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I hate being pregnant (lemmy.world)
submitted 1 month ago by ChexMax@lemmy.world to c/womensstuff@piefed.blahaj.zone
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I'm pregnant again and I guess I'm looking to vent and maybe for some affirmation.

This is my second baby, but it's my fourth time doing the first trimester. We've suffered two losses.

I'm only 7w5d and I'm already so tired of being pregnant. I'm awfully sick all day every day and I'm crazy tired no matter how much sleep I manage to get. I'm doing my best to meet my toddler's needs.

I just hate this and because of my losses I feel so guilty hating every minute of it. There's nothing beautiful about this. I just feel nausea all day long, I throw up every morning, I cry at every stupid thing, and I'm dog tired. Every smell is overwhelming to me and most food disgusts me and I'm too tired to make myself anything to eat, so I'm always hungry.

I wish I could tell everyone I come into contact with as an excuse for my exhaustion and low effort, but I know how much I won't want to talk about it if anything should happen so I'm pretty stuck there.

I just hate it and I wish more often the media would be honest about how doggone awful it is. Nothing is working to relieve my nausea. The thought of ginger makes me puke from trying that for my morning sickness so much last time.

I guess that's all. Ain't being a woman grand.

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[–] RestlessNotions@sh.itjust.works 13 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Pregnancy sucks. It can have good parts but there are so very many bad parts that far outweigh it. And the fear, and guilt, and lack of support and validation. Guh. I'm sorry. Feel free to message me if you need to late night vent. I'm sure you've tried every trick. I took so much b12. The only thing that helped my nausea with my last pregnancy was acupressure. I couldn't afford acupuncture so I got one of those $20 metal pressure tools off of Amazon and a book out of the library. It worked, amazingly. And later on for other complaints.

[–] ChexMax@lemmy.world 5 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Thank you for that suggestion! I tried the little cuffs that do the spots inside your wrists that people use for sea sickness with no luck, but maybe i should try a little more in depth methods

[–] RestlessNotions@sh.itjust.works 6 points 1 month ago

I hope it helps! I tried those seabands too and all they did was piss me off and trigger anxiety by having my wrists restrained. I have similar results with compression socks that Dr's always recommend. I haven't tried it, but I wonder if ear seeds will give similar results for acupressure, if it works for you. Just a thought. Sending stomach calming vibes your way. 🙃