Due December '22 thread 2!

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Is anyone finding symptoms get worse further into trimester 1?

I'm 10w 4d and nausea feels like its kicking up a notch aswell as tiredness and now heartburn. I was ok with feeling consistently shit but now its consistently more shit everyday!

@Jampot36 my midwife told me that between 9&12 weeks is usually when any symptoms peak. It's crappy but try not to worry! They usually start to subside before the 16 week mark.

@Mommabear20 thats good to know thank you!

I'm trying to be grateful for the symptoms as never got this far before but that's a challenge!
I thought I'd sussed what i can and can't eat but its changed again...considering a plate of hash browns for breakfast!

@Jampot36 Same!! Tiredness and food weirdness is peaking, but am also full of a cold/chest infection which probably isnt helping!
Am really looking forward to being able to swim, eat fruit and veg and hot healthy food again... the last few weeks have just been a beige carb fest!!

@LC84 i cannot imagine doing this and having cold on top of it, you warrior!!!

So much relate to this, I'm desperate to go to the gym, eat healthy and be less of a potato! We had planned to go for a walk today but i reckon potter in garden and an afternoon nap is more likely.

@Jampot36 yes!! I'm 10+5 and have been sick every day this week, multiple times!

Is anybody else super breathless all the time? I’ve just changed the sheets and have had to sit down for 10 minutes to recover 😬

Thank you for the reassurance - but that wasn’t my experience last year - as I mentioned in my post…. if a pregnancy doesn’t seem 100% viable and there is still a heart beat they take the wait and see approach .. and the current guidance is not to alarm expectant mothers as it can make things worse.. this is what I was told after my MC last year

I have had pregnancies before where they just discharged me to 12 week scan and didn’t insist to see me again … I asked and asked and asked as I did last time but wouldn’t reveal anything and I stupidly didn’t take a photo of the scan …

as I said I attend a teaching / research hospital - the best in the UK for early pregnancy - so they seem to monitor a lot for educational / research purposes … in some ways it’s great but on the other hand you are left feeling like a bit of a lab rat :(

Morning ladies

Officially 10 weeks today 🙂. My heartburn and sickness seems to have peaked at week 9 as this last week I haven't had any thankfully. We had a scan last week and all was great and have another planned for 21st this month so counting down to then. I can't wait to actually start buying everything though and feeling the kicks so I know baby is happy and healthy and they reassure me there

@Chanel05 poor you, thankfully I've not been sick just nauseous. Have you found anything to help?

@KittyKat1989 yup! I've gone from 5 gyms a week to tired going up stairs! I've read it's because we are crating extra blood now for the baby so heart is working harder pumping it.

Anyone feel like they've got loads of discharge? Not loads but definitely more than before I was pregnant. Think I'm paranoid because any feeling of "wetness" I just assume bleeding. So this discharge freaks me out lol. It's white/clear with no smell so not worried about that

@KittyKat1989 yup! I've been like that since week 5 😂 although that could have something to do with lugging a toddler around everywhere as she's going through a ' I've forgotten how to walk' phase! 😂

And although you don't necessarily start showing, by week 10 your uterus has virtually doubled in sizes so everything gets squashed and moved around meaning your lungs don't necessarily have the same space for expansion as before. Unfortunately that only gets worse as the pregnancy goes on! Roll on 38 weeks when o get out of breath just from the effort of standing up 🤣🤣

@AG96 Omg yes! I was worrying if it was normal, infection etc so glad you mentioned you're getting it too so it is a normal thing. Yes I'm paranoid about the "wetness" too so think I'm paying pay more attention to everything than I usually would pre pregnancy

@tasha4eva10 Yes I'm definitely paying more attention to it than I normally would. Think I'll be paranoid until I feel movements...and then no doubt paranoid about movements 🙈

Ugh I'm now in the horrible in-between stage where my jeans aren't comfortable anymore but maternity jeans are too big. We were out today and I had to go to h&m to get leggings so I was comfortable 😩 think I'll be living in leggings incl for work for the next 2 months 🙈

10 weeks on Saturday and still no symptoms! Went for a private scan at 6 weeks + 6 and said everything looks healthy but when I told her I don't have symptoms she said "healthy pregnancies tend to come with morning sickness " which made me paranoid 🫣🫣 is this normal or should I go back for another scan ? From the start I only ever had boob ache

@kittymu9397 she's talking absolute rubbish symptoms mean nothing. With DD I had really mild symptoms, same with this pregnancy. I was pregnant in January and was being sick before my period was even due and mc at 5 weeks.

It's really starting to get me down about how tired I am & how little I can do. I tried to go to the gym today for a leg workout, a few warm up sets & 1 working set of squats and I left cos i felt so shit. I could of pushed myself, but I just feel so depressed about it & useless. I used to lift weights 4x a week & I've only went a few times last 6 weeks.

Thing is, it's not like I'm doing much else to wear me out. I am self employed & work from home (and haven't been doing much working anyway this past 6 weeks). So it's not like I have a job that is taking all my energy.

I've got life on easy mode at the moment and yet even after 9.5 hours sleep Total, I constantly feel tired. Maybe I'm not pushing through it enough but I feel so shit / lifeless.

Even simple tasks like cleaning & tidying, I run out of steam pretty quickly.

My husband hasn't been giving me a hard time but has made a few comments that I should push myself and try a bit more. Which maybe he is right, but the tiredness linked with the now low mood is rendering me useless.

I never Imagined the first trimester could be like this. I thought a few weeks of sickness etc blah blah. I really hope I start to get better soon and can start living my life again and be a normal functioning human. I'm 10.5 weeks at the moment.

@RhiRhi1996 You sound like you're being really hard on yourself 😔 you're growing a new life, I think that warrants a bit of easy mode! First trimester is nearly over and your energy levels may increase then. I hope you feel better soon 💐

Thank you for your kind words @AG96 x

I think I just expected that first trimester I'd be living my life as normal (more or less), it's all come as quite a shock to me to be honest. 😅

Hi my first time posting and my second pregnancy, I have a 6 year old (Sunday).
Im almost 10 weeks and feel exactly the same, used to go to the gym lifting weights etc, feel awful, constant nausea, exhaustion, struggling to even drink water, had to sleep after hoovering and cleaning today, even missed a friends party. I’m just trying to listen to my body but like you it’s really getting my mood down.
looking forward to the second trimester 🥹

@Ababy0506 it's horrible isn't it! I couldn't imagine having to look after a child whilst feeling like this! I should be grateful I have the freedom to be a bit useless 😅

Heres hoping our symptoms ease soon 🙏

@RhiRhi1996 In the first trimester you have to build absolutely everything for the baby – every single building block, by the end they look like a real tiny baby and it’s just about growing bigger after this part, AND you make a placenta the size of an orange! In like 9 weeks flat (assuming implantation happened at 3 weeks). That’s enormous! You’re doing all that from scratch with nothing but the energy in your cells.

Your husband needs someone to have a sharp word with him about “pushing through” and “try[ing] a bit more”: until he can create life with his body he can pipe down, he has absolutely no clue. Honestly: what you’re doing is exhausting even if from the outside it’s invisible.

@kittymu9397 please don't listen to them! My cousin didn't have any symptoms what so ever, with either of her 3 pregnancies and she now has happy, healthy and very robust kids, with zero complications during any pregnancies, births or postpartum!! Some people just don't get symptoms!

Is anyone else starting to get bit for baby? I've got everything we need in terms of clothes, beds etc, but considering starting to pick up 1 thing each week during my weekly shop like nappies, formula etc to spread the cost and build up a stock pile to get us through the first couple of months. Thinking with it being Christmas, the last thing I'm gonna want to do is make a made nappy dash to Tesco!