9 weeks nausea - can't take it any more!

[8DaysAWeek]

I'm just miserable. Exhausted, nauseous, vomiting daily. It's not HG as I can keep food and water down in the evenings. But I've had three weeks of feeling crap and I know I have many more weeks left, as I was the same with DS.

I just feel... Regretful? This is a MUCH wanted baby, and we were trying actively for a while but now I'm pregnant I can't help but think "why did you put yourself through this again?!" A part of me listened to the "every pregnancy is different" and thought I could escape it this time.

Someone tell me it'll go away soon and I'm just being hormonal and emotional and this will all be a distant(ish) memory.

As soon as it goes you’ll forget how rubbish you’re feeling right now but maybe see the doctor in the meantime about some antisickness tablets. I really struggled and they started me on cyclizine and it was brilliant! I hope you feel better soon and can enjoy the pregnancy.

Thank you! See even just writing that down made me think, "common woman! You've got a much wanted and loved little baby inside of you. Yes this is crap but it WILL be worth it. Calm down"

Might make an appointment and see if anything will make me feel better. Worth a shot instead of feeling miserable all the time.

You poor thing!

I remember having this with my first until around 14 weeks, I lived on cups of tea and ginger nuts! With my 2nd the nausea was that horrendous, I couldn’t eat anything! I rember having a Brussel sprout, floret of broccoli and the tiniest piece of chicken for my Xmas dinner and I couldn’t even eat that lol! Was only until 8ish week with my 2nd though.

I’m on baby number 3 now and haven’t had a single pregnancy symptom (whoo)

Holland and Barrett sell ginger sweets that helped settle it a bit for me.

Once it passed though, my appetite was great. I remember just waking up one day and it had gone 😁

I hope yours doesn’t last too long, it really does make you feel horrible. Hope you feel better soon

Thanks so much what a kind message. Was worried I would get a hard time for being so negative about what should be a joyous time.

Thing is, I KNOW it gets better. I've been through it before! But when you're in the thick of it you can't see that. Like having a cold and never imagining being able to breathe through your nose properly again 😂

For me with both pregnancies weeks 9 and 10 were the absolute worse, depths of despair. But you can do it! Sweets were the only thing I could just about manage. Skittles.

Honestly so many people have been here and will be here. It feels like every day is an eternity. I even seriously considered termination. I feel awful admitting that. You know deep down it will get better but it's that vile feeling waiting and feeling like each hour is forever. If you haven't already go and see the gp there's no need to suffer this way

With my first I hardly noticed nausea but with my second I felt ill all the time until about 15 weeks. Could hardly eat, vomiting constantly. I honestly wouldn't have thought about it without reading this thread because as soon as you start feeling human again you forget how terrible you felt.

You're allowed to feel a bit miserable even though it is wonderful to be pregnant. Being pregnant is hard. It is so worth it though.

Congratulations OP!

I’m writing this whilst sitting on the bathroom floor waiting for the next wave to hit.

The only food that doesn’t make me want to retch are cheeseburgers and fries from MacDonalds (which isnt my normal junk food order). I’ve actually lost a few kilos which amazes me because when I tried to do that before pregnancy, it was a massive fail.

I’m 9 weeks and praying that 10 will be easier. Fingers crossed it will be for you, too. 💐

I'm well past the pregnancy stage of life, but when I had dreadful all day morning sickness baked potatoes helped.

Hi @8DaysAWeek I wasn't sick but I had horrendous nausea for almost 6 weeks, I was ghostly pale and ill looking and had motion sickness walking a few metres I still don't know how I survived in work! The worst was weeks 8/9 then at 10.5 it suddenly just dropped off. I was expecting it to be going on for ages judging now I was feeling. I am 12 weeks today and get a couple of hours mild nausea in the afternoon with the odd few hours where it's worse but nowhere near as bad and it's copeable. Hang in here it will get better

I am 35 weeks pregnant and had awful sickness in the beginning. I was off work for weeks, ended up in hospital, and was diagnosed with HG. I couldn't keep anything down. Ended up on medication through a drip. It wasn't great but I just got on with it. I don't mean to sound patronising, I've had a miscarriages in the past, one was quite late, and was/am just happy to be pregnant. The pain of sickness is far less than the pain of miscarriage.

You do reach points where you think you can't do it anymore, but you really can. You just get through it. I had days where I would sit on the bathroom floor and cry because I was so sick, but so hungry, sleep deprived and miserable. It's trailed off now and I really don't think about those awful few weeks. You did it once before, you can do it again!

Orange ice lollies helped a little once the medication kicked in. I still vomit some days and I'm 35 weeks. I just tell myself I have 7 weeks left MAX and soon I'll be holding the baby I've wanted for so so long.

Hope you feel better soon OP.

It crippled me during this pregnancy too as it did with my first pregnancy. Boys just do this to me whereas with my DD’s I had no symptoms at all.

I found weeks 8-10 the worst, I could barely move for nausea and luckily that was the Easter hols so I didn’t have work. I just wanted to curl up in a darkened room and be left alone. The only thing that ever helped me was mints, I never went anywhere without a packet of mints.

I’m sure it will improve in the next three or so weeks .

You're all wonderful. I'm going to see the GP this week and see if they can suggest anything.

I can't remember when the worst weeks were with DS, I'm hoping it is at its peak but still dreading the weeks ahead.

As you all have said, I'll get through it. Everyone does. Needed this support today.

I'm currently sitting on the sofa after calling in sick to work. Almost 7 weeks. The only motivation I had to get DD to pre-school was that I would come back to an empty house.

Never had the constant nausea with DD but certain smells would make me feel sick. I did have a 'hangover ' feeling until wk16.

This is different. Constant debilitating nausea and some dry wretching (sorry). I feel utterly miserable. Misery loves company! X

I was at this point a week ago feeling utterly useless and exhausted from fighting the sickness all day. Was barely keeping anything down and just felt totally miserable!

But I'm now just over 10 weeks and the last 4 days have been SO much better, still getting waves of nausea but it is so much more manageable and I'm able to cope again.
Fingers crossed this feeling lasts and that you ladies are all joining me in feeling a little better soon!! xx

So I miscarried and then got pregnant, was muuuuch wanted however I was sick for 7 months and had bad SPD. I wasn't happy and felt guilty but then I realised that I wanted a family, not a period of time where my body did these hard tasks, so don't feel bad, it will be worth it of course, but moan all you want, it bloody sucks sometimes!! Have a good group pf mates around you where you can laugh about it, it'll make u feel better!
I'm pregnant again (6weeks) and have started being sick... lord bloody help me!!
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@8days I feel you! Sending positive vibes!

I'm 8 weeks and feeling ghastly. No vomming today but loads of work and meetings, and to make things worse the bathroom is all the way downstairs so I keep on looking round to check there's a bin handy just in case! I'm sure you're a pro at how to handle it now, but just to add my two pennorth, I'm finding I have to have a tiny snack every 30 mins to keep the nausea to a manageable level. Salt and vinegar snack a jacks, cherry cola tictacs, grapes, mango all working ok and also Tetley cold infusions lemon and mint tea (made with hot water). Good luck!!! xxx

I have so much sympathy, it’s awful, debilitating and isolating. There are medicines available that work, nothing like ginger will work if you have hyperemisis. This website is helpful and has lots of advice www.pregnancysicknesssupport.org.uk

@congrats7 I was directed to that charity last night from someone on another group and it looks wonderful, thank you

And hello fellow feel-like-hell-ers! Sorry to see we are all in the same boat.

Work was hard today. Vomited 4 times in total through course of the day. But as some have already said, the vomiting isn't the worst, it's the nausea in between. Vomiting gives me 5 mins of relief before it comes back.

I've booked a GP appointment for Thursday and I WILL come away with a prescription. I wasn't persistent enough in my last pregnancy to get anything. Not this time!!!

Week 9 was by far the worst for me in terms of nausea, but it DID get better. I'm now 17 weeks and feel great aside from tiredness. No nausea whatsoever anymore. It improved after 10 weeks and by 14 weeks I felt totally fine.

Hang in there! You have my sympathies.

I wasn’t persistent enough either with my first, no one treated it seriously despite the weight loss. I found the website and book after I’d had the baby and cried a lot. I was so happy that it wasn’t just me being unable to cope. I ended up in A and E for other reasons, the doctor actually listened and I was prescribed some dissolvable tablets which you put between your gum and lip, they helped but there are lots of medicines to try so don’t let the GP fob you off. It may be temporary, like a broken arm, but it’s treatable so you don’t need to suffer.

I hope you feel better soon!

Hope you feel better soon @8DaysAWeek I was physically sick for about 3months straight, from when we first found out at 6weeks onwards resulting in a lot of weight loss. Could keep really dry plain food down, like shortcrust biscuits, and also ice lollies. Sipping flat 7up also helped. Probably stayed nauseous until week 25, things like cheese or cooking meat would bring on the feeling of needing to be sick.
Now at 32weeks I'm only just back to pre baby weight... don't think I will ever want to be pregnant again!!

Yes i can completely understand. There we're times in the beginning I felt hopeless. I couldn't stop being sick and retching for 16 weeks. I also had a heamtoma and bled for 5 weeks during that time. It's hard being pregnant. I'm 32 weeks now and even had a melt down yesterday as I'm so tired I feel like I can't take much more.

I really hope the sickness gets better for you soon as I think it is the worst part. Xx