Is this feeling normal? :(

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Hey all,

I feel incredibly guilty writing this post but I just don't know if this is normal to feel like this or not.

I'm currently 6 weeks pregnant and so nauseous, exhausted and just constantly feel 'hung over'. Every day feels like im recovering from a heavy night of drinking I feel that sick! I haven't been sick just exhausted and nauseous.

Because of this I just don't feel excited for my baby to come, instead I feel incredibly anxious about the rest of this pregnancy and how I'm going to feel as im self employed so when I don't work I don't get sick pay but with how ill im feeling im struggling to carry out facial appointments (my work).

Instead of the initial excitement I felt im now overwhelmed with anxiety of how much my life is going to change and although this baby is very much loved and wanted I'm just so scared as because of how sick I feel I don't feel connected to this baby right now.

Is this normal? Will this feeling pass? I feel so guilty for feeling like this

In my own experience yes this is really normal - not just the horrible hangover feeling but the realisation kicking in that a child will arrive, for good, and you have to change your life around it! I got pregnant first time round very quickly (planned and wanted) but soon enough I felt like I wasn't in control any more, I couldn't see what the future would hold. I hate that feeling and felt overwhelmed - all I could do was accept I could only plan "for now".

The nausea etc will go up and down, you may have other symptoms kick in later like PGP or whatever it is called (I had a horrible nerve in my back/leg/hip) but things will change over the next months. Just do what you can and if you need to make sure you take time off for yourself. Eat healthily too - the last thing I felt like doing every evening was making a healthy meal but got my partner to help lots.

Best of luck op, it is a rollercoaster - just remember it changes all the time and how you feel now won't be how you feel in a few weeks or months.

6 weeks is still early and if your sickness is really bad, it might be hypermesis so it's worth talking to your GP.

I was exactly the same, I have never felt exhaustion like it in the first 10-11 weeks! I couldn’t get excited about the baby as I was so conscious about how early I was, I felt like I was never going to enjoy pregnancy. The best piece of advice I had was to trust in your body to do what it needs to do

I’m now 16w3d and felt the baby move for the first time this morning and I have some energy back as well. Honestly you won’t feel like that forever!

I’m with you on this OP, I’m 7weeks and for the last 10days I have had nausea 24hrs a day, never felt so poorly in my life! I have been to the drs today and they have given me cyclazine to try and help the sickness. Iv only had 1 tablet but managed to get a couple of hours sleep. I feel horrendous again but can’t have another tablet for a few hours. It’s the worst feeling so you have my full sympathy, hoping we both feel better soon x

Totally normal! I (hope) I'm coming out the other side, but for the first 11/12 weeks I felt rough as a dog. I was never sick but the 24/7 nausea and tiredness was awful! I'm 14 weeks now and it's been wearing off for about a week... but I did go through a large period where I was only eating crackers, philadelphia, ready salted crisps, and potato 🙈

Yes, normal. I think the turning point for me was the 12w scan with DS1; and when I felt him move with DS2. Being pregnant isn’t all it’s cracked up to be for many people. In the first trimester I was sleeping up to 14 hours a day and the nausea was awful.

I am currently 8 weeks pregnant and I feel your pain. I was subscribed cyclzine last week and wrote off work for 2 weeks. I work as a teacher so I couldn't bare being in work feeling this way.

I am more exhausted than I have ever been in my life, I'm sleeping like on and off all day, barely leave the bed to be honest. Nauseous from morning up until about 4pm and absolutely terrified of being sick.

You described it perfectly - it's like being in a constant hungover state. That kind of hangover when you're lying in bed knowing your going to be sick and can't get to sleep until you do.

I am hoping things will get better. I only have 1 week left on my sick line and I do want to go back to work because I miss it so much. So I'm going to try and go back, then if it is too much I'll just have to ask for another sick line.

Also, anyone else feeling bowel problems? I can feel like everything moving through my bowels and sometimes it is painful. I was told by the doctor bowels slow down when you are pregnant but I'm still concerned.