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.

@FTEngineerM

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.

The most accurate description!

I feel bad for anyone newly pregnant reading this 😂

Feeling her move (when it’s not ribs or cervix located) is the most amazing thing I’ve ever experienced. I get sad thinking of never getting that again

First and second awful and hated pregnancy. Third not so bad, I put that down to awful HG so the 3rd trimester felt like a holiday 🤣😂🤣😂

FTM here!

First trimester - Constant nausea and SO MANY SPOTS! Honestly, I don't think my skin was as bad in my teens! Horrid, metallic taste in mouth and unquenchable thirst. I also had sore hips and sciatica pretty much from the start. Anxiety was very high, and consequently insomnia too. Lots of fear surrounding birth.

Second trimester - by about 14/15 weeks feeling less nauseous and skin starting to improve! Belly more 'bump' like and very clearly pregnant. One thing I have noticed is my hair grows 3x as fast!! Which with hairdressers being closed has left me looking like I've been dragged through a hedge backwards on most days . Definitely more energy, although coming up to end of second now and starting to feel very breathless and back to needing an afternoon nap. My knees and hips are so sore at night, even with numerous pillows wedged between them! Not looking forward to that getting worse in the third trimester .

Now I'm 25, coming up to 26, weeks and apprehensive about the third trimester - mainly due to birth and my huge anxiety surrounding that!!

Sending lots of love to you all! Our bodies really are incredible and despite the negatives I've had I am in absolute awe of my own, and others!!

Pregnancy #1:
1st trimester - nausea weeks 6-9, but mainly fatigued beyond belief.
2nd trimester - absolutely fine. Bump cute and small.
3rd trimester - okay until wk36 then I was huge, piles, heartburn, couldn't sit comfortably, waking hurt, constant Brixton hicks.

This pregnancy
1st trimester - absolute hell. Nausea hideous from wk6-14. Brain fog. Couldn't sleep but shattered. Headaches.
2nd trimester - fine. Bump much bigger than first pregnancy though so annoyed nothing fits me!
3rd trimester - in it now as only 31wks. Pain in hips. Huge bump. Can't roll over in bed. Can't get off sofa. Hands swollen. Face huge. Can't sleep. Baby low and on bladder constantly. Round ligament pain constantly.

1st awful
2nd better
3rd tiring

1st T - hyperemesis gravidarum
2nd T - hyperemesis gravidarum
3rd T - hyperemesis gravidarum... with toxaemia

Yeah great fun 🥴

Thank you everyone for their posts! Currently 7 weeks and so sick I am questioning my life choice. I can’t keep anything down, but as no one knows, I can’t talk to anyone about it so reading that others have been here, really helps!

5-10 awful - nausea, tiredness etc.

11-38 great!

1st trimester - felt sick all the time; could only eat carbs

2nd trimester - still felt sick and so so tired

3rd trimester - still feel tired but it comes in waves; on the while I feel a whole lot better and can't wait for these last 10 weeks to fly by!

1st trimester: vomiting, vomiting, vomiting. Felt like I was in a fog - intellectual I was fine, but it felt like my personality had disappeared. I don’t know how to describe it, but I just wasn’t me. So tired. Insomnia.

2nd trimester: my personality returned! Vomiting stopped. No real bump and felt full of energy. Had a bit of pelvic pain but otherwise good.

3rd trimester: still some pelvic pain. Insomnia but otherwise fine. Was in absolutely great form from weeks 35-41 and full of energy.

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Currently in my first trimester of my second pregnancy and am utterly shattered and have constant nausea, but have only vomited twice so far so a big change from my first pregnancy! Don’t have the fog this time either which really is brilliant. But I don’t have as much patience with my toddler as normal.

First trimester - pretty miserable, nauseated, couldn't stand to be touched and just wanted to sleep and drink ice cold drinks

Second trimester - best time, full of energy, hair felt amazing, nice little bump, happiness all round

Third trimester - currently 32 weeks pregnant, get insanely irritated having to put shoes on, struggling with acid reflux all day long, sore lower back but baby is currently back to back and breech so I don't have a huge heaviness low down, just a big head obstructing my airways!

First- feeling a little tiered
Second- woohooo got my energy back.
Third plodding along but live for an afternoon nap 😂

First - horrible, like a constant hangover, anxious

Second - feeling better, less anxious, excited, although this is my third pregnancy and I'm feeling a lot more tired than I did in my previous 2 during this trimester (currently 26w)

Third - Heartburn, aches and pains, breathlessness, impatience, so tired but unable to sleep. Dreading it 🤣