I hate being pregnant

[Kinsters]

We really want this baby and I've had a miscarriage and a couple of chemicals so I know how lucky I am that I'm pregnant and that so far it looks like everything is going well despite pretty much constant light bleeding/spotting.

I hate it though! I'm just over 8 weeks and my symptoms aren't even that bad compared to many but it's just so tiresome. I have food aversions and can't smell salad, milk and loads of other innocuous foods that I used to love without feeling ill. I'm so tired and just want to sit in bed all the time and do nothing. It feels like a hangover.

And I'm in such a bad mood. Everything is pissing me off. I hated my job even before this and now I'm finding it so hard to keep it together and not cry and get angry about stupid things. And when people complain to me about their own lives I have just zero empathy. I just want to tell them to shut up because they can easily fix whatever they're complaining about but I can't just get rid of this nausea, tiredness and incessant bleeding. And I know that's selfish and stupid because we all have problems but argh I just feel so irrationally furious about EVERYTHING right now.

I don't even feel like I can really complain about this in real life (or even here) because then karma would be another miscarriage. I'm just so fed up though. The first trimester sucks, I hate my job and we're having renovations done at our house so it's a very unrelaxing place to be. Thanks for letting me moan.

Preganancy is a tough time for many. This is my 3rd and I'm honestly so hormonal and cranky I don't know how my husband stays with me. It does pass I often first the 1st trimester the worst. Can you take some time off from work ? Do something nice for yourself every day like take a bath , treat yourself to something nice from the shops. It does get better x

Thanks, I really hope it's gets better after the first trimester. I think I'll book a few random days off here and there. Maybe plan a holiday for after the first trimester.

My husband is definitely confused about where his wife has gone! We both love food and it's always been an important part of our relationship so it's an adjustment.

16 weeks here and wholeheartedly agree! I hate being pregnant. Wish we laid eggs and just roosted on them like chickens Hahahaha.
I feel so boring and lethargic and irritable. It's definitely gotten better in the second trimester, no more food aversions etc but blah!

Aww bless yah op, well this is defo the place to come and have a rant because we all feel yah and none of us are judging because we know exactly how your feeling. I've changed from a person who hardly cried and could handle sick and snot and everything perfectly fine, to a person who cant stop crying and cant even be in the same room as a child being sick. And the food situation, girl I feel you, I LOVE food but all the food I love makes me feel sick, even thinking about it makes me feel sick. I'm so over all of the rubbish, my only saving grace i suppose is that I'm nearly put of the first trimester, and that's what you need to focus on! You only have another 4/5 weeks in this strange and then hopefuly things will start getting easier for you.
Peolle paint a picture of pregnancy being this wonderful beautiful time when your happy and glowing and eating healthy, but it's all a lie. Pregnancy is hard, really hard. But just hang in there you can do this! X

Mandala6 yes! Roosting on eggs would be so much nicer! Just cuddle up with this quiet little egg and watch TV and eat food. And DH could take turns! Haha. If only.

You're right 1990carey I feel I've been sold a lie, pregnancy is supposed to be beautiful and serene but it's just not!

I have felt really guilty for hating being pregnant too! I was looking forward to it so much then found the first trimester awful. You just have to get through it - I'm 16 weeks now and finally feeling human again and can feel a little bump so the excitement is coming back. I remember feeling like it would never end but it will :)

33w and spent all of last night crying at how tired, uncomfortable and refluxy I am. Can't wait for it to be over! At least this is my last one.

Your placenta should take over in the next few weeks and that will (hopefully) make you feel a lot better in regards to nausea and tiredness etc. I had the constant hangover feeling for the first trimester but now I am almost 20 weeks and I have the warm fuzzies about my pregnancy with a cute bump and little baby kicks! Hang on in there! X

I'm 25 weeks and still hate being pregnant, but I also have Hyperemesis which makes things worse.

Like you I have food aversions and in my last pregnancy I really struggled with smells and my sense of smell because ridiculously sensitive. This time though it's not as bad at all, but I struggle with certain colours, which trigger sickness.

All the extra hormones also make me angry at others for no real reason. Don't worry, you're not alone!

I felt exactly the same during first trimester! In the second now and I feel amazing feeling kicks from baby still feel low and anxious as my first baby. But much better than before.

Ha this is hilariously written - I feel exactly the same! It’s awful. I’m putting it down mainly down to the nausea which is like waking up with a stomach bug every day. And I hear you with the food aversions it’s bloody awful. Hang in there, you’re not alone x

OP I felt the same at 8 weeks. First trimester was honestly one of the most miserable times of my life, partly because it felt like it was never ending. I never even vomited, but the constant nausea and exhaustion and food aversions felt unbearable. And the hormones! Trying to act normal and professional at work whilst constantly feeling like your just bubbling under with rage or about to inexplicably burst into tears - even without the physical exhaustion that was so mentally draining!
I'm 16 weeks now and it's just gotten better. The relief is immense. Hang in there! The next bit is better!

I feel you!! I'm 36 weeks and have had HG since week 5 and GD since week 28. The sickness and nausea had got better for a while and I was only being sick 2-3 times a day but it's got worse again these last couple of weeks. I'm also having to have weekly checks for pre-eclampsia. I know I'm so lucky to be pregnant and I hate complaining because I know so many people who would give anything to be in my position but it's so damn hard!

I really hope things improve for you soon OP and to can enjoy your pregnancy, take comfort from the fact that it does seem to improve for the vast majority after the first trimester.