Hello all. My partner recommended I wrote into fellow mums / mums to be.
I’m 9.5weeks pregnant, first time mum. The last three and a bit weeks have been horrendous. I haven’t loss my appetite but I can’t eat without being sick or having diarrhoea. Even without eating I’m still sick throughout the day. The majority of car journeys I’ve been on I’m having to be sick whenever I arrive at our destination. I went to out of hours two Mondays ago (after six times being sick before 5pm that day) and they said I had a urine infection which was making my sickness worse, so was given antibiotics and anti-sickness tablets over an 8 day course. The sickness continued within that 8days, consequently having to go to my doctor on the 5th day to say I wasn’t any better (sick five times before 3pm). He reassured me that the little I was eating (rich tea biscuits and potato scones for breakfast lunch and dinner), was giving my baby and I enough at the moment. He recommended me taking time off work and relaxing. I’m self employed, and with a baby on the way time off work isn’t an idea that I liked, but as the doctor ordered I took one week off. I got confirmation on the 8th day of tablets that my infection had cleared. My parents are commenting how much weight I’ve lost. I haven’t wore makeup or put any effort into myself in weeks, look like sh*t and feel like sh*t. Feel sorry for my partner having to put up with me. I’m miserable. I’m not working as much and that’s stressing me money wise but I have the fear of dedicating myself to more work and having to cancel as I’m not well. I hate sitting about the house doing nothing but I have no energy and also fear if I go out I’ll be unwell. My best friend is two weeks ahead of me, her worse symptom has been exhaustion.
Good news is, I had a 8.5 week scan last week and baby is healthy and growing positively.
I know 3.5weeks might not seem like a lot but there’s only been around 3 days within that period when I’ve not been sick. It’s been a struggle. Come Sunday, it’ll be four weeks since my sickness started. This is our little miracle baby, and I really want to enjoy pregnancy. Please tell me someone’s been in my shoes, and it gets better. I need reassurance🙏🏻
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