat lots of dry crackers, drink lemonade & lucozade! Hope it doesn't last long for you!

The tiredness is horrendous. I am 12 weeks now and still tired but not as bad as the earlier weeks when I just felt like I was in a dream all the time!

I found I was far far far sicker if I didn't eat so kept eating even though it was the last thing I wanted to do. I also slept from 7pm-6am every day. I couldn't help myself! My energy returned about 14 weeks. I am me at 22 weeks and have discovered heart burn... All in a gd cause!!

I really feel your pain OP. I am 11 + 1 and keep thinking things are improving but then i get a day like today and.....just bleurgh.

I feel MUCH worse if I haven't had enough sleep, or food. Going to bed 8.30 - 9 every night. Doing NOTHING after work but cook and eat. And not even that some days

Oh yes. I got through pregnancies with DC1 and 2 virtually untouched by any of the early symptoms that make you feel so awful, so my goodness has it been a shock now that I'm pregnant with DC3. Constant nausea, achingly tired etc etc., for it all this time.

Might be worth seeing your GP though depending when your first set of antenatal bloods will be taken, as turns out I'm also anaemic, which is obvs contributing to the general feeling of crapness.

Sour sweets and fizzy water all the way here. Hope you're feeling better very soon!

Oh yes, I totally sympathise.

I felt utterly dreadful for the first 14 weeks, the first 6 especially so. 24/7 nausea, vomiting at various points throughout the day, not being able to concentrate on even the most simple task and bone crushing exhaustion.

I remember turning to dh in Saintsbury's and snapping at him that this was "our first and last child"! There may have been swear words in there too!

2 weeks later I found out I was having twins and it all made sense :)

yep, that sounds familiar. .. From 5wks - 12wks I hardly got out of bed. felt sick 24/7 and on more than one occasion was sick every hour or so. I found that sleeping as much as I could helped along with eating every 2 hours or so (crisps, cheese, toast, choc biscuits) and sipping on water or squash really helped.

I'm 15wks now and feeling much better, but do have the odd day where I dont feel great.

it will pass.

I can't wait for it to pass. Thanks for the kind words of encouragement those that have been through it. Every morning I wake up feeling just as tired as the night before. Then have to force food down me to stop the nausea. Oh well, it will be worth it in the end!!

I was sick from weeks 7 - 13. I told my boss at week 7 because he'd have guessed anyway as I looked about as good as I felt and had to keep taking trips to the bathroom. It was a big relief telling him. Eating little and often helped a bit. Whenever I started to feel slightly hungry I nibbled on mini bread sticks, they were great because they didn't taste/smell of anything so didn't make me puke! I had to be really careful with toothbrushing but mouthwash saved me there. Ginger doesn't help everyone but I found GinGins great. Good luck, hope you feel better soon.

Hi carbolics I am just four weeks pregnant and sick when brushing teeth also, it's so horrid
going to try that baking soda toothpaste when can get to the shops.

It's awful you have my sympathy. I am on baby 2 and 13 weeks, starting to feel better in the last few days. Hang on on there you will forget once it's over!

Just starting to feel a bit better here at 17+4 weeks.

It's horrible but just eat little and often, keep hydrated and rest as much as you can. Feeling rough is a positive sign the pregnancy hormones are high.

Horrid isn't it, I was the same from 6-16 wks with DS felt like an eternity and currently 5+3 and dreading a return.

Things I found helped: make sure you get as much sleep as you can (I was much worse if tired); try to eat something bland every two hours, crackers were my friend; sparkling water ice cold; when it was really bad I took a banana to bed and ate half when I woke up for middle of night wee and half in the morning before I lifted my head from the pillow; frozen grapes.

Just keep reminding yourself every day is a day closer to the end

It's hideous. No punishment quite like morning sickness! And yet it's supposed to be a glorious and glowing time!

I had a pretty bad experience with morning sickness and would make sure you keep pushing your Dr to get you as much help as possible. If that's meds then go with that. I ended up being signed off work for ages at a time because being tired made it worse. You may be thinking you don't want work to know yet but that may be a luxury you can't afford!

People would suggest ginger or ginger biscuits all the way through and I wanted to punch them. As if I hadn't tried that! And no it didn't blo*dy work. Chips helped and so did water ice lollies like lemonade lollies or callippos. Sometimes they only help whilst I was eating them and I'd puke again after but at least I'd had that 5 - 10 minutes of respite!!!!!

Good luck!

:) well reading these posts has made me feel less alone in my struggles. It's all new to me and it's so helpful to have some reassurance and any helpful tips. Thank you and fingers crossed I will begin to feel more like myself soon and begin enjoying the pregnancy.
Sam x

It's horrible. Sleep as much as you can and drink plenty of water/fizzy water.
I found that travel bands and 4head stick eased it a little, not much but I was teaching year 1 so any improvement was better.
Try to eat what you fancy. I think I lived on tangerines and plain carbs until 15 weeks.
Hope you feel better soon.

Hi. I have been where you are. I really hope you pick up soon. I have never felt so ill and this is my 3rd dc. Things I found helped are :
Sleep, sleep and a bit more sleep.
Get signed off for a few days by the Dr if you need to.
Ice ... When I couldn't even keep water down I chewed ice.
Try to eat when you can whatever you fancy.
I started a multi vitamin and felt loads better.
And be kind to yourself. It will pass eventually .... Don't hold onto a magic number of weeks though. I hung on patiently until 12 weeks thinking I would magically wake up and be ok but when it didn't happen I had a mini melt down.

Hang on in there x

Oh yes I forgot about chips - had to be McDonald skinny fries - maybe it's the salt? Only thing was I couldn't go I myself as the smell of other things made me vom so DH had many trips to get then smuggle out to the car like some kind of dodgy dealings

Yep salty food helped me, especially salt n vinegar crisps.
Haribo Fangtastic jellies
Water & ice
Crumpets
Toast

Thank-you all. Seems I'm having a really bad few days with the nausea and have had a few melt downs, as I really am struggling. There just doesn't seem to be even a minute or two where I don't feel shockingly sick. I have been sleeping lots and enjoy my sleep because it's a few hours passing by where I am not conscious of been nauseous.
I know it will all be worth it in the end, however I have had the worst weekend and it all seems so far away. I just want a little bit of a break, just an hour of feeling even 50% myself. Nearly 9 weeks so fingers crossed I am only a few weeks away from being me again :)

Sam x

Oh Sam it can be so rubbish you poor thing! I've just thought of something else that helped me. If you can manage to get there I used to find swimming helped. I'd be sick loads on the way to the pool oh joy but once swimming I usually stopped feeling sick!