Symptoms week of 6/17

ginger1228

Started late - sorry!

How’s everyone doing this week?

kayjay44

I waiver between too many symptoms and not enough. 

BourbonBiscuits

@kayjay44 I feel the same way. I’m either knocked on my back by exhaustion/nausea or feeling awesome and anxious

ruby696

@kayjay44 Ditto. Even though I know symptoms come and go (and I'm barely 5 weeks).

antera23

I am so tired all the time. I also pee constantly. My boobs hurt, especially when people hug me. Other than that I’ve felt fine. Which kind of stresses me out. I almost wish I was experiencing MS. Speaking of that, my anxiety is very high and has been since I got pg. 

chirowifey

I felt Braxton Hicks yesterday! I immediately googled it, because I’m only 7 weeks and thought there was no way it could really be Braxton Hicks, but sure enough, they can start this early. 

jazzyw18

Just started getting very nauseous, all day long. Before meals & after meals. Luckily my sister recommended these acupressure wrist bands that help get rid of a lot of the nausea.

Also some serious food aversions.

Mushy BMs 

Nips still sore

Excessive saliva just started this morning. I have to spit in an empty water bottle every 20 seconds. 

Very minor cramping about once a day.

jazzyw18

@antera23 knock on wood! I used to complain about the fatigue & now I have MS all day & I dread it. I'll take the fatigue back pls.

smallbutmighty77

Tired and the random feeling like I'm going to be sick. Not really nausea, more like gag reflex feeling. Same as my 1st pregnancy. Though more tired since I have a 10mo old. Luckily she usually sleeps through the night. Except of course, twice this week. 

becks_726

My mild symptoms seem to ebb and flow which is obviously causing some anxiety, and I would never have called myself an anxious person before that bfp so there's that. 

My boobs have been a bit sensitive and yesterday I felt bloated for the first time. Last week I was constantly ravenous and felt nauseous once a day or so but that's all stopped. 

So all in all, provided everything is fine in there, I'm doing well! 

Omie_Wise

I’m having really awful shortness of breath. I was also up the entire night, due in part to the breathing problems. 

kayjay44

@Omie_Wise I commute by train and take 6 sets of stairs daily just on my commute - it used to be no problem. Now I feel like I am dying and cant breathe. Thanks rhinitis of pregnancy and excess blood. 

hannahbananas11

@kayjay44 SAME! (and I also love your AD gif! Lucille is my second-favorite after Buster). My DH is a doctor and I was bothering him all night last night about how I didn't feel very nauseated yesterday, and is that normal. He was getting super annoyed. LOL I should have enjoyed that non-nauseated feeling, because I'm currently sitting at work feeling like crap.
Other than waves of nausea, I have sore boobs, and feel pretty fatigued. Gas comes and goes, which sometimes I confuse for cramping.
I'm 5w3d.

allthingsgo

I’m 7+4 and have had hardly any bloating this time.  Maybe because it’s my first time being pregnant after DD? Anyone else not experiencing bloating? It’s making me nervous. 

kayjay44

@hannahbananas11 I’m trying to convince DH that DS and I need to be mother-boy Lucille and Buster for Halloween 

@allthingsgo with my pregnancy with DS, I didn’t bloat much. 

etnyah

My symptoms are pretty much gone, but maybe it’s just quiet before the storm? One annoying thing I didn’t know was a symptom though, my nose is SO stuffy! Yesterday my husband came home and thought I had been crying because I was so congested. I have a deviated septum and I’m prone to nose issues, so I hope this will go away. Otherwise I’ll find myself addicted to nasal spray soon!

kayjay44

@grebretso - I hate to say it, but the rhinitis of pregnancy usually sticks around the entire time - it blows. It has hit me really hard too.

etnyah

@kayjay44 noooooo! I’ll havw to buy a neti pot and try to stick to saline spray only, otherwise I’m in trouble, I’ve been addicted to nasal spray before, it’s NOT fun. 

kayjay44

@grebretso - Absolutely get a neti pot - it helps a ton. You can also buy saline flush solution that helps. I would just do it every time I shower (for some reason, I have to shower twice a day when pregnant - IDK why).

madreofdragons

I don’t know if it’s my vitamins or the pregnancy but my gut has been miserable. I’ve got bad plumbing to begin with but this has been annoying. Either dying to go or can’t stop. 

Also, acne. I look like an extra pepperoni pizza. 33 on Saturday and look 16, not in the good way! 

kayjay44

@madreofdragons - I only get acne while pregnant - it's cystic and painful. I hate it.

becks_726

Acne here too. I don't have great skin to start off with but the hormones and not being able to rely on my faithful products is making it much worse. 

etnyah

I’m the opposite. I have acne prone skin when not pregnant (thanks, genes), and the past couple weeks it’s cleared up! 

... except now I have backne instead. Goddammit. 

kayjay44

I use a burt's bees blemish stick that helps on top of my normal regimen (AM: clarisonic with neutrogena face wash, neutrogena cover up with salicylic acid, oil of olay PM: Makeup wipe, night cleansing pads with salicylic acid, cold cream).

etnyah

I swear by Paula’s Choice and The Ordinary products. I recently bought a PC Salicylic Acid body spray which will hopefully do the trick for my back!

madreofdragons

Even my scalp has broken out. I honestly thought I was about to get a world record period before I got the BFP. 

Omie_Wise

Yessss to the acne. Maybe I should finally get a Clarisonic. I look like I’m 15. 

kayjay44

@Omie_Wise - It was the one thing I asked for Christmas whenI was pregnany with DD. I still use it every day 4.5 years later.

etnyah

My nausea and slight on-off cramping has started back up, I’ll take that as a good sign! Either way I’d feel ok about it since it’s still early days. Besides, my mom once told me she had no first-tri symptoms whatsoever during all her four pregnancies, so no symptoms doesn’t necessarily mean anything. Never thought I’d be so happy to be nauseous!

saraloveschunk

My cystic acne is OUT OF CONTROL, too! It's been this way since before a BFP. Def my first symptom. I have a cystic acne beard. Also breaking out on chin. Obviously all hormonal. And chest is pimply. I am crazy about skincare and nothing is working. It's easy to conceal since it's mostly on my bottom jaw, so I'll just wait it out. I for sure thought my mom would be a comment about it when I saw her this past weekend (waiting to tell my parents 6/23). 

saraloveschunk

grebretso YESSSSS to PC! I have all the things from her

antera23

@allthingsgo I don’t feel at bloat yet. I thought I felt something at the beginning but now I feel normal. 

jessier19

Just constant gut miseries of one form or another. Gas, constipation, nausea, heartburn, and often all four simultaneously. And my belly is so bloated, I swear I already look pregnant. I literally cannot wear any of my normal pants, and I'm only six and a half weeks along.

kaylaef

The one that is new for me, never had any other pregnancy (2 ds) constantly hard nipples. 

kaylaef

Also zits. I wouldnt call what i have acne. But i have way more pimples then ever!!!

kayjay44

@kaylaef - I have this too - I think it's due to the hypersensitivity.

kayjay44

RLP - I forgot how one sided it can be and have been panicking I'm having an ectopic pregnancy. UGH.

ThePax89

@kayjay44 I bet this babe came from that ovary. You can ask at your scan 

ThePax89

Something is going on and it is making my anxiety super bad. I keep feeling insane urgency to pee. Maybe a UTI? I hate weird pelvic sensations when I’m pregnant. can you get a UTI if you haven’t had sex in 5 weeks....(asking for a friend, obvi)

kayjay44

@ThePax89 - You can but if you're not having any other UTI symptoms it's not likely. I'd bet it's just hormonal.

ThePax89

@kayjay44 I’d like to fast forward to winter. Anyone with me?