Hi all, I’ve spent the last few sleepless nights reading older threads about this but I thought I’d post my own and maybe connect with some more people with experience, or maybe people in the same horrible boat as me!
I’m 38 weeks currently with my first and for the past week/10 days I’ve felt totally ill, with last night being the worst it’s been. I’ve had bad stomach cramps, going to the loo a lot and it’s not pleasant and feeling really nauseous every night, even with anti sickness meds. I’ve had an increase in Braxton Hicks and a few on/off episodes of cramping that’s been quite painful, lower backache etc. My midwife says baby is fixed and engaging in the pelvis so labour might not be far away.
My main issue is I’m emetophobic (severe fear of vomiting) and I don’t know how much more sleepless nights feeling really sick my poor nerves can take, or my poor husband bless him!
So I’m wondering how many people felt unwell and it turned out to be a sign of labour? I guess I’m just looking for a silver lining in all this 😂 I doubt it’s a bug as it’s been going on and off for over a week with no other bug symptoms and nobody I know is sick just now.
sorry for the long post!