@bearmomma1 I feel the exact same way as far as sleep. I cannot get enough sleep. I don’t remember being this tired with my first 2, I am like down for the count at this point. I’m 10 weeks and seriously can’t wait to be out of the first trimester.
@mindyb2019 yes i barely get out of bed but when i do i almost faint. Super low blood pressure. Brilliant explanation @gh1219.
@the_road_to_oz so sorry to hear about your hg. I cant even... begin to understand what youre going through. I feel defeated after just 2 pukes a day.
I'm 11 weeks and my nausea definitely has been even worse again this past week. More vomiting than before. So ready for this trimester to be behind us...
So yesterday was .... crazy. I spent the whole day at the hospital, and almost didn't get to come home. I think I mentioned I had had a UTI, had seen the DR and got antibiotics and was starting to feel better? Well, yesterday morning sickness hit me like a ton of bricks. I threw up over ten times in the morning alone. Then I threw up violently, passed out, and hit my head. DH went into a complete panic, called my doctor and the doctor agreed with him I needed to be seen... NOW... and probably get some fluids. My veins were so tiny from dehydration, they had to go get a kids needle, and two blew out. After 45 minutes of trying, they finally got an IV started, took blood and I was able to give the smallest urine sample ever. Well... it turns out that UTI had moved into my kidneys and was causing issues. So - good new bad news - Hopefully this was NOT HG starting up - which would be amazing - but I was on IV antibiotics all night, and almost earned myself a trip upstairs. The doctors only decided to let me go home if I followed up with my primary care, my OBGYN and my MFM and my cardiologist within 48 hours by phone and promised to see at least my primary care and one of the two pregnancy doctors in person this week. So now I have a whole handful of pills to take twice a day until I am through this and a lot of phone calls to make this morning. I totally suck at pregnant. Ugh. I didn't eat or drink a single thing yesterday until 8 pm, ate half a thing of cheesey bread and passed out. Sorry baby. Mommy will try harder tomorrow.
@the_road_to_oz. You are so amazing!! All I can say is that I also ate a half a cheesy bread for dinner last night and had no excuse! I also told baby and husband that I will try to do better today as well. Hopefully you will start feeling better soon and this is an isolated incident.
@the_road_to_oz omg you poor thing. What a horrible day/night you had. Hang in there girl. Your a rockstar mama. Your doing what you need to get better and thats all that matters. I hope you feel better soon ❤ Take it one day at a time.
@mindyb2019 it only happened in the first tri for me. I just got really careful when I was standing up or picking something up and made sure I had something to grab onto if needed.
@the_road_to_oz, all I can say is, holy crap, woman. I'm so sorry you're going through all of that, I can't imagine. Like @mindyb2019 said, you're a rockstar and doing just fine, don't be sorry.
@the_road_to_oz Oh no! So sorry to hear about your ordeal! And you ARE doing great. Every day you make it through, you have a big win. It’ll get easier soon, and that’s when you can focus more on the healthy eating and all that, but for now be kind to yourself!
@the_road_to_oz oh my goodness! Rest up and heal up! Even if your sick try your best to keep fluids ups! To prevent another UTI in the future! Have u tried ginger or peppermint tea? Usually helps with nausea and is hydrating!
@the_road_to_oz I am so sorry you’re going through this! I’m so glad you were treated at the ER and I hope that infection goes away ASAP.
This exhaustion is no joke. I can’t wait for the 1st trimester to be over. There is nothing like pregnancy exhaustion. I will take newborn tired any day over pregnancy tired.
@antera23 Glad to hear that because everyone keeps telling me if you think you’re tired now just wait till the newborn phase comes and I keep thinking there’s no way I can be MORE tired
I have been extremely tired too and just found out that I am having twins last week, so that might account for being way more tired than I ever thought I would be. Guess I will just never be well rested again after babies come
@tryingktogku I hate when people say that especially when you are a FTM. Why do people always try to say things that aren’t encouraging?! It was so frustrating when I was pregnant with my first, I stopped telling certain people how I was doing because of their comments. Also, it was usually men..
Add me to the extremely tired/fatigue train. Omg this last week but especially today I’m sooo tired and exhausted. Last night I went to bed at 930pm as I was falling asleep at 8:45 and got up today ate breakfast and 3 hours later was tired so I had a nap. Got up for a bit and did some things out and about, had lunch and was tired again so had another nap lol. I literally have no energy to do anything. This is brutal.
Has anyone else noticed crazy blue veins popping up? I got out of the shower today and looked at the top of my chest in the mirror and it was crazy looking! I’m pretty fair skinned so I can usually see some veins but it was like looking at someone with translucent skin. Kind of cool to see the evidence of my circulatory system working extra hard but also totally weird looking.
@tryingktogku that seems like people’s favorite comment. It always rubs me the wrong way.
Sorry for the double post today but I’m wondering if anyone else has this symptom. Certain foods create excess mucous at the back of my throat which then makes me gag and then throw up. Anyone else have that symptom?
@antera23 I get some excess mucus and flem in the back of my throat once in a while and it makes me gag alot at night before I go to sleep or in the mornings after I eat. I don't ever throw up though. I cant say if its certain foods or not but it does happen for me here and there.
@laurenspdx I never had it happen to me before except when I was sick or my allergies were really bad. It was rare. Then pregnancy happened and it happened a lot after! I don’t like it.
Ok does anyone else have this weird symptom? My scalp has become sooo itchy. Especially at night when I'm laying down to go to sleep. I just scratch and scratch.
@mindyb2019 yes! My scalp is SO dry and my hair is falling out a bunch too. I have Hashimoto's thyroid issues, so we've kept an eye on all that and it's good and not the cause but oh my goodness! I can't stand the dry scalp!!!
@the_road_to_oz wow! I hope you begin to feel better and get through those meds swiftly!!
@mindyb2019 yes I had to shift my normal hair care products as my prepregnancy stuff has no longer cutting it.
@antera23 I’m dealing with that same disgusting drainage, I’m getting about 75 ounces of water drank a day and still dealing with it. Hot tea might help both soothe it and thin it. Pretty warm shower plus hot tea before bed might help. I think chamomile is pregnancy safe.
@the_road_to_oz Just rest and feel better, and don’t worry about what you eat right now. As my OB reminded me yesterday, the first tri is not the time to worry about food. He said right now it’s about survival and the baby still has that yolk sac, so they’re fine. Just try to rehydrate and recover!
@tryingktogku I agree with the others who said first tri exhaustion is much worse than newborn exhaustion. In general, there are those people who say “Just wait,” at every stage. The ladies shopping in the grocery store seem to be especially bad about that. They can focus on the negative, and how hard they think it is, but there are wonderful things about every stage. As my grandma would say, “Don’t borrow trouble!”
@stella_700@bkinn26 thanks ladies. glad to know I’m not alone with the itchy scalp. Lol. My scalp is so dry too. It’s rather annoying. Maybe I need to look into changing my shampoo or hair products.
@mindyb2019 Not my scalp, specifically, I'm just itchy everywhere. Particularly my boobs and the middle of my back (so, places that are either extremely awkward or difficult to scratch), though my head is itchy too. Today I've actually been debating ordering a back scratcher from Amazon.
@akoros itchy boobs means their growing! (And in my experience leads to stretch marks) when they get itchy put stretch mark cream on them. Probably same thing going on in your back. I keep a tube of it by my bed, even after several pregnancies I keep getting more!
@babymakes9 Good to know, thank you! Last time I had some itchiness, but it was often acne. While my face and shoulders have tons of zits, I haven't felt any on my back just yet (and definitely not on my chest)
I love food and have no problem eating anything however, I'm always hungry so I'll eat and then every time after I eat meals i feel sick and nauseous like I want to throw up but never ever do Anyone else have this? I only feel nauseous after I eat thats it.
@mindyb2019 I feel like I don't have the normal sensations of "hungry" and "full" anymore, it's just nausea. If I haven't eaten recently I assume that means I'm hungry, if I've just eaten I assume that means I'm full.
@mindyb2019 I have had that with both my last pregnancy and this one. My last pregnancy it would start as soon as I started eating and sometimes I could only eat a few bites before having to stop. It lasted until 14/15 weeks. This time I get nauseous as soon as I stop eating, either to be done eating or to grab something, or whatever and then I can’t start eating again. I’m 9+2 and it’s still going strong.
@mindyb2019. I am on the nasuea all the time train similar to what @akoros described. One thing that I think helps though is just eating really small meals. I have been eating a half sandwich or a kids meal. I am still hungry but then eat the other half like an hour later. My stomach does better with a little bit at a time rather than going from hungry to super full. I actually have my husband divide my normal dinner in half for me before I even sit down. That way I am not tempted to go crazy especially when something is suddenly like the best thing I have ever eaten (which seems to be most things now!). Maybe that would help.
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@bearmomma1 I feel ya on the headaches for the past few days.
@the_road_to_oz so sorry to hear about your hg. I cant even... begin to understand what youre going through. I feel defeated after just 2 pukes a day.
I'm 11 weeks and my nausea definitely has been even worse again this past week. More vomiting than before. So ready for this trimester to be behind us...
So yesterday was .... crazy. I spent the whole day at the hospital, and almost didn't get to come home.
I think I mentioned I had had a UTI, had seen the DR and got antibiotics and was starting to feel better?
Well, yesterday morning sickness hit me like a ton of bricks. I threw up over ten times in the morning alone. Then I threw up violently, passed out, and hit my head. DH went into a complete panic, called my doctor and the doctor agreed with him I needed to be seen... NOW... and probably get some fluids.
My veins were so tiny from dehydration, they had to go get a kids needle, and two blew out. After 45 minutes of trying, they finally got an IV started, took blood and I was able to give the smallest urine sample ever.
Well... it turns out that UTI had moved into my kidneys and was causing issues.
So - good new bad news - Hopefully this was NOT HG starting up - which would be amazing - but I was on IV antibiotics all night, and almost earned myself a trip upstairs. The doctors only decided to let me go home if I followed up with my primary care, my OBGYN and my MFM and my cardiologist within 48 hours by phone and promised to see at least my primary care and one of the two pregnancy doctors in person this week.
So now I have a whole handful of pills to take twice a day until I am through this
I totally suck at pregnant. Ugh. I didn't eat or drink a single thing yesterday until 8 pm, ate half a thing of cheesey bread and passed out. Sorry baby. Mommy will try harder tomorrow.
Apparently very normal though.
@the_road_to_oz wow! I hope you begin to feel better and get through those meds swiftly!!
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