feel so ill :( don't know what to eat

[opalescent]

Please any advice!! I am 7 weeks and feeling dreadful- had nothing like this with ds1.
I just feel so nauseous from the minute I open my eyes to the time I go to bed.
I absolutely have to eat every 2 hours, or I start to feel even worse, yet my digestive system has slowed down to the point where food just sits like a lump of concrete in my stomach .
Nothing is appealing apart from fizzy drinks, which seem to take the edge off things.

I'm struggling to sleep if I eat after 6pm at the latest, because I feel so hideously full. I am SO constipated too.

Any advice on how to feel better would be so gratefully received!!

[debelynne]

Oh gosh! Yeah I had that with my second pregnancy too and also have really bad pelvis. Iv tried everything and nothing will settle my stomach..I can't stand up for long without wanting to pass out! I don't know what to do. Xx

[Letitpea]

Glad to have founded this. Ivebeen feeling shocking for over a week, tired and sick with an upset tummy. Friend asked if I could be pregnant. And yes I am! Took a test this morning and hey presto.

Ds is 11 months so really struggling with the tired and sick feelings, even more so now I realise it will last at least another couple of months. Had forgotten what I ate last time, but remember it was little and often.

[turquoisebaby]

This is brilliant. I am 8 Weeks today, currently on a 2 week holiday where they serve curry every single night....vom! Have spent the last 12 days eating TUC biscuits the only food I can find in the hotel shop and surrounding areas apart from chocolate. I miss English grub so much. Roll on tomorrow for the flight home. I'm so hungry.

[chicken2015]

Hello I'm 7 weeks today and had awful weekend and also awful day had to have day off work, been feeling sick last week but got worse Friday thank you for tips on what to eat on this thread , I've been feeling so negative about all think 😕

[opalescent]

I know exactly what you mean chicken, I am feeling so negative today too, just feels like a long time stretching ahead and no idea how long the sickness will last!!

[Sparrowlegs248]

The key thing is learning how to manage it. Last time I couldn't leave the house without food and drink.
I'm the same this time, bit it took me weeks last time to work out what worked.

I had to drink a LOT of water. Eat literally every hour or two. If I didn't eat for a while I felt so much worse and then couldn't eat.

It eased for me at 15/16 weeks. I was so disappointed that I didn't feel better at 12weeks like everyone said I would.

[PenelopePitstops]

Oh I agree with the eating all the time thing! I'm a teacher and scoffing digestives between lessons. I had no idea what the nausea would be like at all.

I've hit 12 weeks and not much improvement, I'm struggling to lie down and sleep without heaving. I feel so bloated and full all the time.

Also I've gone right off meat. I hate big chunks of it and now live on veg, fruit and cheese.

[Sparrowlegs248]

Hopefully it will pass soon penelope. Last time I was horrified at how bad how felt so soon! People don't tell you about this bit do they? Really wasnt expecting it.

One of the things I'm struggling with atm is that I know it lasted til 15/16 weeks last time, and this time I have an 11 month old ds to look after. He doesn't stop.

Bizarrely I couldn't stomach chocolate or carrots last time!

[cheapredwine]

Not read TFT but best by far for constipation is Movicol. You can by over the counter or your GP can prescribe. It's gentler than Lactulose IME and won't make you as windy or urgent IYSWIM. Ask for the non-flavoured sachets if possible. Laxido is essentially the same thing but the fake citrus flavour is grim IMO.

[Ruthlouise22]

I am feeling very rough, around 9 weeks at moment. I remember being bad with my 1st but not this bad. Its harder now I have a toddler, struggling to get out of bed most days. Have had uti and been given anti nausea tablets but struggle to take them as make me too drowsy to look after my lb. Luckily he is easy going and just generally plays while I lay there. Hubby is very supportive thankfully. If someone said pregnancy is not an illness at the moment I would probably kill them haha. Really struggling day to day, feel guilty for not doing much with my lb. The house is a complete mess, just no energy to do anything at all. Only just managing to feed little one. Can't wait for this to be over.

[bumbleclat]

Don't worry Ruth, my house has now not been cleaned for 3 whole months, washing hasn't been done and I haven't cooked a meal for the same length of time.

I feel the same way about people who say pregnancy isn't an illness. What do you call someone who is sick three times a day and can't move after 4pm? Sounds pretty ill to me.
Hang on in there I'm 15 weeks and it's not too bad now until 5pm