Where the hell is this second trimester glow everyone talks about?

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I didn't get it first time round and it doesn't seem to be appearing this time either.

21 weeks tomorrow with another girl and feeling like sh*t..... I'm knackered, head is banging, I'm starving but nothing tastes right and if I do eat the heartburn is horrific. I've still got nausea but the sickness has pretty much gone so that's one thing i suppose. I've got low BP and keep having dizzy spells, I've fainted once and fallen over a couple of times so covered in cuts and bruises including a shredded chin. I cannot get comfortable no matter what I do, I'm in a foul mood and my brain is mush.

Can anyone else relate or are you all glowing?

Second pregnancy currently 39 weeks.. the ‘glow’ is a load of shite!! My standards have significantly dropped 😂

I never got it. I also had low BP, it got to a point it was dangerous for me to drive to work. Sympathies.

Also pregnant with a girl - I look and feel like roadkill. 🤣

I didn't! My favourite trimester was my third trimester as it was now socially acceptable to be a bit miserable about pregnancy!
I'm on my third pregnancy now and it's about a week after my positive test when it dawns on me how much I dislike pregnancy!
My mum hated being pregnant too so I have that normalising the feeling!

Sympathies! I had about three days of feeling good between 1st trimester constant nausea finishing and low iron levels kicking in. The glow is a lie! Hope you do start to feel a bit better soon though

I felt rough for my first and second trimester! Third trimester has actually been much better so far. I've actually noticed my skin and hair looking nicer, I'm actually sleeping better because I got a pregnancy pillow, and I'm not suffering so much with my stomach now I've got omeprazole. A few aches and pains, piles, etc etc, but I felt horrible in the earlier weeks!
Hope you get some respite soon too

I feel for you! I’m almost 17 weeks and I’ve felt rotten almost since the day I found out I was pregnant. I feel so awful saying I’m not enjoying being pregnant but every day is just a struggle to get through. I keep trying to remember what I’m going to get at the end of this to try and keep positive but it’s so bloody hard. Just have to try and rest when we can 💕

I’m 2 weeks post partum, and can confirm that I NEVER had a pregnancy glow. I think it’s a lie they feed us all! 😂

31 weeks and the second trimester glow/energy boost is a HUGE LIE in my experience…