I’m feeling completely miserable about my pregnancy.?
Usually when I’m feeling miserable about my pregnancy I like to get online and see how other women are handling pregnancy and stress at the same time. I’m 21 years old, my husband and I had a beautiful wedding in August. We ended up getting pregnant in October. We were both extremely excited about having both our first child together. However, this pregnancy is such a nightmare to me. I’m currently 17 weeks and 2 days pregnant. I started to get sick around my 6th or so week and have felt this way ever since. I get out of bed every morning knowing that 5 minutes later I will be leaning over the toilet. My headache starts up immediately. I can quickly get a shower and get ready for work, but needless to say I’m not yet done being sick. Sometimes I only make it to my kitchen and have to use the sink and get sick or sometimes I don’t even quite get into the doors at my work and I get sick. I feel nauseous all day long and I can barely eat because when I do I feel terrible in my stomach. I try to eat because I know I have too. I constantly have terrible stomach aches and I feel as though I could vomit all day. After getting home from work I have a wonderful husband that tries to do everything possible to make me comfortable. It’s never enough though. When I start getting nauseated at home and even vomit I yell and scream the entire time saying " I can’t do this anything, I just can’t do this". I smash my fist down and I’ve just about had it. I’ve been to the Doctors now 3 times since finding out I was pregnant and once to the hospital. At the hospital they have given me IV drip due to dehydration and I’ve my entire life had a potassium deficieny which isn’t helping the baby. They have given me a prescription for potassium, however I can’t take the medication because I vomit very shortly after taking it. I’ve tried eating bananas and other such foods for potassium, but I get sick off of eating them too. I don’t feel that I’m underweight due to this. Since starting my second trimester I have not gained any weight, I have actually lost a few pounds. When I got pregnant I started at 5′5" 135lbs. I’m currently running around 127-130lbs. My OB/GYN continues to say everything is going okay, it’s just unforuntanly you were one of the ones that continued to be sick. My husband tells everyone he talks with and works with that he feels horrible that I have to feel this way. I continue to say that I will never have another baby, knowing that the next time could be completely different, I don’t think I could go through this again. I’m just completely miserable about this pregnancy. I was hoping to enjoy everything about this, but I have not had one day yet that I’ve enjoyed.
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I’m so sorry…I was like you for the first 16 weeks but by week 17 I felt a little bit better and by week 20 I was actually enjoying the pregnancy. Have you tried asking your OB for anti-nausea medicine? There are plenty out there that are proven safe and effective. I know Phenergen is the oldest and most widely known. It does make you really sleepy but at least you can get to sleep and get some relief! I also took Zofran which was awesome and didn’t make me groggy. Make your doctor take your problem seriously and help you. You don’t have to be this miserable! And above all, remember its not permanent and there is a BIG reward at the end! Good luck.
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It sounds like you should be signed off work on bed rest. How do you deal with a job when you are that sick? I know you say now that you’ll never have another baby, but like many things in life (drinking too much alcohol, trying to climb a huge mountain etc) - once you are over the pain you forget the bad and are eager to do it again. Many people have other pregnancies with no morning sickness when their first one was bad. Wait until you see your healthy baby and you’ll change your mind! Make sure through the bad, you show your husband how much you appreciate and love him. He is trying so hard and he can’t make the pain go away. I’m sure he’d take it off you if he could! Sounds like mine…
I think the way you’re feeling is normal. I was sick and didn’t start feeling some joy until 18 weeks so maybe your relief is just around the corner. I know some women stay sick the whole time.
Hang in there. I still hate being pregnant but I love my baby. Its always something even though the sickness is gone…headaches, congestion, body aches, no sleep… its hard and frustrating. There were times I felt I couldn’t go on but you can.
hey i sympathise i was the same but my sickness and nausea subsided at 14 weeks luckily! hang in there it will pass and get easier. you will forget about this and want another one day. once you meet your baby you will forget it. good luck.
my daughter was doing the same thing you are you need to ask your doctor to put you on this ONDANSETRON ODT 4MG TABLES it will keep you from getting sick when taken this you might still get sick maybe once a day if not any i hope eveything goes well with you
poor gal. every woman has very different experience. it is tough being pregnant n having to handle all the extreme synptoms. u can ask ur doc for anti-nausea pills to help u curb the vomitting. i know how difficult it is as i was vomitting alot during the first 4 months of my pregnancy. I cant eat much too. i was worried too but i delivered a pair of healthy twin gals. all the best n soon it will be over. please do bear with it. n look on the bright side. u’ll get to carry a cute baby in ur arms in a few months time.
sweetie you sound just like me,
i got pregnant one month after a beautiful wedding and was excited and happy and felt wonderful to share it with my new husband. but by week 6 the CONSTANT nausea and vomiting began. i was completely miserable with a pounding headache and i always felt like i was on a swaying boat and sea sick….horrible and unbearable.
i longed for week 12 to arrive and i heard thats when the majority of the morning/noon/and night sickness starts to ease but it didnt. even drinking water was hard and i often vomited it back up. i felt like giving up and felt resentful of the baby and how bad it made me feel.
ok my doctor perscribed me Zofran which is an anti nausea pill that did help a little to keep some food down. it is safe to take in pregnancy and its necessary to take because your baby needs nourisment now its in the 2nd trimester. ginger/lemon and all those natural remedies that help some women did not help me at all because my doctor said that my nausea and vomiting was severe and needed medication.
also try half a pill of unisom at night. try it for a few nights and it will build in your system and help ease the nausea and vomiting. again its safe to take and also some b6 vitamins…
good news…by week 20 i was improved even without teh zofran. a nurse told me that the majority of the nausea would ease by 20 weeks when the pregnancy hormones start to subside a little. thats whats causeing you to feel so bad. you are sensitive to the high levels of hormones in your body right now…so hang in there. week 20 will be the start of you feeling better and being able to function without the miserable 24 hour sick feeling,
and all this sickness is a sign of a heathy and strong pregnancy so hang in there. your little one will bring you both so much joy! i have vowed never to become pregnant again and i really think i mean it but i will do my best for this little one,
good luck and congrats!
there are good days ahead
My sister who is 23, recently had the same issues with her pregnancy. Since she works for an insanely busy law firm in Boston, her stress was quantified with the sickness from being pregnant.
Her OB/GYN could not do anything for her and after weeks of what seemed like non-stop vomiting, she finally went to see holistic practitioner. This Dr. talked with her about her diet, which was the root issue. After some short meal planning, and a few days of making the changes to her diet, she felt a lot better.
You may also want to look into medical marijuana if this is available in your community. MM can really help with nausea and studies have confirmed that this is completely safe for the baby.
Best wishes to you.
Hang in there.
Try to drink as much as you can. My sister had a terrible time with morning sickness like you. She combated it with a few things.
1. Get some good vitamins. Liquid ones if you can keep them down. They absorb better. (the docs told me to keep taking what I had even when I was in the hospital instead of switching to prenatals)
2. Ginger helps sooth the stomach. So Ginger tea, ginger snaps, ginger pills, liquid ginger from the health food store can be added to honey
3. This recipe for chicken broth
Chicken Soup for the Body
Combine and simmer for 1/2 hr.
28 oz chicken broth
6-8 green onions sliced small
1/2 inch to 1 inch ginger pealed and chopped small
Strain out all the chunks and drink the broth warm or hot.
It is good for colds and flu too.
I didn’t put on any weight until almost 20 weeks either. In my case, it was a boost in metabolism followed by a week of being extremely constipated due to pain medication.
I was also not entirely thrilled to be pregnant. Fresh air and some exercise if you can find a way to do some that doesn’t make you sick could help your general outlook, which could aid your symptoms.
Perhaps bundle up and sit outside or in front of a sunny window for a while.