If you have no or mild m/s...

VineyardMel · October 2011

I've read that one reason some women don't have morning sickness may be because their bodies are able to handle the increased hormones caused by pregnancy. This got me wondering if there is a correlation to how these same women handle PMS symptoms.

If you don't have m/s, do you normally get emotional/moody/irritable with your period? Do you get bad cramps?

rsrs807 · October 2011

I have had no morning sickness.

I get horrendous cramps - like I haved passed out from them before. Absolutely awful. I am starving during my period, constipated, its just awful. This is currently such a relief from my period.

VineyardMel · October 2011

rsrs807:
I have had no morning sickness.

I get horrendous cramps - like I haved passed out from them before. Absolutely awful. I am starving during my period, constipated, its just awful. This is currently such a relief from my period.

Ugh--that sounds miserable! Do you get the emotional symptoms, too?

lgrenier · October 2011

I barely get psm symptoms...and so far no m/s

rsrs807 · October 2011

VineyardMel:
rsrs807:

I have had no morning sickness.

I get horrendous cramps - like I haved passed out from them before. Absolutely awful. I am starving during my period, constipated, its just awful. This is currently such a relief from my period.

Ugh--that sounds miserable! Do you get the emotional symptoms, too?

honestly I never could tell - I think I got moody before my period but knowing what was coming also put me in a bad mood so I was never sure if it was hormonal or I was just in a bad mood lol. BCPs helped a LOT.

MommaJB · October 2011

I've had only very mild morning sickness and really no other symptoms other than being tired. I normally have no symptoms with my period.

Tippy05 · October 2011

Last pregnancy I had no symptoms at all, other than being tired. It was the best pregnancy EVER. This time it's totally different. My back hurt for a while, I'm crampy all the time, I'm exhausted and I'm nauseated all.the.time.

Normally I get a little crampy before a period. I'd like to say I don't get moody or emotional but I'm sure if you asked DH he'd disagree.

ams_moves · October 2011

This is totally an interesting topic...

I actually talked to my mom this morning because I haven't had much morning sickness at all, just more feeling like i have food aversions. She said that she never had m/s with any of us (3kids) Both my mom and I have similar hormone issues and have had bad cramps but not really the emotional effects of pms. She basically told me I need to try and relax and enjoy being pregnant Love moms!

A.

TheatreStar86 · October 2011

Rare / mild m/s for me, and I never have any pms symptoms. I would have cramps for a couple of hours and then done (some mild emotional craziness the week before, and have had some emotional ridiculousness now, but not too bad last week). Hoping this keeps up!

Jinnifah · October 2011

I've had very mild m/s starting yesterday morning. I just retch a couple times as soon as I get up and have felt much better once I eat a handful of cereal and lie back down for a few minutes. As long as my stomach isn't empty the rest of the day I'm fine.

I also rarely have any period symptoms besides tender breasts.

winter-shock · October 2011

My periods were always super uneventful, barely would have known I had them. But for both pregnancies m/s has been intense and brutal. It's actually worse this time around!

Breezy8407 · October 2011

Interesting. I have had a couple of days where I felt pretty nauseous. Mostly first thing in the morning, and again in the mid afternoon. I have what I am calling strong food aversions than anything. The sight, smells, or even thought of certain foods make me nauseous. We were grocery shopping yesterday and it was pretty awful. I should have stayed home, because if I am not around it I am fine.

I'm not counting out m/s quite yet though. Still have about 5+ weeks before the 1st tri is over. A good friend is about 13 weeks and she felt great until 8 weeks. My mom said she had nausea, but never to the point of vomiting. Hopefully the same will be true for me. So far it is.

I got moody before my period but it was tolerable. I would get bad cramps the first day, but once the Advil kicked in they were fine and never happened after the first day.

ELF4321 · October 2011

Hmmm... interesting. I have never gotten much in the way of pms symptoms, and am not really having m/s either, just occasional food aversions and/or very mild nausea.

appylovee · October 2011

rsrs807:

I have had no morning sickness.

I get horrendous cramps - like I haved passed out from them before. Absolutely awful. I am starving during my period, constipated, its just awful. This is currently such a relief from my period.

this. basically. I have HORRIBLE cramps, and have also blacked out from the pain. I also get horribly emotional and moody. This is a relief from the cramps but not the moodieness and being emotional. My m/s has been almost non existant up until yesterday when I started with food aversions..

LexiSophie55 · October 2011

TheatreStar86:
Rare / mild m/s for me, and I never have any pms symptoms. I would have cramps for a couple of hours and then done (some mild emotional craziness the week before, and have had some emotional ridiculousness now, but not too bad last week). Hoping this keeps up!

This is me too. I barely change during PMS or my period or anything. I always thought it was good birth control pills (right for my system). Now, I'm basically normal as well...but can tell I'm pregnant. Some slight ms, but nothing that interrupts my day ( I taste food for a living ).

pc150805 · October 2011

I had horrible cramps (I would vomit almost every month for a day or two) but no major emotional PMS symptoms. Now I don't have any m/s really.

AnaJourney · October 2011

I have no morning sickness, but I get super unpleasant with my period.

GPhiBGirl · October 2011

so far (knock on wood) I haevn't had any m/s. I wouldn't say I get mild cramps or painful cramps during AF...probably right in the middle whatever that is. However, my husband told me that he does't think my mood changes at all and I don't really think it does either. Personally...I'm on Metformin and I'm wondering if that's going to help curb my m/s since it's helping my hormone levels. Only time will tell, I'm enjoying being m/s free right now though.

Sovello · October 2011

I have mild "morning" sickness but periods from HELL. Horrible cramping, really heavy, headaches and sickness, acne out of this world.

I'm holding my breath, my skin has never been so nice as it is now xD

rachelbradley44@hotmail.com · October 2011

I haven't had morning sickness...yet. I usually don't get very bad pms, but I get HORRIBLE cramps. About once a quarter, they get so bad that they make me vomit.

oddvision · October 2011

Interesting... I didn't really get cramps, but I had PMDD (pre menstrual disphoric disorder - think PMS on steroids - that made me moody TWICE a month!) which was pretty bad. The treatment that helped me isn't recommended during pregnancy, so I've been off that for almost three months since I wanted to get it out of my system before we tried to get pregnant.

I've had food aversions, some nausea, and nearly constant heartburn (that awful taste in my mouth turned out to be heartburn!), but I know the m/s could be MUCH worse. Oh, and my boobs are crazy painful the majority of the time. But, on the plus side, my moods have been remarkably stable so far. Whew! They say that sometimes pregnancy cures PMDD, so I'm really hoping mine never comes back!

jordan_nb · October 2011

I have had slight nausea but no real m/s (puking).

I have the worst periods in the world. Like have to stay home from work cramps, puking, light-headedness. I have yet to find a cure for them, pregnancy might be it!

ETA: Oh and I am also a raging B!tch for that same time period as well. ::Sigh::

gmack68 · October 2011

I've had very mild m/s to the point I thought maybe it was just my sinuses acting up from all the rain we've been having! I don't get cramps or any irritibility before or during my period. Only thing that would happen is I'd want to eat everything in sight the week before I got it.

HotChocolate79 · October 2011

I've had virtually no MS, and my entire life (well since my first period) have had awful miserable, straight out of hell periods along with cramps that make me pass out and a gamut of emotional craziness. I fully expected pregnancy to be just as terrible but so far have been pleasantly surprised.

mrs+harlow · October 2011

I have not really has m/s...there have been three mornings where I've woken up and not quite felt right but after eating felt normal. It's no where near the sickness some describe...I wouldn't even call mine sickness. That being said I also never have PMS symptoms other than sore breasts and slightly raised appetite before onset of menstruation. I also never got cramps except on the day AF arrives I would have heaviness in my lower abdomen. I never get moody or irritable ( any more than usual...LOL) I asked my doctor about this at my 8 wk and she said there are also studies that show women who eat lower fat diets have less m/s symptoms.

alexwu · October 2011

I have had no m/s, basically no pregnancy symptoms! with my period I always get terrible cramps, but that's about it!

ashleyl31 · October 2011

No morning sickness.

I never really had any PMS symptoms... I had somewhat painful cramps at times in the past, but never to the point that they kept me from functioning normally. The last few months (off BC) they were pretty mild.

VineyardMel · October 2011

Thanks for sharing, ladies! It is interesting that there seems to be some correlation for the emotional piece of it, although those cramps don't seem to map at all. I very rarely get PMS symptoms or cramps, and while I've had some nausea it's been fairly mild. I have awful motion sensitivity and get motion sick all the time, so I assumed I'd have awful m/s--to have it so mild makes me really nervous!

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