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Symptoms come and go?

linxminx21

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Does anyone else symptoms come and go?
I'm around 5+6 (lmp 1/8/18)
Iv had mild nausea, balked a bit and had sore swollen boobs.
But today they have gone. No nausea and my boobs feel deflated and are only sore when the dog decides to trample on me.

As you can imagine I'm paranoid something is going wrong and I'm on constant knicker watch!
 
I think the first trimester is so commonly portrayed as women throwing up every morning, craving pickles and having sore breasts, that most women don't realise that this is so not the case with every pregnancy. In fact I think this is one of the most misconstrued parts of pregnancy.

When we find out we're pregnant, we start waiting for the morning sickness or sore boobs to kick in and get worried when they don't, that it's not a 'normal' pregnancy. I wish more media actually portrayed the first trimester in different ways so women wouldn't expect to be hugging the toilet and feeling sick every time a smell goes past!

With my first, the only real symptom I had was exhaustion. No morning sickness, sore boobs, vomiting, cravings. Nothing. I also had back pain from about 8 weeks, and was in maternity clothes at 10 weeks due to hating waist bands on jeans. I then only had nausea on the tram. I bet no one else on here could say that but it was 'normal' for me!

With this pregnancy so far, I've had on and off nausea and diarrhoea, pretty bad cramps from week 4-5.5, on and off tiredness, and on and off erect sore nipples. Some hours I feel okay, others I feel like I died and have been microwaved back to life. From my positive pregnancy test I've also had hip pain and my moods are so awful that I'm severely angry one minute and sobbing like the world is ending the next.

I think that as long as you're not getting any warning signs like bleeding, severe cramps or passing out, it's normal for you to have no symptoms or symptoms that come and go. I've seen so many threads on here asking the exact same question, and I think it's more normal than we expect it to be.

From what I've seen, it's more common for women in the first trimester to have no morning sickness or symptoms that come and go than to have constant ones.

If you are worried though, you could always book a private early scan from 6+ weeks. I had one on Saturday due to having awful cramps and was worried it was an ectopic (despite no history of one). Saw a blob and a heartbeat and have now since relaxed that the cramps were just part of my symptoms this time. Now they've stopped!
 
Thankyou so much for replying.
In my sane mind I know all of this, I know what will be will be and no symptom can really indicate a healthy pregnancy.

Iv had two babies and can't remember being this anxious (only after I had a bleed, which is justified)
I think I just need to keep myself busy.

I think becuase we tried for a while and nothing happened. We gave in and then I fell. I had mixed emotions about the pregnancy as I'd just started college, numerous holidays booked ect.
It was a shock. (still cane believe it)
Now I want this baby more than anything (as do we all) and I'm so frightened everything will be snatched away from me.
 
I can understand that, that's a fair way to be feeling. We decided to start trying less than 2 weeks before I got my bfp and I started freaking out about wanting this baby. Then I felt like the universe would hear me and take it away from me before it even started, because I wasn't 'happy'. (How silly!) Then I had my scan and I sobbed when she said there was a healthy blob with a heartbeat.

It's so easy to be rational when it comes to everybody else, but when it comes to our own pregnancies, being rational comes second to our hormones and worries. We know the science, we know the research, and we know the experiences of others for comparison, but we still worry.

They do say that the second you stop trying and make other plans, the universe interferes and BOOM PREGNANT. It happened to my mum with me :D She stopped trying and started planning her wedding and then fell pregnant with me a few months later.

You're going to be nervous as like you said, it was a shock and it has been a while since you've done this. Hell, I had a baby last year and I'm still nervous as hell and feel like I've forgotten it all already! Maybe try getting a pregnancy book or app that can walk you through each day/stage so you can focus on what's happening rather than what might happen?

<3
 
Iv already got an app on my phone and I love reading and getting different info.
I'm currently concentrating on breast feeding as I feel strongly about this but failed with my second pregnancy due to lack of knowledge (didn't try with my first).

Im a bit of a geek and love reading all different content on the same thing so I can suck every bit of info out of them all lmao!

As soon as i get to 12 weeks I'll start making blankets, that will keep me busy!
Thankyou so much... I think I need a sane person sat on my shoulder for a few weeks lmao
 

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