10 weeks pregnant and desperate to feel normal again!

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I’m so sorry if anybody recognises my name as having been on here and moaned a lot but man this pregnancy feels like it’s eating me alive 😭😭😭

I’m very fortunate that I am now having random half days where the sickness isn’t AS bad during the morning and afternoon, maybe being sick once a day around teatime and that’s it. I still don’t want to eat next to anything though and I miss food so much! 😭 But oh my god the exhaustion, the constant feeling of having a cloud hanging over my head, the headaches, the postnatal drip.. the list goes on, it’s killing me.

I have 2 children already and I miss spending time with them so much, I am in bed as much as I possibly can be because I am useless otherwise. I miss leaving the house, I miss having the energy to shower, I miss literally living my normal, regular life. I feel like I’ll never be me again and this is now my new normal.

Anybody else feel like this around this time? I don’t actually remember being quite this affected by pregnancy symptoms the previous two times! 😭😩

Thanks for your post. I feel the same. I am 10 weeks this Sunday and have been suffering from hyperemesis gravidarum (HG).

The last few weeks I’ve been in and out of hospital due to dehydration and bed bound.

I had an early scan in hospital and it showed I am expected identical twins, and I was told thats the reason behind me having such a horrible time, as my body is experiencing double the pregnancy hormones.

Maybe there is a chance you could be expecting twins? Sending you support and a hug.

I am in the same boat I’m 9+5 days and I already have 3 girls at home and iv never been this ill in my life. I nearly leave house and if I do I have to take a bucket with me.
been sat sins half 3 this morning in a dark room with a bowl waiting to be sick I’m going back to work tomorrow and have no idea how I’m going to do it but also scared if I take anymore time off I’ll loss my job I just can’t do anything. And I can’t see the light coming at the end of this sickness at the minuet

Absolutely, felt dreadful at 10 weeks 🤢 didn’t even get dressed most days, couldn’t work, do or enjoy anything. Now a few weeks further along still feeling mild nausea and tired but nothing as bad as before, off the meds, back to work/normal life, just still off certain foods/tea & coffee and usually in bed as soon as kids are

I’m like that I’m going to bed at 6-7 o’clock at night husband putting kids to bed most nights but I work till 9.30pm and my boss dosnt get it he’s just like yourll be fine. I just don’t know if I can face it

I could have wrote this at 10 weeks…. And 11, 12, 13 etc. I’m now 18 weeks and starting to come out the other end. The things that massively helped me were: taking cyclazine prescribed by the GP 3 times a day (didn’t full remove the nausea feeling but put a dent in it), being signed off work for 1 month, sleeping as much as possible and wearing anti sickness travel bands.

It was probably easier for me to manage my symptoms as this is my first baby. I really feel for those of you who also need to parent your other kids while feeling like this. Sending hugs!!!

Same here. I haven't worked since 6 weeks and feel v guilty but I am just too ill. Couldn't sleep last night as felt so bad and started throwing up at 4am so now exhausted. I miss my DD too sometimes if she speaks to me too much I start throwing up and she rubs my back it's so sad

Same! I read somewhere that it could be the pregnancy vitamins making symptoms worse this time round. I decided to not take yesterday’s one and the symptoms were more manageable- still nauseous and exhausted but I didn’t break down in tears! Will look at buying just some folic acid tablets rather than multi vitamins

Gosh don’t feel guilty, if a person was ill under any other circumstances they wouldn’t feel guilty. I’m back at work now and still feel nauseous and tired but not anything like in earlier weeks so feel is quite reasonable to be there, now actually more of a distraction than anything, just need lots of early nights! In those early weeks felt dreadful trying to do anything, any tiny bit of energy had needed to go on surviving and the children (and organised what help could towards childcare too). We can’t believe in women’s right to be treated with humanity but then feel ‘guilty’ for needing some time off if one of unlucky women who feel so dreadful

First trimester this time around was quite hard, nausea, fatigue and just generally not feeling myself. I have to say I welcomed 2nd trimester with open arms and it was a big symptom reliever, hopefully will be for you too, hang on in there only 2/3 more weeks