this is my first pregnancy, at 7/8 weeks I started to have morning sickness but pretty severe leading to me not being able to eat very much at all and only being able to stomach frubes (my saving grace for a couple of weeks). I have been incredibly grateful to have an amazing doctor who has always made me feel seen and heard and although I felt like I was being dramatic and “women go through this all the time” he made it clear (helped with not great urine results) that I was experiencing HG. Since we have been through a journey of medication and fortunately I have found cyclizine to work and has helped me be able to finally stomach solid food. I have still been in denial for weeks that I have HG, mostly because I’m terrified that this will last the whole 40 weeks. Although I’m a lot better than I was, I have still found myself unable to get out of bed on days and naturally paired with feeling rubbish 24/7 isolated in the house.
I just wanted to know if anyone has also experienced I personally would call it the milder end of HG (as medication is giving some relief) and did it pass in the second trimester? I feel slightly like the last week or so I’ve had a few ‘good’ days but am still reliant on tablets and I’m worried I’m giving myself false hope. I have been told my energy will turn a corner and I will be the total opposite of the exhausted lump I am at the moment. I guess I’m trying to figure out whether I will turn a corner, or if I’m in this for the long run.
It’s been a mental and emotional rollercoaster and my heart really goes out to mums that have been even more severe - I really couldn’t imagine the emotional state I would be in right now if medication wasn’t helping. I am so thankful to be pregnant and cannot wait for my little one to enter the world but it has also been a very miserable experience.
It’s so sad as it’s not the experience i expected at all naively xxx