Has morning sickness ever made you regret getting pregnant?

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I'm 7 weeks pregnant. This is a pregnancy that we planned for over 3 years. The baby was very much wanted and so I was delighted when I found out. However, after 3 weeks of feeling like death, it's affected my mental health quite severely. I can't function. I have to lay down most of the day to prevent sickness and dizziness. My poor first born should be enjoying his last few months with just me and him at home, but I am short tempered with him as I feel so ill. I had 17 weeks of this with him, I can't bear the thought of this going on for so long. I'm crying all the time and have started to feel like I don't want to be pregnant anymore. Please don't be harsh, my mental health is not good due to tocophobia about the impending birth.

Yes, five times. I am a sucker for punishment.

I have hyperemesis and there are times when it doesn’t seem worth it. I know I just have to keep carrying on and it will get better but mentally it’s very draining. I can understand why women in this situation may choose a termination, particularly if the pregnancy wasn’t planned. My partner is very supportive. I think I’ve mentally just written off 2019 in my mind. Accepted that there won’t be any good stuff this year (Apart from obviously once I have the baby) and just made a mental note of 2019 as the year I was sick.

31 weeks and still have crippling nausea, food aversions and occasional vomiting. I regret getting pregnant often, and tell DH I hate it every day.

Honestly, if I knew it was going to be this grim, I'm not sure I would have bothered.

Two shades I wish I could get to that state of acceptance, but I'm driving myself mad with guilt for my dd. I think I'm honestly making myself worse because of the state I'm in mentally over it all. I'm an anxious wreck.

Oh yes. Still sometimes now even though I'm nearly 17 weeks along. I called the twins "the parasites" for quite some time. It was very miserable and ashamed to admit I even considered having an abortion despite our sweet boys being very much planned (a year of fertility treatment).

I'm so glad I found this post even if it is so old! I'm 11 weeks pregnant and feel regretful as I feel so bad. Vomiting in the morning and before bed, queasy all day and loss of appetite and weight.

I have to admit to tears throughout the day and telling husband that we shouldn't have done this :(

I fee like if I can't cope with this how bad will the birth be 😢

Sorry to hear this OP. I had a rough 1st trimester and I think it can take you to some dark places mentally. It used to drive me mad when people just said 'oh but it gets better'. But I'm 16 weeks now and genuinely feel like a completely different person. You've got about another month of it to get through but after that it will be worth it. My advice is do everything you can to make things easier for yourself- eat whatever you can stomach, try to avoid having an empty stomach as that can make you feel worse, dont beat yourself up for not being able to function, if you need to stay in bed most of the day then do it, tale sick leave if you need to, ask family and friends to help with whatever you need, see your gp and try some antisickness medication- took a while to have an effect with me but did help a lot after a couple of weeks. Thinking of you, it's such a hard time x.

Only just realised this was from last year 🤣

33+2 with hyperemesis, I started being sick at 3+5 - before I even knew I was pregnant. I have been sick every single effing day no less than 5 times, anything up to 20+ a day.

In the first trimester I questioned what the fuck I had done to myself and how I was going to survive another potential 6 months.

You just do. You dont have a choice so you learn to deal with it. I still spend moments sobbing on the bathroom floor, and sometimes I get so excited about the thought of going into labour so I will be able to eat a meal and not throw it up that I actually forget that there will be a baby born at the end of this.