HELLO 16 WEEKS🎉....but why am I still so unhappy?

[MissMoodyMoo]

Recently hit the 16 week mark and found out the gender which I'm ecstatic about! But I'm just so miserable I'm still being sick up to 5 times a day and now people are starting to ask if I'm excited? And I don't know how to reply? Because I'm not? I'm miserable and exhausted and just so unwell that I can't muster a bit of excitement 😭 HELP

I'm not bloody surprised you're miserable. You've been ill for ages! I would be miserable too if I were constantly ill and exhausted. Be honest with people. I'm currently on my third pregnancy and honestly, if people ask how I am I don't sugar coat it if I feel awful. Don't be polite and protect other people's feelings, say you're feeling awful.

Hopefully it will pass soon for you. Just keep doing the things that work and take it as easy and possible.

I was permanently unhappy during my pregnancy following a miscarriage, ill health and then the endless heatwave. Just keep an eye on how you feel and mention it to your midwife if it gets too much.

I'm also 16 weeks and thank goodness the sickness has finally passed for me, but I'm still utterly exhausted and also have a bit of carpal tunnel brewing. I think it's bollocks the expectation that you are going to be glowing and radiant with joy through pregnancy. For most women it at least has elements that are really crap. You have no responsibility to sugar-coat it for anyone, but for your own sake I hope you are able to take moments to kind of connect with the baby and enjoy the idea of brewing a little person, if not the process.

I can completely relate OP 😩❤️

Just over 15 weeks and still feel like crap! Either being sick each day or constantly gagging at anything and everything 😭 Deffo don't have the 'Glow' as some others say!!! It truely does suck and as others have said I tell people how it is now.... especially as I get asked so much with working in a hospital 😑😂

Plus I seem to be turning in Wolverine from X-Men.... I genuinely have a fur coat growing, on my hands and stomach!! It's killing me 😩😂

I said to a family member the other day.... Either people are chatting crap about the whole 'Glowing Phase' or mines there but is just disguised by my new fur coat 🙊😂🤰🏻

God the things these babies put us through ayyyye 😜 It's laying in bed of a night using my Doppler to find the little heart beat and listening to things like that which keep me feeling positive 😁🙌🏻💙💗

I really hope it settles down for you soon, if not maybe see if you can get some tablets from the Doctors to help!? I took Cyclizine at the start because I couldn't even keep water down, but they deffo helped!

It’s so tough isn’t it!!

By 16 weeks with my first pregnancy I felt fantastic - looked healthy and had loads of energy.... this time I still look and feel absolutely shattered! Nausea is marginally better but I can feel the heartburn starting already, delightful! My gran reliably tells me this means I am having a girl (number one was a boy).

This morning hubby said to me “ shouldn’t you be glowing by now, you look terrible”. Thanks babe!!!