Severe morning sickness!

[NinaPS]

I'm making this thread in the hope there is somebody out there who knows what I'm going through and can help me make it out the other end! I'm completely losing my mind at this point.
So I'm currently 9w4d pregnant (the baby is very much wanted and I'm extremely
I'm happy that we are finally having our first baby) BUT! I started suffering with nausea pretty much as soon as I fell pregnant and it had gradually gotten worse. The vomiting started at 7 weeks and hasn't stopped. I ended up in hospital 2 weeks ago due to severe dehydration and was put on IV fluids and given anti-sickness tablets which worked a treat and I had a week of feeling 'semi normal' I started to notice I was feeling really spaced out so I stopped taking the medication and all was fine for 4 days and there was no vomiting, however last Saturday came around and the vomiting hasn't stopped even when I take the medication!!
I feel really guilty as I start to think 'I wish I wasn't pregnant' or when I say 'I just want this to end' because I don't truly mean it and this baby is everything I've ever wanted but this morning sickness it's practically ruining my life and I hate it! I feel myself becoming very depressed and wishing there was a way out and that's the last thing I want! I just wanted to be excited and happy and enjoy my pregnancy but instead I feel like I'm suffering and wishing time would speed up!

I’m so sorry you’re going through this. I know how horrible it can be. I said some horrible things that I wish I could take back, but I try to be kind to myself and appreciate that people can say awful things when they’re feeling rock bottom (and I was!!!) as a way of trying to process and externalise their feelings. You’re not a horrible person for wishing this away and not enjoying it!

The best advice I can give you is to contact Pregnancy Sickness Support for advice and support. They’re amazing people and I don’t think I could have survived without them! I’m 19+3 and feeling human again - so it does happen! You WILL get better.

Ps - there’s SO much pressure to enjoy pregnancy. Sometimes it’s just shit and unenjoyable. It doesn’t mean that you’ve ruined your life or that you won’t enjoy what comes next. Be kind to yourself.

Honestly, I feel just the same as you and this is my second pregnancy/baby. I feel no joy at being pregnant, I regular cry & tell my other half I just want it to end. If anything was to happen to this pregnancy, I wouldn’t do it again. It’s awful. I feel like a shell of a person & I'm struggling to function. I’m being a dreadful mum to my two year old, she looks so sad when I can’t join in & play..

It does get better. But when you are in the middle of it, it feels like it never will. And the weeks crawl.

Don’t feel bad about not enjoying pregnancy right this minute. There is nothing to enjoy about having a cross between norovirus & a never ending hangover combined.

I promise it’ll be worth it & have zero baring on the love you’ll have for your little one.

Don't feel bad about saying/feeling/thinking certain things, I remember being pregnant with DD and even though she was very much planned and wanted, I just felt like this horrible thing inside me was making me feel awful 24/7 and I just wanted it to be over. Hating being pregnant doesn't mean you hate your baby, no one would want to feel this way. It does get better though, maybe speak to your GP or midwife about different medication

I was sick for the full nine months morning noon and night with both of mine and immediately after giving birth!!
I feel for you..
Speak to your Dr... mine was rubbish but then again it was 15 years ago!
Best thing I did was eat all the time so at least I had something to throw up rather than bile..
It all seems a distant nightmare but I stopped at 2!!
Good luck and go and see your Dr
Xx

Ask your doctor to try another medication - there are lots out there so you may be able to find one that works for you!

Have you tried sea bands? I find they work a treat.

It’s awful, Dd is now 10 but I had almost identical symptoms and feelings as you. Go back to the GP for different medication.
You will survive, don’t stress about how much you are eating, your body will give nutrients to baby first so he/she will be fine. Eat tiny nutritious meals but most importantly drink tiny sips of water or eat ice lollies or frozen grapes to prevent yourself becoming dehydrated.

The only saving grace, and it’ll be far from your mind atm was 3 days after having Dd, whilst other new mums were worried about how much they had put on, I had to buy new clothes 2 sizes smaller than I was in before getting pregnant . All post pregnancy bodies are amazing but it was a nice consequence.

I’m totally with you in exactly how you are feeling right now! I’m 8w2d with my second and am struggling so much with the constant debilitating nausea. I haven’t been sick yet although with my first it was at least 5 times a day from week 6-23. I thought being pg couldn’t get any worse but turns out this time is. At least between the sickness last time I felt relatively fine. Now from the minute I open my eyes in a morning until I go to bed at night I feel sick and unbelievably exhausted- like I’m literally about to faint constantly! Got my booking in appointment on weds so hoping my bloods actually show I’m low on iron or low blood sugar or summat because I’m struggling to comprehend how this is just how I feel now.

All that said- the end result is going to be sooooo worth it I promise you. I’m trying to get out the house at weekends for some fresh air to pull myself out of how crappy I’m feeling. I’m back to work tomorrow so praying that the distraction is good and at least during work hours the day might go faster. Although that said last week i spent so much of the day concentrating on not vomiting that it dragged! I suppose we need to try and get a mental attitude where we can do this and ‘this too shall pass’ although I totally recognise that is easier said than done!

Sympathies! I had extreme morning sickness in my first pregnancy (lost 16lb in the first trimester) and pregnancy for me was very much something to endure, rather than enjoy.

Just focus on getting through one day at a time and it will get easier (even though my sickness lasted the entire pregnancy, it became much more mild for the second and third trimesters). People on this thread have told you the baby will be worth it - people said the same to me and I can tell you now that it's true . And finally, the whole experience made me quite apprehensive about having another child, but I'm now almost 6 months into my second pregnancy (with twins, no less!) and it's been sooooo much better this time around, so don't let that worry you.