Are your symptoms steady or do they vary from day to day?

[Anonymous]

I'm about 7 weeks along and have had incredibly sore boobs and constant nausea. I'll gladly (well, maybe some minor whining) put up with this for a healthy tot, but wonder what others' experiences were. Did your symptoms stay pretty constant for the first trimester, or did they vary a little from day-to-day?

[Anonymous]

My symptoms (unfortunately) were mostly consistent until about the 10th week, then the fatigue and nausea started to lift some days, but were still there for a couple more weeks. Unfortunately, you may be about to hit the worst period, but it will pass!

Also, my boobs aren't are as sore now, but they are even bigger, so not sure if that really improves either. Just break down and buy new bras in a few weeks, and you will feel much better in that respect! Good luck.

[Anonymous]

I'm also 7 weeks and I feel terrible. I have constant nausea and it's making me miserable. I can't help but to whine to my husband. I need to check myself every once in a while bc I am sure it's not fun for him to hear me whine all of the time. I think there are probably only 2 hours of my waking hours where I feel fine. I am also not sleeping well. I had really sore boobs around 4-5 weeks but it has mostly subsided.

[Anonymous]

I went from perfectly ok at 5wk6d to horrible, can't get off the couch, can't get or keep anything down nausea the next morning at 6wks. The next week was like the worst flu, and then the nausea got a little bit more manageable - as long as I ate a little bit, often, I didn't vomit although the nausea stuck around. Probably not what you want to hear, but that stayed almost exactly the same through week 12! However, it is so much better now at just over 14 weeks!

I also didn't sleep well, although that, too, seems to be passing (keeping my fingers crossed). I never woke up due to feeling sick, but would be wide awak at 3:30 or some other ridiculous hour and wouldn't go back to sleep for an hour or two.

As far as whining to your husband - well, he is the one who got you into this position! Mine didn't seem to mind that much - and I did complain a lot. He seemed more frustrated that there was literally nothing he could do to help (which is very sweet).

[Anonymous]

OP here--I'm interested to hear that others have had some sleep issues. I was expecting the soreness and the nausea, but I haven't been sleeping well either, even though I'm feeling incredibly tired all the time! I'm sure some of my restlessness at night is due to my general excitement and anxiety about all the stuff that's underway, but maybe some of it is just part of the first trimester physical-changes package.

[Anonymous]

"Not fun for him to hear me whine all the time" - good lord, PP, you're the one taking the bullet - whine as much as you want! Get it out! I would hazard a guess that we partners would hear all about it if our men experienced almost constant nausea and exhaustion.

[Anonymous]

everytime i whine, my husband says "yeah!" which gets kinda annoying so i try not to wine to him now. "yeah" is just so annoying

[Anonymous]

Anon @ 9:47 here: I didn't expect the sleep problems, either. Everyone mentions sleepiness, but not an inability to stay asleep! I had no problem falling asleep and was tired ALL the time, but I think I've only slept straight through the night a handful of times over the last two months. Like the nausea, though, that seems to be better lately, so there's hope!

PP - maybe your husband just doesn't know what to say? Most men, mine included, seem to want to "fix" things and are kinda at a loss when they can't. Can you give him a list of stuff, like vacuuming/laundry/walking the dog, etc., that he could do to help, even if it doesn't physically make you feel better? My husband picked up a lot of things that I'd ordinarily do around the house, I think partly because it made him feel useful. Now I'm just wondering how to make him keep it up since I'm feeling better!

[Anonymous]

I'm sure you noticed all the posts about nausea lately on this forum - looks like there is a whole bunch of us experiencing the rite of passage of the 1 trimester.

For me, week 6, 7, and 8 were the worst. I never had sore boobs, but definetly the nausea, vomiting, and fatigue. I tried to drink a ton of water, but it made me feel more ill. I tried eating a little to keep something in my stomach, but that made me ill too. Sorta a catch-22.

I did notice that when I was outside on a brisk walk or running after my toddler at the playground I felt much better. Maybe a coincidence.

Plus, I can't moan and grown about being uncomfortable to anyone, but DH since we haven't told anyone. And of course friends and inlaws are constantly inviting us over for brunch, bbq, Sunday dinner, etc. which is the last place I want to be - yikes.

Now that I'm on week 9, it isn't quite so bad.

[Anonymous]

Now I am 37 weeks (wow, it flies by!) and I can say that pregnancy got WAY better after the first trimester ended. I had terrible insomnia in my first trimester and was just totally exhausted all the time. I slept very well in my second trimester and felt so much better; I really enjoyed being pregnant. BUT, now I have insomnia again! It's much easier to deal with only 3 weeks left and I have resigned myself to being tired for the next few...years?!

[Anonymous]

I keep crackers on my nightstand, and eat a couple of them before I even get out of bed. Having something in your stomach before you move really helps. Wish I had done this with my first two pregnancies -- I was SO sick.

[Anonymous]

Here's one for you, I felt pretty good for the past 10 weeks, sleeping good except to go pee about 2 times a night and waking with terrible hunger pains. Now I'm into my 12th week and feel the most sick I've felt since being pregnant and I'm more tired than I've ever been. On top of that, I have been waking at 3am for the past 3 nights. What is happening that now I'm getting these symptoms?