Does it get better after 12 weeks?

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This is my 6th pregnancy (only 1 child)and I’m 7 weeks and I feel awful. It’s the exhaustion and sickness isn’t helping, I feel down and depressed and I keep questioning whether I can do this even though we were so desperate for a baby. I remember feeling awful the pregnancy that didn’t end but I can’t remember if I felt like this the whole Time or if things did get better.
Im just really really struggling but I feel like so many women have children so i need to stop moaning and just get on with it.
Im very much a person who is on the go so the having to rest a lot isn’t helping me at all.

I’ve only been pregnant once and have 1 child but I definitely felt the worst around 7/8 weeks. I had to eat little and often to keep the nausea and trapped wind at bay. I can’t remember when I started feeling better but it was a few weeks max of feeling rough. At 13 weeks we went on a trip to watch the 6 nations rugby and I walked back from the ground to the hotel (4 miles) and remember being fine that weekend if that helps

I'm really sorry you're struggling. The sickness and exhaustion can be totally debilitating, and I remember wondering how on earth pregnant people are expected to function as I found it impossible.

For most people it does get better, not necessarily bang on 12 weeks. Mine was bad until about 16 weeks, but equally a lot of people say it got better for them around 10 weeks.

Focussing on the end goal (ie, a baby) helped me cope emotionally, but I don't pretend it's a fix for the horrendous tiredness and nausea.