Symptoms Thread (week of 03/11)

mommac2017

How are you feeling? Any new symptoms popping up? Any tips to cope with some of the not so favourite symptoms?

mommac2017

You guys! My OB prescribed me Diclectin to help with my nausea and vomiting. I took the first dose before bed last night. This morning I feel human!!!!! It's the first time in weeks that I haven't thrown up immediately after showering! Really hoping this isn't just a fluke and that these meds are going to help!

kmornelas29

@mommac2017 I wish my Dr would prescribe me some! I feel horrible all day long, and he basically told me...if you can tough it out do it, because medicine isn't good if not 100% necessary, and then proceeded to show me my daughter and said, "see you didn't take any last time, and ended up with a great healthy daughter, right?" I know he is somewhat right, but I kind of wanted to punch him lol. 

Ive been nauseas all day, STILL. I have this horrible metallic taste in my mouth that won't go away. I'm sick of nothing tasting good. Yet, always hungry. It gets old. Plus, I have this lingering cold with tons of mucus in my throat. I'm going on week 3 of a mega sore throat. Once it starts to heal I throw up and make it bad again. *sigh* 

if im still like this next week, I'm calling the dr to beg! 

beezeee

I'm so tired during the day and have been passing out by 8:30 every night. But when I inevitably get up to pee sometime after midnight, I have the hardest time getting back to sleep. Some nights I'm laying there for an hour before I can fall asleep.

curlyq423

Anyone else gag when they brush their teeth? I did this with my first pregnancy and thought it wasn't going to bother me this time around. I was wrong. It hit again this past week. Ugh. 

kmornelas29

@curlyq423 yes! I have to consciously prepare myself to not throw up and think about something else while I do it. 

curlyq423

@kmornelas29 It's so annoying!

ForwardnBackward

I know most people experience constipation with pregnancy.... but I'm the opposite.  I have a very predictable loose bm every morning since becoming pregnant. It wouldn't bother me so much except sometimes it sneaks up on me or wakes me up!

soprano19

@curlyq423 I can barely touch my teeth with a toothbrush without gagging. It's horrible.

mommac2017

@kmornelas29, seriously?! I told my OB I wanted to just struggle through. And she was like "no. Trust me. Take them". This was after already trying Vitamin B6 for 3 weeks. Have you tried that? I took 100mg every morning and it took the edge off. I used to puke 3-4x per day. After B6 it cut down to 1-2x per day. Took my first Diclectin last night and it's now almost 2pm and I've only had a teensiest bit of nausea around lunchtime when I started to get hungry!!!

feeislove

I've been having something weird happening to me here lately. When I'm getting ready to go down for the night my heart rate seems to increase. I know increased heart rate is normal during pregnancy but this feels like I'm scared even though I'm not. No chest pain or anything it just keeps me awake. Suggestions?

prizzyB

I've been having really bad right lower abdominal pain. It radiates down to my right thigh. I've been having hot/cold chills and I'm flushed. I stood up today and my back right side kinda like my hip is on fire it hurts so bad. I've had a horrible sore neck as well. I get super dizzy and think I'm gonna pass out. I'm super scared. I thought I was gonna be 8 weeks on Monday but I have a 34 day cycle so I ovulate late so that actually puts me at 7 weeks on Monday and I got a positive test super early on. I called my obgyn and she can get me in for my first appointment this Monday at 3:30. I'm just scared of all these pains I'm feeling. 

azmamatobe

I'm a bit freaked out.
I haven't had cramps, I haven't been super nauseous but I've just started bleeding/spotting but I don't know if its too heavy. 

Like every wipe I've got a pink stripe, its by no means how my period was but it does seem more than what I would expect spotting to be. 

I'm 8 w 3 d and just a bit nervous. How much constitutes "just spotting"

tyannej

So last night, DH and I DTD and when I got up to pee afterwards there was super bright, almost pastel red watery blood when I wiped and in the toilet. I tried not to panic, but I got up like 5 minutes later to see if it had stopped and then it was barely there light pink, and then this morning it was completely gone. I plan on calling my dr because I have O- blood so I may have to get a rhogam shot. Has anyone else had this happen to them before? I'm 9weeks and 5 days today. 

blewybaby

9 weeks tomorrow and cue the nausea, headaches, and constipation. Oh joy! But no really, I have been so worried about my lack of symptoms until now, so I am just thankful I have them. BUT...this nausea....UGH!

VLillyV

Guys. I'm miserable no nausea, but straight food aversion. I don't want to eat. I get sick and need to shut down nightly. I know I'm no speshul snowflake and we all have our fair share.. but oh boy

@feeislove I don't necessarily have that happen but I do notice I get very short of breathe and struggle to relax and breathe...

Colada584

@beezeemarie I'm having the same problem. I'm so exhausted that I usually pass out early but then when I get up to pee I have a hard time getting back to sleep.  Some nights I can fall back to sleep in an hour or so. And other nights I just toss and turn and can't fall back to sleep at all. Like tonight, I got up at 3am. It's now a quarter to 6 and I haven't fallen back asleep. My alarm is set to go off in 30 min. It's going to be a great day!

canonmom413

My ute is definitely stretching. It gets super tight at night and hard. Still nauseated all day... all the damn day.  My boobs are still sore but not like they used to be. Food adversions are terrible! I can only tolerate certain things, certain times of the day. I hate it but Coca Cola was the ONLY thing to settle my stomach this weekend. I hated that it did but someone said the syrup in it helps. I tried ginger ale, nothing, tea, nothing, but the cola did help. I only drank it once this weekend because I felt terrible about the sugar and caffeine. 

baker1jm2

@beezeemarie I'm the exact same.  Wake up to pee in the middle of the night and can never go back to sleep.  I've tried making myself stay up later and it doesn't make a difference.  The insomnia is killing me.  If I can nap (which is almost never) I'm fine.  

baker1jm2

@canonmom413 don't feel guilty about a pop! I usually HATED all pop but when I get a really bad headache mt. Dew is the only cure. Tylenol does nothing for me and mt. Dew is the only caffinated drink I can stomach. Sometimes you gotta do what you gotta do!

mrs_fogue

I'm ready for this phase to be over with!!!  I took off Friday just because I had been so sick all week and couldn't handle work any more plus being sick.  I finally told my boss.  It was nice to have some down time even if I was also corralling a busy toddler.  Back at it today same old nausea and food aversions.   

ChocolateIsLife

@prizzyB were you able to make an appointment to see your doc today? I hope you are feeling better.

migdala

@tyannejohn I spotted a couple weeks ago after DH and I DTD but like yours it was gone by morning.  My midwife said it was normal because there's so much more blood in that area now and my cervix is going to be super tender.

keiraanne

kmornelas29 I feel your pain! I'm constantly nauseated and then for a moment I'll be ravenous, but by the time I'm done preparing something to eat, I feel sick again.

The super sore boobs (even walking down stairs hurts), insomnia, phlegmy throat can take a hike any day now.

Maksim's Mom

I'm at 10 weeks and noticing that I'm feeling a wee bit better. I'm happy, don't get me wrong, but now I'm worried as well! Feeling like crap was reassurance in a way. Ugh. We have an u/s on wed anyway so ill emotionally feel better after. 

keiraanne

Oh! And the aversions! I love food and was always sure I'd never have any food aversions when pregnant. A lot of things just turn me off, generally, but I cannot imagine eating peanut butter. The other thing I'm having a hard time getting down is water, so I've switched to carbonated water to stay hydrated.

ksf13

Round ligament pain is back. It started really early this time and had me worried, until I realized what it was. It went away for a few weeks, but now it's back. I have to be careful not to stand up too fast.

soprano19

EVERYTHING smells absolutely horrible. The fridge, the kitchen sink, every bathroom I set foot in... which of course has made the gagging worse.

bluejeanbabi05

@keriflores +1 on the rlp. I've been feeling it almost since I found it. I second guess myself, because it says online that it doesn't start until 2nd tri, but everything I'm feeling lines up 100% with what rlp is described as feeling like. 

beezeee

@keriflores @bluejeanbabi05 me too with the RLP! I've been having it for a few weeks now. It's very distinguishable - I remember the feeling so clearly from my pregnancy with DD. Sneezing is the worst!

natleilynn

I feel like my morning sickness has gotten worse the last few days, which is completely crazy.

Fun fact, if you throw up those red & white peppermints, it ends up being this super pretty shade of pink.

You're welcome.

lola4411

I had crazy scary nightmares last night. I remember vivid dreams the first time around, but none that freaked me out

PizzaMonster3

Has anyone felt like they've been punched in the gut? It's different from the RLP I've felt before... 
I had some dark spotting throughout the day yesterday and when I laid down to go to bed, I felt like I had been punched in the gut. Not like menstrual cramps or RLP or indigestion, like a fist to the gut and dull aching all over. When I woke up this morning my panty liner was soaked dark brown. 

I am blaming it on the wedding we attended on Saturday and the amount of dancing we did all night but I'm still worried. 

I have my 1 month check up tomorrow and I'll be 11wk exactly. Trying to hold out until tomorrow but the anxiety is killing me. 

Now that I type it out it seems a lot worse than I thought... 

ksf13

@bluejeanbabi05 @beezeemarie Yes, it's very distinguishable! Standing up, sneezing, sometimes even laughing does it. I had a bad cough when I was about 6-7 weeks and it was torture! 

dmellis02

RLP and exhaustion are my worse symptoms right now.  It sucks when I'm finally able to sleep and I move a certain way and the rlp wakes me up due to the pain.  And I agree, sneezing is the absolute worst!

prizzyB

@ChocolateIsLife thank you, I did go to the Dr but I walked out with more questions than answers and now I'm depressed and stressed and crying all night. And it sucks cuz I don't know where to even post my question on here. Idk. I feel like a total Debbie Downer today. Sorry ladies 

jessafishy

I had either mild food poisoning or a stomach bug last Friday. My stomach still doesn't feel great and I think it's just pregnancy nausea making a return. Bleh.

allslee

Very light spotting with zero cramping, nurse said she doesn't even know if she would call it that, but since it's been intermittent for a few days they want me seen before my appointment next week. PGAL me is freaking out, even though we had our DS 14 months ago. I really hope baby is okay. Going to hospital in about 5 hours. This is going to be the longest day ever. I'm probably freaking myself out more than I need to. 

ETA: I'm 7w3d (according to LMP)

ChocolateIsLife

@jessafishy oh no that sounds pretty miserable. I don't know what I would do with food poisoning paired with MS. I hope you get to feeling better soon!

@prizzyB I am so sorry your appointment did not calm your nerves, and ended up giving you even more questions. We are all here for you, and if you have a question, maybe one of the ladies here has experience to give insight to the issue. I hope you are feeling better.

@vvilla3 I felt a similar "punched in gut" feeling a few weeks ago. I had gone bowling the night before, so I think that had something to do with it. Going to a wedding sounds like it would make you sore the next day as well. How are you feeling today? I really miss being able to take hot baths like I used to. It was my favorite indulgence and always helped sore, achy muscles!

grkgdss00

I'm feel bad about it after reading all these symptoms, but i'm feeling good! Saw bean last Friday at 9+1 and everything looked great. Symptoms eased up in week 8 and I can eat again (not completely normal and only small meals, but back to 70% lets say). Sleeping is the only thing i'm having a bit of an issue with, really tired come 8pm but then toss and turn throughout the night.

riverrainez

Peeing in the middle of the night already?? I don't remember it starting this early last time.