Is there a good part of pregnancy? 6 weeks and feeling down

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I am six weeks and been getting morning sickness, it's not that bad but it's like always having a hangover, a fuzzy feeling im my stomach . I can't be bothered to cook or clean annymore and noticed I'm not enjoying things as much. I want to end result of a baby, but don't want the entire pregnancy to be unhappy.

Will it get better?

Yes, for most it does. You will have more energy in your second trimester and can start to enjoy your growing bump and the feeling of your baby moving around.

Don't beat yourself up for not loving being pregnant though, it's hard, especially if you have morning sickness and is nothing like the movies make out!

Yes, I felt premenstrusl for the first few weeks, and cried a lot, as well as the nausea.
Then things got a lot better.
Congrats op,

Yes it will more than likely to get better. But it's 100% OK to not enjoy being pregnant. I certainly didn't either time and both of my DC were very much wanted.

I’m 6 weeks too and feel your pain. Feeling bloated, sick and tired and wondering when it gets better. I have loved a pimms in the garden today too

When it ends!

*Would have loved

The first trimester is shite. I'm 18 weeks now and feel completely normal, energy fine, appetite fine, no sickness. Just a bump to remind me it's there.

You'll have good days and bad days, try to relax and just look after yourself. I certainly found the first trimester the worst because of the tiredness and anxiety/mood swings.(Congratulations btw)

It’s perfectly ok to not enjoy pregnancy. I’m pregnant, and just like my first one I’ve had HG and that awful ‘worst hangover ever plus flu and noro’ feeing since about three weeks. 24 weeks now so 16 to go..

Most women feel much better after the first trimester. If you don’t, or if the vomiting is extreme, then please do seek treatment.

2nd trimester is the good one, sickness pretty much gone, bump not inconveniently large, energy back! I had terrible heart burn from then though, but it was definitely the best part of pregnancy!

Just be thankful you don't have hyperemesis then you really wouldn't be able to enjoy it.
Otherwise it gets better.

i'm 6 weeks too! My nausea comes and goes all day and it starts as soon as i open my eyes in the morning.

My husband is also being so productive around the house atm so i feel like a lazy bum who just snacks on crackers :(

i was so worried i didn't have symptoms last week so the nausea is oddly making me feel better knowing something is happening in there :)

Second trimester is great! Basically it's throwing up in the first, then glowing in the second, then in the third you're as big as a warship and as uncomfortable as an elephant trying to sit on a bed of nails. (Also the elephant has sore hips.)

In my experience, no. The vomiting was replaced with crippling pelvic pain, crutches and then a wheelchair. Gestational diabetes and low blood pressure also arrived.
But, friends of mine have sailed through and felt amazing in the second trimester. And even in most of the third. I think by the time you are 14 weeks most people begin to feel good.
First trimester for me usually means McDonald's and dominos, and lemonade to eat and lots of sleeping.

I found 30+ weeks the best bit. It seems to really vary person to person as lots of people seem to find the second trimester easier.
My moods were very up and down, worst in the second trimester.
Sickness does tend to ease off, and nausea is a big cause of fatigue so hopefully that will improve for you soon.

6-14 weeks is shit because you feel like crap and many people don't want the wider world to know they are pregnant at that point so they can't even moan about it and get sympathy and TLC e.g at work.

Most important thing at this stage is eat/do whatever makes you feel better and get as much sleep as possible and cross your fingers that once you get out of the first trimester things get much much better, they do fo most people but some people are unlucky.

I was nauseous from about 8 weeks - 19 weeks with DC1 but then absolutely breezed through the rest of pregnancy after that. I'm now nearly 35 weeks with DC2 and up until this week I've had a really easy pregnancy but since last night I think the head has well and truly engaged in my pelvis and it's an absolute literal pain in the arse.

Pregnancy is generally undignified at best but it's all worth it in the end.

I'm only 27 weeks so haven't done the last bit yet but I can definitely say that 2nd trimester 1000% easier than the first (after about 20 weeks for me but it varies for everyone).

Lots of people I know who have had a couple of babies now say that they hated the first trimester more than the last because at least the baby is almost here in 3rd trimester, and you're much less worried about losing the baby and you get sympathy that you don't get in first trimester as it's often kept a secret.

That being said I have felt very very low some days in my pregnancy, lower than I ever have before, I find that they do come and go and I have good days too.

Obviously everyone's pregnancy is different but that's just my experience.

Congratulations :-)

I'm 6 weeks too and can totally sympathise. I feel nauseous, tired and generally pretty sorry for myself at the mo. At this point another 6-7 weeks feeling like this seems forever! Obviously there's also the worry with it being such early days.

If you start to feel really down and it lasts more than a couple of weeks it's worth seeing your gp as antenatal depression is well recognised now. I'm on a low dose of antidepressants (have been for a few years) and the doctor isn't worried about me continuing to take them if I need them.

Also if you haven't already then have a look on the antenatal board as there will be a group in there for your due date and you'll find lots of people in there who are very supportive as they are going through the same stuff at the same time as you 😊

Until week 10 I felt like I was sailing a boat, constant feeling of being unwell but it settled at week 10. My fatigue as improved after being prescribed iron tablets 3 weeks ago however I have had two small bleed at weeks 18 and 19 which turned out to be a water infection. I’m now at week 20+1 anxiously awaiting my scan tomorrow.
Some parts have been great weeks 10-17 especially but the last 3 have been awful 😬 I hope things improve.

It's individual. While I only felt sick until 14 weeks it has took until week 20 to not fall asleep so early in the evenings.

For me, I never felt so good. 12 weeks to 36

Literally on top of the world. Both pregnancies

I felt like death from 6-16 weeks with the nausea then it started to improve. I'm 21 weeks now and still have waves of nausea but nothing like the overwhelming misery of those first weeks

Hope things start to improve for you soon

Absolutely! You're at one of the worst parts at the moment. I'm 19 weeks and since about 13 weeks I have felt great. My appetite returned and I've just been looking forward to his arrival. It does get better (for the majority of women. Some are unlucky enough to suffer from Hyperemesis Gravidarum) and you will see your little one jumping around on the screen and that will fill you with love and excitement. x