My quality of sleep as I knew it has gone.
Last night I went for a pee 5 times in the night. My boobs always hurt. I'm always hot. I can't get comfortable in bed no matter how hard I try. I kept having to blow snot out of my orifices and I only had a decent sleep between 7 am and 11 am when James had gone to work and I could use the whole bed to flail around in to try to get comfortable. I went to bed at 1am so that's 6 hours of tossing and turning, getting up for a pee then trying to get comfortable after, with the occasional lucky snooze in the middle. I can't even get comfortable on my sofa any more, and that used to feel like a big leather hug.
And I know it only gets worse! Hahaha. I think my body is trying to get me used to the sleep deprivation of late pregnancy and new motherhood.
Despite all this moaning, I still want this baby. I'm just saying how it is. I knew it wouldn't be easy, but I didn't realise it'd be so hard right from the beginning.
Today I have the dentists at 2, then the midwife at 4.15. Wish me luck!
I only get sleep when Darren has gone to work as well, as I can use the whole bed to roll from one side to another as trying to turn over on half a bed with the hip pain is chronic.
ReplyDeleteIt is a shock when you get pregnant and its not how you expected. I have watched many pregnant woman who never got any of the crap I got and I was so envious. I hadn't heard of hyperemesis and SPD until I became pregnant. The hyperemesis for me kicked in at 5 weeks so I didn't really have time to enjoy the fact I was pregnant as I found out at 4 weeks.
Im keeping everything crossed for you that the 3-6 month stage will be good for you. One good thing though is that if the ginger is helping with the nausea, then youve avoided the dreaded hyperemesis :o) and you should start to feel normal again from 10-12 weeks.
Just rest as much as you can at this stage, eat what tastes good and do as little as possible. This extreme tiredness will pass in a few weeks and you'll hopefully be able to enjoy being pregnant.
Ah poo hon. I can't even what it must be like to try and get comfy when you're in loads of pain too.
ReplyDeleteI'm terrified of getting SPD! I'm pleased (understatement) I seem to have missed the hyperemesis.
I hope the middle trimester is better, but I'll just keep rolling with the punches every day as long as I can write it all down here.