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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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[–] ChexMax@lemmy.world 2 points 1 month ago (1 children)

I've never run a marathon, but i have read that metabolically pregnancy is similar.

It's like i sleep 10 hours and wake up exhausted. It's like usually we put the toddler to bed and I get a couple hours to myself and now I am excited to go to sleep at 8:30 with the toddler.

I went to the doctor a few weeks ago and I did my hair and makeup, I wore a great outfit with a blouse and jacket and heeled boots. I went to the doctor this week in the top I had slept in and I didn't wear any makeup, and I didn't even feel bad about it. I knew this was the best I had to give.

My house is a disaster because I'm too tired to keep up with the chores, and if I don't have something microwavable, I just skip eating because I'm too tired to cook.

I cut 10 inches off my hair this week because I'm too tired to keep dealing with it.

For the first time in my child's life, this weeki left the house with no wipes in the diaper bag. No bib either even though we were headed out to eat.

I usually have chronic insomnia (life long) and now I sleep 9-11 hours a night, plus I nap when my toddler naps, and I still fall asleep when reading her books sometimes.

I don't think it's like this for all pregnant people? It wasn't this bad in my other pregnancies, but i am exhausted.

[–] birdwing@lemmy.blahaj.zone 2 points 1 month ago

I see, thanks so much for the explanation (in both comments)!

Yeah, that matches with what a marathon was like for me. It's bloody exhausting.

I don't know either if it's like that for all pregnant people, though the first trimester is generally the worst (hormonally that is).