Symptoms Thread (02-18)

mommac2017

How are you feeling? Any new symptoms? Any tips for harder symptoms?

mommac2017

I've been throwing up 3-4x per day for the last 3 weeks. On Thursday my OB recommended taking Vitamin B6. I've taken 100mg per day for the last 3 days and today I didn't throw up at all!!!!!!!

Highly recommend it!!! My nausea still comes and goes but this has majorly taken the edge off. 

Of course, check with your midwife or OB before you take it!

cactusblossum

Omg I am sooo tired!  Only 3+4 and cannot get enough sleep. Had a full night sleep last night and just took a 4+ hour nap and could totally just go to bed for the night.

 I haven't experienced true nausea yet,  just some very slight tinges of it and nothing really sounds good. I oscillate between no interest in food and ravenous but nothing sounds appealing, including my normal go tos.

ksf13

My nausea has definitely gotten worse, but not unbearable (peppermint seems to take the edge off). I think my gag reflex is more sensitive too though, so I do have to be careful. I woke up and coughed a little to clear my throat and dry heaved for like 5 minutes straight, the other night I got a hair in my mouth and it make me throw up lol. So not fun! Fatigue has gotten much worse too!

megggosaurusrex

My boobs hurt so much MH can't even hug me like normal without me cringing and I have been wearing a sports bra all week long. So far that's my only symptom but it is a doozy.

kmornelas29

Sssooooooo nauseas! I was worse the first time around at this point, but it's still there. I literally have to eat at all times to keep it away, and at this rate I'll gain 100 lbs. next appt I'm talking to my dr. I have taken B6 but can't say it's helped much. I just got caffeine free lemon and ginger tea. We'll see how that works. I'm wondering how I will finishing teaching this year. Bllllaaaaaah! 

ShakeUpTampa

Tender breasts and lethargic overall but when I do get energy I bust a move on this cleaning and redecorating. Not too gaggy but certain things are not tasting or smelling the same to me. 

tyannej

I've been lucky, I haven't had much symptoms other than sensitive boobs and I'll get waves of nausea and RLP is killer. But I did seem to catch a cold

mrs_fogue

I'm feeling great this pregnancy.  Very little exhaustion, just crazy dreams and cravings.

i found that eating through out the day curved my nausea.  It basically hit when I was hungry so I always had crackers or something light to snack on throughout the day:  

virginiaham

Am I the only one itching?

mommykay-2

Im 4w 1d today. I have a bit of cramping that makes me worry, occasional nausea, headaches, exhaustion, gas, bloating, slight food aversion, and increased appetite/thirst.

ShakeUpTampa

Still some dry heaving here and there, no vomiting thank god..had some bad acid reflux and almost vomit attacks last week. Losing sense of loving some scents and foods but sleep sleep sleep eat eat eat sleep feed me feed me NOW! lol. I have a crap ton of energy too...which is so weird ...I mean, not when I sleep but when I'm not sleeping!

OliveOyl2014

virginiaham said:

Am I the only one itching?

Omg the boob itches are the worst! I feel like my hand is constantly down my shirt. 

buttercream_frosting

I'm trying not to be a snowflake over my complete lack of symptoms. I feel so normal and not pregnant. First time round, I felt my immunity go down and had a cold i couldn't shake for 2 weeks and I was really sleepy around 6 weeks ( Although with a toddler now, exhaustion is just the norm.) but I was pretty symptom free. So I just need to remember that and not freak out. Sorry to the ladies on the other end of the spectrum. I am really feeling for you.

GodIsFaithful93

@buttercream_frosting if it makes you feel better I'm 7 + 5 (I did hear the heartbeat on 6 + 0 at my apt. but haven't since)and have extremely mild symptoms. Mainly food aversions and more tired but no morning sickness or extreme exhaustion! That will be nice if you remain symptom free. Hopefully it'll be easy for the both of us! My pregnancies have gotten better with less symptoms with each kid!  

runningmama22

Hi I'm new to this month board! Have a two year old, and just found out we're expecting a week ago!  So far I've had three bouts of nausea this week (I'm 4+2 by LMP dating), and dizzy spells are what tipped me off that I should test! Other than that just really crampy today... and I zombie slept during my nap. DD sat there patiently waiting for me to wake up!  Oh, also just remembered, about a day or so after I would have implanted my hips hurt worse than the day after running a marathon. Like major major pain... THAT was weird. 

buttercream_frosting

@AlexandriaNewton Thank you! I know everyone is different but it does help to know I'm not alone. I am tentatively booked in for next week Thursday to do the HB scan. I'm amazed you got to hear the HB at 6+0. My doctor discourages looking for a HB before 8 weeks. I'm looking forward to it.

GodIsFaithful93

Oh sorry, I had a transvaginal ultrasound @buttercream_frosting! I always have to go in really early since I have had an ectopic pregnancy before, to make sure babe is in the right place. It was such a great sound! So excited for you! You'll have to keep us updated! 

ShakeUpTampa

Ladies without symptoms, honestly feel great and chug on! With my first, I got food poisoning the first week after BFP and feared that was what the whole pregnancy would be like. Nope...easy as anything besides my BP. I got one miserable migraine that made me have an anxiety attack but other than that everyone still hates my guts for how easy it went...not so sure this one will be as easy since I already spent the past two weeks dry heaving lol. 

dinosaur

So much bloating and food aversions this week.

buttercream_frosting

@ShakeUpTampa I know! You are right! I should enjoy it but with so little information at the start besides the BFP on a pee stick, worry and anxiety creeps in every now and again when everything feels so normal. For the most part I am enjoying the symptom free time while it lasts.

mommac2017

I'm so gassy and bloated tonight! We have friends over so there has been a lot of junk food which I'm sure is the main cause. But I'm so darn uncomfortable!!!

Cythe

MS was not existent today, which I think should please me but just scares the shit out of me.

However, I'm having food aversions to almost everything. Like, the thought of opening up the What Is My Pregnant Self Eating thread makes me nauseous just thinking about it.

verily

My bladder and I are having a terrible relationship right now. It's progressed from having to pee a lot to "omigod I must pee right now". It's angry and it makes me nauseous when it's even remotely full. I'm going to the doc today for a blood draw and I'm going to ask to be tested for a UTI. I doubt I have one (no burning, just sweet relief when I pee), so I'm chalking this jerk up to being irritable like when I have too much coffee.

ShakeUpTampa

Good old hemorrhoids are flaring up because of the side effects of UTI meds and then going to the bathroom triggers some spotting Hoping to find out things are good at today's appt. 

feeislove

No nausea yet. I thought I might have been getting nauseous yesterday after eating breakfast but it lasted maybe a few seconds and was gone. My symptoms are still mostly some exhaustion during the day and my breasts are starting to hurt some. 

ZukiWife

I've been so exhausted, boobs are sore, and slight nausea. Haven't actually been sick yet, but my gag reflex is super sensitive and I can't seem to stop burping!

mrs_fogue

 last week was pretty quiet in the symptoms department, but this week I've had cramping that is coming and going.  Not sure if it's baby or gas

mountainmartha

I am another snowflake- fairly symptomless here. I did have a bout of gas/constipation on Saturday night that was so uncomfortable and disgusting and my stomach looked 8 months pregnant from bloat. It was gone by the morning but I was absolutely delightful to be around in the meanwhile.

tyannej

So I've seemed to have caught a cold or it just my allergies anyways, weakened immune system because I'm growing baby. But I've started this thing where everytime I cough I gag. I'm not even coughing hard it's just I guess my gag reflexes are super sensitive all of a sudden, it's lovely. 

brela11

Ive had the worst luck. I got norovirus last week. Now today I woke up with an eye infection. At the eye doctors now. Besides that I've had sore boobs and was a little 'off' yesterday, almost like a hang over feeling.

dinosaur

I need to pee like every 30 mins

Edit: words are hard

beezeee

I'm so freakin thirsty! I've always been one to drink a lot of water, but this is on another level.

mommac2017

I don't remember this happening in previous pregnancies, so I'll ask here:

Is anyone else noticing their fingernails growing surprisingly fast?! I just cut

mommac2017

I don't remember this happening in previous pregnancies, so I'll ask here:

Is anyone else noticing their fingernails growing surprisingly fast?! I just cut mine the other day and I already feel like I need to again!

ShakeUpTampa

@mommac2017 yes, due to prenatal vitamins. My hair always grows fast but nails come in stronger and hair grows on double time. 

MamanBee

Hi ladies. I'm 5w3d and my nipple soreness has completely disappeared. It was really the only symptom I had. I don't have any cramping or spotting but I'm still concerned. Have any of you experienced this? PGAL and all I can think of is that happenings again. Darn that wandering brain of mine.

ashcakes921

Yeah finally got that nausea life going on. Including dry heaves that I don't remember having with DD. Food aversions like crazy. My boobs are slightly sore but are mostly just feeling fuller...also exhaustion. I feel cold all the time but unsure if that's pregnancy related lol

runningmama22

Oh I forgot one! My skin is hot. Not me, I feel fine, but if I'm sitting down the backs of my thighs are HOT I have to stand up and walk for a minute. Same if my back is against something. So strange. Been happening since Baby implanted pretty much. 

AlandkeriA

I'm 6 weeks, 5 days: 

-fatigue

-Food adversions. If I even think of certain foods I will seriously feel like vomiting. It makes planning meals pretty difficult. I made the mistake of drinking orange juice. It messed my stomach up for hours. 

-(TMI) I have to poop way more than normal. 

-(TMI) Lots of discharge sometimes, then dry other times. 

-my sense of smell has heightened 

-soor boobs...

AlandkeriA

@keriflores Same here. I oil pull every morning and I usually cough up when I'm finished and I have to be careful because I'll almost vomit. It's so weird.