I’m 7+3, and have woken up feeling kind of human, which is a bit worrying. This morning (ha!) sickness has been kicking my arse, but whenever it’s not there in the morning I worry. (Whenever it goes away later in that day it’s such a relief that worry is the furthest thing from my mind!)
Other than that, I don’t really have that many symptoms. I feel so ill a lot of the time that I hardly do anything at all, and I’m getting enough sleep so I’m not really that tired (I often wake up at 5.20 and need to eat breakfast, but I’m normally back asleep by 8, and my current self-employed status has had me off work the last two weeks, and on holiday this week - first one all year! So I’ve got the opportunity for lie-ins, but no money!). My boobs are sometimes uncomfortable and now actually fill my bra, and I am Very Specific about what I can and can’t eat. Also, when I’ve eaten a thing I always feel ill not long afterwards, so my body thinks it’s that thing which made me feel ill, and I lose another thing I can eat. I’m not pushing it because I don’t want any permanent food aversions! But I’m bored with what I’m eating! And I’m sometimes ravenous, but my stomach has shrunk so much because it keeps refusing food that I become over-full very quickly and have to lie down with my arms above my head to relieve the pressure on my stomach, sometimes while still feeling hungry?!
I was worried about a possible ectopic pregnancy a couple of weeks ago, and had a scan on that NHS at 6+1. It provided a certain amount of reassurance - I’m much happier about the random uncomfortable bits in my lower abdomen now that I’ve seen it’s in the right place. It was also flickering, which I assume meant it had a heartbeat, although she didn’t say so specifically. It’s sad that there was only one, because I want more than one child, but I can’t imagine having the resources to go through this again, especially while looking after a child.
Anyway, you’ll be pleased to hear that the morning sickness is returning (I’m kicking myself for being so ungrateful for the reprieve), so I must go and fail to eat much breakfast - this hunger needs to be satisfied right now! Dammitt.
I hope that you don’t go mad waiting for the scan. You do have a very high probability of everything being fine - when you get pregnant, a healthy baby is the most likely outcome.
Onwards! To cornflakes!