How did you find each of the pregnancy trimesters?

[maria1995xxx]

At the moment first trimester took the energy out of me making me gag up spit (not sick) ever morning and even opening a bottle lid or picking something off the floor was soo draining. Felt light headed and faint,tastebuds only allowed me to like bland food like cheese sandwiches

Second trimester so far I am 14 weeks and 2nd one is going ok ish causing me to not be able to hold per for long and allowing me to enjoy sleep a bit more (including sex). I feel like sex drive has increased a lot tooo. Don't have craving but appetite has come back so I can finally enjoy my spicy food , if I'm not careful and eat a lot belly does feel heavy when trying to sleep.

I wonder what my third will be like.

Weeks 4-15: rank, thought about abortion, absolute hell.

Weeks 15-35: lush, cute lil bump, no aches or pains, still exercising.

Weeks 36-42: horrible, like a swollen potato that just led on the sofa and watched OBEM on repeat.

Weeks 6 to 11 - rank as mentioned before. Morning sickness was just killing me and wasn't ashamed to say i wouldn't have done it if i knew how bad it was 😅

Week 11 to 30 - honeymoon

Then SPD got worse, baby low down in pelvis makes walking hard... and now since week 38 i am just so uncomfortable and massive.
Overdue and i can't take it anymore.

First I was permanently exhausted.
Second was blissful and I had loads of energy.
Third increasingly difficult to move and sleep resulting in me really not enjoying the last 6 weeks or so of my pregnancies and wishing those weeks away. Think ‘get this thing out of me now!’ and then the inevitable guilt that comes with having those thoughts.

Both times:

1st was hell on Earth mostly due to nausea and fatigue but also bleeding, felt very down

2nd no big issues but did get back pain, worse second time

3rd quite uncomfortable, need to pee constantly so wake in the night, last time had high blood pressure and massively swollen feet, this time I can't walk far due to SPD but all this is totally manageable compared to the horror of the 1st trimester

First trimester, not that fun as too early to feel any movements and the nausea kicked in. Second was much better with more energy and movements starting. Third was fine, a little uncomfortable some days but really not that bad. I enjoyed both my pregnancies though so maybe I was lucky.

First trimester - nausea and going off some foods I’d always liked. Had snacks by the bed as that really helped when waves of sickness came in the night. No actually vomiting. Very tired.

Second trimester - much better and I agree with you OP sex drive returned! Awesome! Felt so much better but reflux began to become a thing mildly by about week 20.

Third trimester - reflux and heartburn getting worse. Now swigging gaviscon after every meal. (Nearly 34 weeks currently) hips and pelvis hurt at night, use of pregnancy pillow became a must. Insomnia is real. Leg cramps and restless legs at night too. Days are ok, night time is uncomfortable. Excited and buying baby stuff - body beginning to have had enough.

First trimester: rough, sickness & exhaustion. Sickness didn’t fully go till 18-20wks but exhaustion was better by 16
Second trimester: felt great in the main
Third: still in it! Feeling the tiredness more (also anaemia) and getting bigger. Still only 33 weeks so lots more of that joy to come!

@maria1995xxx

First Trimester - hormonal, depressed, nauseous, extremely sick, no appetite, regretting the pregnancy, feeling like I’ve ruined my life.

Second Trimester - improvement with sickness, appetite slowly returning, movements felt, more of a connection to the pregnancy.

Third Trimester - wheezy, tired, really want the baby out of me.

2nd trimester 100% the best.
1st- nothing really happens, just a huge long anxious waiting game to reach milestones, nausea, no bump, just feel fat.
2nd- pass the big 20 week scan milestone, have a lovely neat bump, can still be very active
3rd T- bump huge and low constantly pressing on bladder, hard to even get off the sofa. Am 31 weeks now and pleased I'm still getting out for twice weekly jogs when half the time I have trouble climbing the staircase!! But always hit 30 weeks and feel the end is very much in sight, the final hurdle, you can do it!! Even though its the toughest slog by a mile physically...

First trimester - hated it. Had recently had a mmc so was full of anxiety, was exhausted all the time, and didn’t think anything could be worse. Had a couple of trips to EPU, and was just counting down the the 12 week scan. In hindsight, lucky I was only sick twice, and apart from fatigue it wasn’t too bad at all.

Second trimeter - still anxious up until the 20 week scan, but had my energy back for the most part, started growing a little bump, didn’t have to hide it anymore. Physically I felt quite good. Baby started moving, and due to an anterior placenta it was just pleasant and never hurt

Third trimester - I’m currently 35+3 and shit man, this sucks. I’m fat, swollen, heavy, insomnia, heartburn, feel like my vagina is going to fall out when I walk. Kicks and punches can be quite painful in the cervix, and horrible aching in ribs. Can be starving, but get full after two mouthfuls. First trimester fatigue is back, but this time added insomnia. Hurts to move, but the nesting instinct is strong 😂 and then of course the realisation I’m going to have to push this this in a few weeks... a whole different sort of anxiety, but at least I don’t worry about miscarriage now, & know if anything was to go wrong, she’s big enough to have a fighting chance.

I really wish I’d logged this for each trimester as it happened as I really think each time it would’ve been as dramatic as this third tri essay I just typed out for you 😂😂

I absolutely loved it and felt amazing except for the last month or so when it was very hot but I realise I'm in the minority. I'm no way trying to sound smug - I'm a total mess without sleep so it's swings and roundabouts as I know there are some people out there who love the newborn stage & im not one of those people! I do adore pregnancy though and would be pregnant forever if I could.

I felt varieties of shit throughout:
1st trimester: kill me now
2nd trimester: I thought was supposed to glow, why do I still feel like shit? Oh, I know, INSOMNIA. Also, fainting on the train is not cool, please don’t make me beg for a seat.
3rd trimester: oh hello nausea, glad you’re back. Will I ever sleep again? (lol nope)

Currently 14 weeks with DC3 - clearly a glutton for punishment!

First pg (boy): first wasn't the greatest, felt sick but not too bad. Second was amazing, looked great, tons of energy. Third a bit less energy but pretty much the same.

Second pg (girl): first was horrible!! I was so tired I literally slept all day, just gave DS a tablet to play with and felt terrible about it but I literally could not stay awake, I was sleeping all day and all night. Barely had the energy to get dressed to take DS to school. Felt terrible nausea, like I had 24/7 food poisoning, and I was weirdly freezing all the time - had all the heaters cranked. Second: gradually getting more energy, sickness gradually went away - still feeling pretty dead but have spurts of energy, especially getting motivated to clean the entire house! Have also had a UTI and brief bout of tonsillitis this time - just feeling run down with weird illnesses. Just this week feel like I'm getting the 2nd tri glow. I'm 21 weeks now so will have to wait and see.

@Aozora13 yeah, I’m super pissed that I haven’t glowed once 😂

They say girls steal beauty, & it definitely seems true for this baby. I look like a half dead, bloated, potato these days

1st trimester - hell on earth!!! I actually told my partner on numorous occasions i didnt want to be pregnant anymore!

2nd trimester - currently 26 weeks and im feeling okay...spd is baddddd and i cant get comfy at all anywhere at anytime

Roll on delivery day !!!!

@Sansa87 😂 from a fellow potato - I have 2 gorgeous DDs and they totally stole what beauty I had and never gave it back!

Ha @Sansa87 and @Aozora13 expecting a girl here too and I too am embracing my inner bloated potato! There is no glowing going on here! I forgot to mention that above. My skin has been dreadful since about week 8. Worse than in my entire life! So depressing. They do say girls steal your looks...

First time round I had a classic breakdown of:

1st Tri - sickness
2nd - felt great
3rd - tired and achy and lumpen

Second time around the 1st tri sickness carried on to 20 weeks and was immediately replaced by being tired achy and lumpen - I felt very cheated out of my second trimester!

Instead of breaking it down into trimesters, I’ll go as far as saying weeks 15-18 were the only weeks I had any respite. First trimester like others have said - horrendous, could have terminated I felt so bad at times, pushed through. As above weeks 15-18 I felt relatively back to normal before at week 18 I started to get back pain - fast forward to week 36 and I’m a waddling, hormonal pain ridden mess.

How women can do this more than once I’ll never know. My saving grace is that baby is so close now and the end is in sight.

Trimester 1: Ceaseless nausea, vomiting and crippling anxiety and depression
Trimester 2: Ceaseless nausea, vomiting, crippling anxiety with bonus nervous energy and resulting insomnia.
Trimester 3: Ceaseless nausea, vomiting, crippling anxiety with bonus nervous energy and resulting insomnia PLUS panic attacks and sheer blind terror at having to actually give birth. See also night terrors about vaginal tearing, hemorrhaging, and dying during childbirth.

Needless to say, I hated every second, cried every day, and only have one child.

Weirdly I was never tired though, more wired on fear and adrenaline the whole time like I was mainlining Redbull all day

Oh Gosh ... this thread should be compulsory reading in sex education classes for teens. Reduce the rates of teenage pregnancies in one fell swoop!

Weeks 4-14 Nauseous but manageable. Tired but still able to exercise. Anxious due to MMC 2 months prior to this pregnancy

Weeks 14-22 Progressive back pain, PGP/SI joint dysfunction and Sciatica. Miserable, can't walk very far but still trying to live normally. The second trimester glow is a lie, I feel cheated.

Weeks 22-26 Paun eased off, feeling pretty good. Bump more obvious so looking less like I've eaten 50 pies and more like I've swallowed a small Gala melon. Actually not hating life for a change.

Weeks 26+ Progressively very short of breath, fatter by the second, blood pressure and heart rate doing daft things, baby measuring small, many visits to hospital, back pain returns but now coupled with pelvic pressure and fanny daggers. Needing to pee tiny volumes every time I drink anything or stand up. Would definitely consider early delivery knowing baby needs a bit longer cooking. Would not have felt guilty about potential short NICU stay as just so miserable.

Currently 35 weeks FTM, counting down the days. I do feel pretty sad that I've hated pregnancy so much. I know baby will be worth it but its soul destroying feeling miserable every day, especially in the crazy world we currently live in.

I definitely did expect pregnancy to be easier - and I have had a straight forward pregnancy. The sheer exhaustion of it was never discussed by my female friends/ mother /sister ... not ever. Nor the joint pain, nausea, heartburn etc etc. Women have suffered in silence for too long. All that I’ve ever heard is how hideous birth is. I was lead to believe pregnancy was a walk in the park.

Second and the start of third is lovely. Although I am low on energy all the way through.

First is horrible.

Third you just feel impossibly huge and everything is a giant effort. Plus it's too hot to be allowed maybe not if you're not silly like me and due at the end of summer/in autumn every time!

My first pregnancy:

First trimester: HELL considered abortion but just couldn’t. Hospitalised, couldn’t keep water down. Felt like death ‘don’t worry it’s normal it’ll be better soon’

Second trimester: HELL ON EARTH!! ‘Why is this only getting worse?’ Doctors/midwives look puzzled at every apt ‘it’s normal, it’ll be better soon, it’ll be...ah no it’s HG you might be like this the whole time who knows’ can’t eat, can’t sleep, can’t leave the house!

Third trimester: JUST KILL ME! I was grateful to develop the health issues that meant I had to be induced at 37 weeks. Couldn’t get to the hospital fast enough!

Second pregnancy: (currently 30 weeks)

It’s all been shit, SPD, sickness...etc but not as bad as the first, even with a toddler in tow!

People ask me if I’ll be having anymore... and I just laugh and laugh... no