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April 2012 Moms
Mjmksb04
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DD #1 passed away in January 2011 at 14 days old due to congenital heart disease
DD#2 lost in January 2012 at 23 weeks due to anhydramnios caused by a placental abruption
8 weekers--how are you feeling?
Mjmksb04
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I am feeling better than I did a few weeks ago, but definitely don't feel that great. Some of my fatigue has lifted, but I am struggling with nausea. I definitely feel like my appetite is huge right now, but once I find something to eat, I usually no longer feel like eating 
I definitely am dealing with the bloat, and my belly feels tender. How are you ladies doing? 
DD #1 passed away in January 2011 at 14 days old due to congenital heart disease
DD#2 lost in January 2012 at 23 weeks due to anhydramnios caused by a placental abruption
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Re: 8 weekers--how are you feeling?
Tiiiiiirrrrrrred. Omg so tired. I've started taking naps, which helps a LOT. I can actually manage to stay up past 8 or 9 that way.
No m/s for me at all yet, so fingers-crossed I'm in the 20-30% that doesn't get it.
My boobs are still tender but not as stupidly sore to the touch. I'm definitely dealing with some belly bloat too.
Oh, and I'm an emotional train wreck. I started ugly crying over a pizza that was ruined in the oven on Saturday and nearly started crying over the kitchen garbage yesterday. WTF? Who is this person?
I'm feeling pretty good myself. I haven't really had any M/S, just occasional nausea and that comes and goes. My boobs/nipples have been crazy sore! I still don't have much appetite. Also, I still feel fatigued and am not sleeping well.
I'm beginning to worry constantly that something might be wrong, even though I have NO reason to be worrying. I haven't really had any major symptoms, so that worries me. I'm also afraid that I am not eating enough fruits/veggies, protein, calcium, etc. for the baby to be growing healthy. We're planning on telling our families when we go home for the weekend to visit, but now I'm second guessing that decision b/c we haven't been to the dr. yet.
I think I might drive myself crazy!! Haha!
Someone needs to put a lock on my fridge. I want to eat everything! Also my breasts have are not tender but I swear my nipples are twice their normal size. Totally strange.
Hope those with m/s start feeling better
hahahaa Same here! Tired. Nausea is picking up however, no throwing up yet. (Crossing fingers!!!). I have an appetite like I'm getting ready to go to the electric chair and my mood swings are in full force! lol Who is this person and what have you done w/ Jen?!!
Second U/S tomorrow! Looking fwd to seeing the baby and hearing the heartbeat. I am soooo ready to be over this first tri hump!
me too! holy buckets! well, they are a little tender, but nothing compared to the nipple size change!
ICK! I am on Zofran for my incessant vomiting, and this morning I took it later than usual and paid dearly for that. I hate throwing up nothing. It sucks! I am extremely tired, and am tempted to nap everyday, but have no time to (working mama here).
My appetite is fortunately or unfortunately GREAT! I am non-stop eating. I have probably put on 8 lbs after losing 3 lbs to the vomiting. I do still have some food aversions, but not nearly as bad as it used to be. Other than that, I am happy because I know LO in there is doing just fine! Can wait to be an olive!
I am on Zofran, and it was a miracle drug my last PG, but only seems to work half the time this go-round. The sleepies are worse this pregnancy too which sucks because my almost-4-year-old does not stop when mommy doesn't feel good. I am already looking very pg because of the 30 lbs I gained on the Lupron shots in between PG #2 and this one.
Ugh....come on 2nd TRI!
I feel like a total bump on a log! I am SOOOO tired, all of the time. I can barely keep my eyes open at work; especially after 2 pm! Boobs/nipples are still super sore. Still pretty emotional; I started crying listening to some sweet country song the other day. DH was like "WHO are you and what did you do with my tough girl?". LOL. And I am one of the idiots who was freaking out around week 6, because I had m/s from weeks 3 1/2- 5 1/2, and it had disappeared. Well, it reappeared around week 7, and just kicked it up a notch a few days ago. I am MISERABLE. Haven't vomited yet, but I feel like I'm going to all day long. Morning, noon, before I eat, after I eat (that's when I can find something that doesn't want to make me hurl, despite being starved), at night, etc. And especially right when I stand up for some reason. Dry cheerios every couple of minutes is the only thing keeping me sane at the moment. Definitely bloated, and still cramping every now and then. This is my first pregnancy, and all I have to say is wow. lol. This is one heck of a ride.
Im actually feeling really good (knock on wood)! I havent had much nausea at all (some mild nausea at weeks 6-7) but I found out that as long as I eat something (usually Honey Nut Cheerios in a baggy, in bed) as soon as I wake up, Im good to go! I am constanlly eating all day long. I do however gag when I brush my teeth, so thats been my only real struggle.
My boobs are SOOOO SORE and I have resorted to sleeping in a bra for the last week. Sweet relief. My nips are like freaking dinner plates. Its kind of gross. LOL
I regained some energy this weekend and was a cooking and cleaning machine! I am SO TIRED when I get home from work though. I have no energy to cook dinner or do laundry, etc.
I am feeling pretty nauseated most of the day - especially when I have to get up and get going in the mornings (thank-goodness I sub and can turn down most jobs).
With the extra mucus I haven't been able to get over coughing from a cold I've had since before I found out I was pregnant and every morning when I cough up junk I end up gagging and either almost throwing up or completely throwing up, ugh! At my 1st appointment Thursday, they told me I could take Mucinex - I'm starting it today and hoping it gets rid of that!
My pants are already tight and I feel bigger than I think I should be at this point but I think it's partly bloat and partly the 8 cm fibroid. The BeBand came in very handy this weekend!!
Not bad, extremely tired, but have been that way since before #1 arrived! I have nausea form time to time...during the night alot and if I wake up I have a hard time falling back to sleep because of it. No other real complaints. DH mentioned last night that he thinks my boobs are changing. He is always excited about that for some strange reason!
I feel like I am eating all the time, but that might just be to keep the nausa at bay, not sure. Go for my NT scan and bloodwork on Oct 20th...can't wait. I'm not sure I'll really feel pg til I see that LO on the screen and that will be the first time unless there is some problem between now and then.
I don't feel pregnant and I hate it. I look (minus a bit of bloat) and feel exactly if not better than I found out.
I have an appointment on the 22nd so hopefully that will ease my worries.
Maybe I am just lucky and my symptoms will hit in 3rd tri?
I'm feeling okay actually. I haven't had any real m/s but I definitely have major food aversions- I'll think I'm in the mood for something and then we start to cook it and the thought of eating it makes me sick. I've also had some very mild nausea, usually when my stomach is empty so I try to eat every few hours.
Besides that my boobs are sore but nowhere near what they were a few weeks ago. And I'm TIRED. SO TIRED. Luckily I SAH so I can nap a lot right now.
Oh and I can't forget my favorite and never ending symptom... acne! Such joy.
Sooooo tired. I haven't experienced this level of fatigue before. I have become a chronic napper. And I have a serious bloat baby. It's hideous. My BIL said that I am starting to show and I had to correct him, letting him know that what's actually in there is gas and retained water (figured I was on the verge of TMI by saying, "gas" and I didn't want to add "constipation beyond belief" to my description, even though it's true). I don't know how to make the bloat go away. It's painful, especially when sleeping, and super NOT sexy.
My appetite has taken a 180 though. I no longer have crazy aversions, and I actually am rarely hungry! Success!
Omg the acne. Seriously, wtf? Apparently "pregnant glow" = "glow from the extra oil on my skin". No fun.
I feel extremely tired and nauseaous 90% of the time. It hit me the most at 7 weeks and since then it hasn't really let up. I have been on zofran for about a week and it helps. I feel sick before, during and after eating. I force myself to eat and sometimes I feel a little better, but most of the time I feel like I ate a Thanksgiving dinner when all I had was a bagel. I haven't thrown up, but certainly feel like it will happen at any moment.
Smells and certain people really bother me, but I would say that I am less moody and b*tchy than I was pre-pregnancy. Weird. My boobs are also pretty sore still but they feel a little better today - one thing better is a start!!
Hooray for us 8 weekers! We will feel better soon - 1st tri is near the end. I am confident we will feel better
This is how I am, and just yesterday I started to get a killer headache!
Cons = This. They never mention constipation when they're talking pregnancy. :X
- food issues. I've made myself dinner for the last four nights (hubby is out of town so I got to make whatever I "felt like") and haven't been able to eat it by the time it is done. Very frustrating...I love to cook and hated bland food before so now I'm struggling to find things I can eat. As I posted on a different thread, the only things I can get down my throat are dairy or carbs. fruit/veg/meats are just impossible to not gag on. Hopefully this will change before we die from malnutrition....
- I get queasy if I haven't eaten in the past two hours. So I try to make myself snack a lot. which is problematic when the only thing I know I will always be able to eat is mashed potatoes.
- tired. so tired. I've been having really weird dreams which make me wake up sweating and so exhausted the next morning.
- emotional. my poor DH has been very sweet about it, but I feel like a jerk and then I get emotional about that. and just listening to or reading the news can make me cry. ridiculous.
- I feel super frumpy and bloated. I was already a bit overweight beforehand so my clothes were just barely fitting and now everything is very uncomfortable but I don't want to spend money on clothes that fits now but won't later!
Pro's =
- I've only thrown up once when I tried to eat a banana. I can't decide if that means that I have really easy MS (comparatively speaking!) or if I'm just sticking with my rather-die-than-throw-up nature. This does not mean I don't gag though...
- I got my first maternity piece from Kohls' online clearance. My friends don't know I'm pregnant yet and they all wanted to know where I got it (so I lied and said my mom gave it to me as a gift and I didn't know) It's still available and only $15 if anyone is interested -- it's super super comfy, I love it! https://www.kohls.com/kohlsStore/clearance/women/special_sizes/maternity/PRD~833728/Oh+Baby+by+Motherhood+Solid+Smocked+Dress.jsp-
- My hubby was going out of town for five days straight so we decided we'd tell our closest couple friend so I wouldn't be alone in case anything happened while he was gone. They're so excited for us and it's nice to have another woman to ask about all this stuff!
- instant mashed potatoes and cheese-its are my saviors right now. So glad. And today I found out there's a KFC hidden in a gas station by my work for any mashed potato emergencies...AWESOME.
- Strangely enough, I haven't had any problems taking my prenatal vitamin and GIGANTIC-HORSE-PILL-FISH-OIL before bed. I really hope it stays that way because they're the only thing keeping my guilt over the eating-nothing-but-carbs at a reasonable level.
- I'm enjoying the sleep-is-very-important rule and having less guilt about not waking up at 5 to exercise (or try to).
- smells seem to be bothering me less. Still there, but not quite as overwhelming. though that may be just because I'm already queasy.
Just hit 8 weeks today!
My symptoms have been the same for the last 3 weeks: Im exhausted like Ive never known before, I am having to pee a lot, I feel a little bit bloated, I am getting strong cravings now and then and my nipples are sensitive but not in a good way. I have only felt neasous a couple different mornings, but never thrown up. I am expecting that to hit any time, but hoping I am lucky enough to avoid that, KNOCK ON WOOD!
I am glad to read about lots of other 8 weekers...I aways feel like the end of the train being due at the very end of April! I feel like everyones so far ahead of me and I get jealous LOL