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I feel unhuman!

angelkat79angelkat79 member
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It's great to see that so many other women are experiencing what I am experiencing.  I have been miserable.  Hungy yet nauseous.  Tired, sore and can't sleep.  I feel like a blob!  I had all these ideas that I would eat so healthy during pregnancy so I didn't gain a bunch of excess weight.  The problem is that vegetables make me vomit.  Literally, if someone says salad I am in the bathroom.  The only things that I am keeping down are cheese and bread (i.e. grilled cheese and pizza).  I have already gained close to 5 pounds.  I don't know what to do because I physically cannot stomach many healthy foods right now.  I am so excited for our "peanut" and cannot wait for the second trimester!!
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  • cherefe1771cherefe1771
    Oh woman I feel unhuman. Today I actually said I feel like an alien is growing inside me and taking over my body. Things I used to love I hate. There is never enough sleep involved in my day. Nausea is the worst thing ever experienced as far as I'm concerned. Ive been trying fruit over vegetables and salads cause at least they are sweet. Gingerale, gingermints, crackers, and sleepytime tea are by my bed or on the go with me if you haven't tried those. Also switched my prenatal vitamins and that helped loads. Hope it helps and if it doesn't know i'm miserable with you.
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  • AshleenDavidAshleenDavid
    I feel like a blob. Someday's I'll be fine, other days not so much. I find myself crying because I get so unbelievably miserable. Like I want to leave my body so I wouldn't feel so sick :( All day sickness is the worst thing I have ever experienced. Time is going by so fast and i feel like Im experiencing ALL the symptoms you can imagine. I've never been an emotion person until i got pregnant. It took a lot for me to break down and cry. I can't have my favorite foods. My fetus lets me know if he/she doesn't like it. And I feel so controlled. I don't feel like myself. And what breaks me even more is I never had a relationship with my real parents. They made it clear that I was a mistake. So i have no one I can open up to about all this. A crying shoulder, Someone to give a simple hug when you need it the most. Im ecstatic that Im having a baby. I want to give my child everything I was never given. Love, Trust & A home. I just wish I had someone to have my back if I really need to vent. Damn Hormones.
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  • glitternickglitternick
    Thanks for this post! It's reassuring that others are miserable too! I was definitely not expecting to have such strong food aversion and nausea. It is frustrating to be a healthy eater who's habits are completely thwarted by a little voice that frequently says "I'm not eating that" accompanied by a feeling of complete disgust over something I used to enjoy. I also have an aversion to vegetables, and also most meats. I avoid the kitchen at home and my husband has graciously taken over most of the cooking and cleaning up. I desperately want my appetite back.
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  • LindOeLindOe

    I am right there with you!!!  All day nausea, exhausted but can't sleep, hating everything healthy and LOVING everything carb!

    My husband was convinced i'm doing it on purpose  right up until I threw up my peas!

    Looking forward to the second trimester, when this is supposed to improve?!?!

     

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  • lbofingerlbofinger

    I can totally relate with all of you ladies.  It is funny, I told my husband I feel like an alien has taken over my body, too.  i cannot sleep (maybe 1.5 hours a night), have all day sickness, and i am crying all the time (at a pampers commericial, just now).

     2nd trimester is suppose to be the best....cannot wait, til I feel a little bit more normal.  I don't know how people don't know they were pregnant, or not until this week or later...I have been sick since week 3...

    I have lost 12 pounds, since I became pregnant, with all the vomiting.  Hate coffee, hate milk, and hate chocolate (I know, right).  Gingerale, ginger tea, crackers, and goldfish crackers have my new food groups.  i moved the prenatal vitamin to night time, eat more frequent small meals, started melatonin, evening whirlpool baths, and it has made things a tad better.

     Cannot wait til I have my first ultrasound, next week, and hopefully see or hear the heartbeat.  it will all be worth it in the end, and this too shall pass.

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  • penelopesmompenelopesmom

    Sending my love Ashley.  My mother has stopped calling me since she found out that I was pregnant with my fifth child....sigh 

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  • twofishes1984twofishes1984
    wow it is so nice to see that I am not alone. As with a few of you other ladies, I have also felt like something else is controlling my body. I keep telling my husband that I have an uncontrollable urge to leave my body.... I must say Im starting to feel a bit psychotic. I am sick literally all day and all night (worse at night) with nausea and vomiting, I feel hungry nonstop but cant stand most foods. I keep saying that if I could just not eat at all for a long while I would just not eat. I wish someone could just open my stomach and put the food in there for me. Im exhausted and dizzy but I would much rather deal with that than this nonstop nausea/vomiting. I have even told my husband Id rather have someone beat me up or cut off my finger than to keep going through this. Many nights I just cry and cry, whimpering that I cant do this any longer. We really wanted this baby but at this point I feel like im in so much pain and am so depressed it is hard to feel any kind of joy about this. Ive also lost 6 lbs since the start of the pregnancy, been fatigued since a couple weeks in but got really bad sickness starting around 4 1/2 weeks (9 weeks and 1 day now). btw, Ive tried EVERYTHING (preggie pops/drops, b6, ginger, even zofran, etc).. nothing helps. Well, the ginger makes it worse actually and the zofran made me feel awful in every other way.. I even felt like I wanted to pull and scratch stuff.. it was nuts. I had to stop taking that stuff. What does seem to help a little is to switch to gummy vitamins (cant take the prenatal but at least Im getting something with folic acid, etc), eating every two hours, especially something like cereal with cold milk or watermelon (omg watermelon was my savior for a long while), and actually trying to get the puke out and eating right afterwards. The easiest time for me to hold down my food is right after I puke. I know that sounds odd but it helps me. Once my body does the puking it doesnt want to do it for a while and smells are slightly diminished so it helps. But really.. I feel like Im slowly dying.. I have no strength to go on and I have no idea how Im going to make it to the 2nd trimester... I hear some women are sick all the way through... no clue what I would do then. I wish someone would just knock  me out until its all over. :( Glad Im not the only one in such misery.. though I feel so bad for you ladies cause I know what its like. *hugs*
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  • GrantHensonGrantHenson member

    I have been having a very similar feeling.  Prior to the pregnancy I had been focusing on weight loss as I got married in September and wanted to look fantastic for the wedding.  I was very much wanting to eat as healthy as possible so that I gained only the required amount and not any extra.  I used to eat a lot of veggies and now I cant stand most of them.  I am hoping that this will pass with the first trimenster and all will get back to norm.  Thank goodness I can still work out.

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  • GrantHensonGrantHenson member
    Have you been talking to your partner about all of this?  My husband has been reading what to expect when your expecting for dads and I think that it has been helpful in him understanding where I am at.  Perhaps this will help for you as well.  This first little while sucks, but the out come will be worth the pain.

     

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  • tikiandburleytikiandburley

    Me too.  i wake up just long enough to go to work and then im back in bed.  i can't eat anything healthy.  just crap.  Just thinking about Gingerale, ginger, saltine crackers, makes me sick.  But french fries....oh yeah! pile them on!

    i have to keep eating or i get sicker....its a ridiculous cycle.  i think im gaining more than im losing though.  grilled cheese and pizza are more than tolerable.  my dr said if comfort eating gets me through my first trimester, then she was fine with itBig Smile 

     i dry heave half the day, if i am lucky i vomit (literally.....i like vomiting because it keeps me from dry heaving 50 times a day). just thinking about things makes me vomit. i feel like i have social anxiety because i never know when it going to pop up and i don't want anyone to know im pregnant yet.

    i can't do any chores.  i have no idea how pregnant women with children can function.  i can barely work.

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  • ad3l1n3ad3l1n3
    I am right there with you ladies. I told my husband that my body is not my own. My hormones are INSANE and I keep yelling and screaming and cursing at everything. And I am so so tired..... I can't imagine working full time while pregnant. I totally know what you all are going through!
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  • mamakbackmamakback
    imagelbofinger:

    I can totally relate with all of you ladies.  It is funny, I told my husband I feel like an alien has taken over my body, too.  i cannot sleep (maybe 1.5 hours a night), have all day sickness, and i am crying all the time (at a pampers commericial, just now).

     I cry at Pamper's commercials pregnant or not! Haha! Anything with babies just gets me! :) 

    I hope things start going better for you ladies. I've only had a couple days of feeling sick, knock on wood and am slowly getting over my extreme fatigue!  

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  • WriterMama924WriterMama924 member
    imagetikiandburley:

     i dry heave half the day, if i am lucky i vomit (literally.....i like vomiting because it keeps me from dry heaving 50 times a day). just thinking about things makes me vomit. i feel like i have social anxiety because i never know when it going to pop up and i don't want anyone to know im pregnant yet.

    i can't do any chores.  i have no idea how pregnant women with children can function.  i can barely work.

    Ditto all of this. Never thought I'd be wishing I could just throw up, but my freaking body holds onto the food for dear life (I know it's trying to protect baby). I've pretty much turned into a recluse because I don't feel ok going anywhere, but now that we've told everyone, it's a little better. I've even switched to part time at work. First time ever!


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  • ChantalMilaineChantalMilaine member
    It makes me feel slightly better that I am not the only one. I cannot focus at all. I feel like I am in a warp zone and time is just stnading still around me. My brain cant function, and I also feel miserable. Not much fun :( I haven't thrown up (*knock on wood*) but I am nauseous pretty much all the time.
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  • cheeseheadmommacheeseheadmomma
    Oh my gosh! I literally just got done having a fight with my husband about this.  I am miserable.  I have been home from work for the past two days prior to today and can only keep foods down when I am laying on the couch doing nothing.  I am on Zofran and it's not working.  The nurse on the phone literally told me to "toughen up".  I am a first time mom to be and I don't know how I will be able to even be pregnant with a second? I can't keep anything down and to make it all worse, I am off my anxiety meds so anxiety is at an all time high (can I handle this?  are we ready? etc)
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  • caseylynwcaseylynw member
    I've been vomiting consistently since week 6. I'm new to being an army wife and me and my husband are now in Kansas where I don't know anyone which makes this so much harder because all i have is my husband and phone calls to my family. mostly everyone here knows I'm pregnant and I've actually started meeting a few other army wives/moms and what scares me the most is that all of them have told me they were sick through out most of their pregnancy and not just the first trimester. i need this to get better or i might wither away from not having enough nutrition.
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  • AmandaRFeltAmandaRFelt member
    I feel exactly the same way! Dry heaves are terrible. I sometimes wish that I would just vomit to feel better but haven't. Can't wait until the second trimester!! 
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  • erinephderinephd
    just FYI I was drinking lots of sleepytime tea thinking it was better b/c it was herbal but on Friday at my first appt I learned that its best to do black teas still limiting to two servings a day of caffeine total or peppermint or ginger great for nausea...apparently we need to stay away from chamomile because it can cause preterm labor and in general you have to be careful about herbs during pregnancy unless you know exactly what they are and have been told they're ok for you. Hope you start feeling better soon!
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  • pages112602pages112602

    Same exact scenario here!  I thought the same thing and can't even stomach the thought of veggies. I went out and got a supplement from Standard Process because I'm not getting any veggies at all. I did try soup and was able to have some that way. But cheese and bread seems like the only thing I can stomach as well and I haven't eaten that in ages!!! I have also gained 5 pounds already and am dwelling on the fact that I am going to be the SIDE of a HOUSE! I'm hoping that in the second i'll be able to get back to the gym and exercise and start eating better because I don't think this crap food is helping us feel any better either!  It seems like a sick joke doesn't it! haha! I am at work right now, miserable and in tears because I just can't stop being sick. I am taking B6, inhaling anti-nausea scents, wearing sea bands, I bought stock in all things ginger and just can't seem to get the hell away from being sick! I look like hell because I'm not sleeping as well...a start contrast to my thoughts of that "pregnancy glow"!!!  The one redeeming factor (other than the baby-that's a given) is that my chest is growing with me so at least I have something that makes me feel like a woman and not a walking bag of heartburn, nausea and fatigue! 

    Good luck, hopefully it will be over in a few weeks. We are more than half way there!!! 

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  • pages112602pages112602

    I find these boards are the best way because all the women actually understand what you're going through! I haven't told anyone that I'm pregnant and have also been suffering this miz alone! My boyfriend is my rock but he only knows so much as I complain (which is a lot :)) and I don't want to keep making the house a depression chamber! It will be better soon, and friends, I find are just as much of family as some blood family members so if you can think of one person you'd like share this with, go for it. If not, keep coming back to these boards and try and seek out some positive, experienced people who have advice you believe in:) 

    Technology is a great thing and we are lucky to be able to assemble here, so use it to your advantage!:)

    I'm sorry you are going through this alone, I hope you can find some respite and clear your head a little once you are no longer feeling so sick. Hang in there, it's only a couple of more weeks till the first trimester is over and hopefully you'll find relief! 

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  • MhurlockerMhurlocker
    imageangelkat79:
    It's great to see that so many other women are experiencing what I am experiencing.nbsp; I have been miserable.nbsp; Hungy yet nauseous.nbsp; Tired, sore and can't sleep.nbsp; I feel like a blob!nbsp; I had all these ideas that I would eat so healthy during pregnancy so I didn't gain a bunch of excess weight.nbsp; The problem is that vegetables make me vomit.nbsp; Literally, if someone says salad I am in the bathroom.nbsp; The only things that I am keeping down are cheese and bread i.e. grilled cheese and pizza.nbsp; I have already gained close to 5 pounds.nbsp; I don't know what to do because I physically cannot stomach many healthy foods right now.nbsp; I am so excited for our "peanut" and cannot wait for the second trimester!!
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  • MhurlockerMhurlocker
    I am so glad that I am not alone on this! I have been fortunate knock on wood that I've not been sick. I have been nauseous for the past couple of weeks, but I refuse to vomit. Maybe it's my stubbornness but if I think I'm going to get sick I start breathing heavily and downing liquids. I am sore and find myself coming home from work, taking a nap, waking up to eat then going back to bed for the night. One thing I have read about sleeping is to sleep on your left side, and interestingly I've been getting better sleep, not the best but it is better than what I was getting.
    So if I can just make it these next three weeks...
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  • convonconvon member

    I hadn't heard about sleeping on my left side, but I'm going to give it a try. I'd really like to sleep better at night! I keep hoping that the nausea will pass, but every morning there it is and it stays with me pretty much all day. Luckily I've only vomited a couple of times but I hope those days are behind me.For a while my husband was giving me a hard time about not eating anything except for fruit, but he saw what happens if I eat something I don't want and leaves me alone now. I have noticed that my belly has gotten a little larger this week, but I can't tell if that's from the baby or just bloat/gas. 2.5 weeks and I'll have to wait and see what the second trimester brings.  

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  • Cecee902Cecee902 member
    It feels so good to know that I am not the only one who feels like an alien is taking over me. I thought that pregnancy was beautiful but I guess I haven't gotten to the beautiful part yet. I am tired all the time, I want to eat but yet everything turns my stomach. I cried hysterically at a Disney movie as if someone close to me had died.__ I hate the bloating and I'm tired of all this gas that I feel like will never leave. I just can't wait till the 2nd trimester I have one more month to go but it seems like forever.
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