6 weeks pregnant and feel awful

[Littlebb2020]

I’m trying not be a moaner and feel sorry for
Myself as after ivf I am incredibly
Grateful to be pregnant and over the moon. But I’m only 6 weeks and feel awful! It’s like I have a stomach bug, I throw up in the morning feel nauseous most the day and my Stomach feels really wishy washy and I burp all the time lol. I’ve had a scan and seen a tiny heartbeat so I know all is well so far. I’m just wondering if anyone else feels like this? How do you get on with it? I’ve also got a banging headache and I’ve got so many things to do today as I haven’t been doing the housework the last few days. It’s getting on top of me now and I’m not even 2 months in!

It passes. It's so wonderful but at the same time exhausting. I remember just sitting in the office feeling absolutely drained but knowing I needed to run and be sick. I was told it's normal. Just drink lots of fluids, and eat what you can - I had all kinds of mad things that now the thought of turns me (like battered fish dipped into runny eggs)

Oh I feel your pain, I had a despairing few weeks where I just didn't think it would get better. It's even harder when you can't talk about it! Things that worked for me:
Nausea bands
Eating as soon as I woke up - I had far too many McDonald's breakfasts delivered to count!
Take preggie vitamins with a big meal, I felt worse when I took them before bed
Lots of water
Rest when you can
Eat little and often, carbs got me through even when I didn't feel like it

Hope that helps x

I feel you, I’m 11 weeks now and starting to feel a bit better. First trimester is the hardest part though on my experience so don’t panic if you’re finding it hard you won’t feel like this the whole time. Good advice above

It’s awful it’s the it? I felt so bloated and exhausted and just grotty from 5-9 weeks. I’m 11 weeks now and have been feeling better for the last couple. I had a few very down weekends when my husband was working and I felt too tired and miserable to go out and see friends. It does seem to get better though, my energy has returned and I feel more ‘me’ again.

Things that helped me were eating a few spoons of something cold as soon as I woke up - yogurt, avocado, cottage cheese, ginger oaty biscuits. Lots of snacks of nuts and fruit and pastries. Calling friends and family for a chat when I couldn’t make it out. Baths and yoga breathing exercises and Netflix! Crying it out and just getting in bed early every night.

Your body is working full time to prepare for and grow a baby, so don’t expect yourself to be able to do what you normally might. Getting that in my head was really useful. Have you got someone who can do the housework for the next few weeks? If you live with a partner it would be reasonable for them to do more then normal for a while.

Yes I’m in the same boat - feel absolutely rubbish!
My last pregnancy had very little symptoms, but only lasted 7.5 weeks until I miscarried, so I’m consoling myself that all this nausea and tiredness is a good sign this time...

Aww it really does go, your in the hard bit where you just feel awful but just take one day at a tine and the sickness and tiredness does pass. Try find some kind of snack that helps you for your sickness, mine was Harribo sweets and just eat what you can. It's a really tough tine your going through. And feel free to "moan"'all you like it's awful morning sickness xx

Totally normal, not that it makes it any easier to deal with! The worst of my first trimester symptoms were over by nine weeks, and almost as soon as the clock ticked over into the second trimester all the tiredness disappeared and I felt on top of the world!

Savour the glorious middle trimester as the third is also a real bastard. And congrats on your pregnancy!!