Answered by kelliers - Oct. 5, 2013 11:07pm
I think you just need more sleep. Eight times a night is excessive. Especially if you had cut back on fluids. You need to work it out with your doctor and make sure you don't have a UTI-if left untreated you could end up with a kidney infection. Bad for you and for baby. Also, I wouldn't suggest you ever complain about your pregnancy to someone who has been struggling or a stranger whose situation you aren't sure of (when we were doing fertility treatments my closest friend had a successful IVF and then spent 9 months telling me how miserable she was while we did one failed treatment after another), HOWEVER, the women here are and have been pregnant and understand how different it is for everyone and how hard it can be sometimes to keep those miserable days to yourself. You should talk it out with others, and I appreciate that you are sensitive of your audience. I wish more people had been when we had no hope.
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Answered by tasha* - Oct. 5, 2013 8:03pm
Not sure where you are but there are specially trained midwives where I am (UK) that deal with women that have depression, its more common than you think. Have a google to see if there is anyone in your area like that. Hope you feel better soon :(
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Answered by tessavie - Oct. 7, 2013 2:53am
I completely hate being pregnant. From weeks 6-33 I throw up 5 times a day, and that is while being loaded up with anti nausea meds. The meds make me even more tired than I already am with just being pregnant. I lose a ton of weight from throwing up so much and I get so many cramps and pains. I always feel like I am out of breath the entire 9 months and feel as though i can barely hold my own body up. Hate being pregnant, hate it hate it.
BUT...after losing 2 babies and trying for 7 months and then worrying we were gonna lose that one, I am now just grateful to be pregnant! I vow to whine so much less this pregnancy and just enjoy it! I am 5 weeks and the feeling like crap is kicking in, but I've survived it twice before I know I can do it again! And at the end I will have a sweet baby to hold! Pregnancy sucks! But its such a unique experience that we won't get to do a million times, might as well enjoy it for what it is-a miracle!
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Answered by Debs1983 - Oct. 6, 2013 8:27am
I can relate I feel the same sometimes It took us a few years to get pregnant and stay pregnant I have constant nausea n sickness headaches back aches I'm back and forward from the hospital with bleeding and constant pain iv got a bleed just above the gestational sac, i am so grateful to get past 7 n half weeks but it is draining I just keep telling myself it's the baby at the end that makes it all so worth it x
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Answered by Hudson - Oct. 5, 2013 7:47pm
I think perhaps most of your problems stem from your lack of sleep. You said you get up 8 times a night to pee. Thats not a good rest, so it makes sense that you have very little patience, are exhausted and cranky. A suggestion is perhaps try not drinking anything an hour or so before bed. And also let your family know it is very important for you to nap. Hopefully this weekend you can get some rest. Also check with your doctor re UTI, in the event that your excessive trips to the bathroom are the result of an infection. Everyones pregnancy is different. You dont haveto apologize for the way you feel. Other peoples journeys are irrelevant to yours. Hope you feel better soon.
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Answered by Queenmommy0914 - Oct. 6, 2013 9:10pm
Wow! Thank you everyone! I went to the hospital last nite because I had vertigo. They checked on the baby. He was bouncing around. It was amazing. I am truly blessed. I have 2 more weeks until the second trimester. I will hang on. I will talk to my doc about a UTI. Im feeling better today because I slept well and took a nap. Again, thank you for being supportive. Praying that we all have healthy pregnancys and healthy babies.
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Answered by Maybebaby - Oct. 8, 2013 1:22am
ALos expressing ur emotions wether they are happy or sad does not mean u aren't appreciative or that u feel ur baby isn't a blessing. U can still be excited to have ur babe but that doesn't mean ur happy.
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Answered by KenpoMommy - Oct. 5, 2013 6:57pm
despite feeling like shit all the time, causes alot of distress for those of us that just cant do that some days. I don't say any of this to devalue anyone that is having a rough pregnancy or finally got pregnant after years of trying, just to illustrate that all pregnancies are different, as are all women's feelings about being pregnant. Growing another human being is a hard job! You're allowed to be cranky about it sometimes, even if you got here completely on purpose. No one has a right to tell you how you should feel about it, based on their own experience. They are not you! But i agree with Bostonmamma, you will probably start to feel better in the second trimester, and until then, just try to remember what the final outcome of all this will be, a beautiful little baby! That's what keeps me going :-)
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Answered by Maybebaby - Oct. 8, 2013 1:20am
I think pregnancy is hard, and it's different for everyone, this is ur journey, and if u r finding it hard I believe u are entitled to complain, just because others have had there own experiences and they have been bad doesn't mean urs are any less important, it's great that u r being sensitive to others tho. I agree, I think ur problems are stemming from a broken sleep, this site is about support for all pregnant woman, just because u are having a miserable time does not exclude u from this site, people who believe pregnancy is a happy experience are not always right, yes there are a select few who have wonderful pregnancies, but there is also the side who are miserable and uncomfortable the whole way thru regardless of how u came to be pregnancy or ur journey before hand. If u are feeling miserable let it out and find someone to talk to, it will only stress u out and make it worse holding it in. I heard it gets easier in the 2nd trimester, hold ur chin up chickey, :-)
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Answered by KenpoMommy - Oct. 5, 2013 6:48pm
I can relate to what you're feeling. On the one hand, I'm so happy to finally have a pregnancy go longer than 7 weeks or so, but on the other hand, some days i just feel like "what was i thinking?". This pregnancy has been alot harder, symptom wise, than my last two. I realize there are many, many women out there that would kill to be pregnant at all, regardless of symptoms, and that makes me feel bad for having my own little pity party about how i feel, but then i have to remember that their experiences with pregnancy don't make mine any less important to me. If you have days where you feel completely miserable, that's ok! Just because someone else is having a harder time, doesn't mean your feelings don't count. Sites like this are supposed to be for ALL pregnant women to get support and friendship, regardless of how their pregnancies are going or how they feel about them. The belief that some women have, that you should prance around happy, 24/7, (continued)...
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