I need some encouragement that it gets better.

[beachbums]

I am 9 weeks pregnant and I desperately need some encouragement.

I am very sick. I'm not throwing up but I have extreme nausea combined with a weird vertigo thing that makes everything spin as if I'm constantly unhappily drunk and about to blow chunks. I try to keep my eyes closed if I can but I still have to drive and go to work and pretend to be human right now. We tried for this baby and I'm so excited and we cried happy tears at our little blob on the ultrasound at 8 weeks, etc., but this is REALLY starting to wear on me. Things like taking a shower take up all of my energy. I unfortunately don't have the option of calling out of work right now since we're under a stressful deadline, so I spend a lot of time at work alternating between having my head in my hands and crying discreetly (or what I hope is discreet!). I can't take care of our three big rescue dogs who need a lot of exercise and training and interaction. My husband has been great but at this point, I need encouragement from people who have been in my shoes.

I've talked to my OB and she's sympathetic but she doesn't think the meds will help with the vertigo / spinning feeling. (I guess most are made to suppress the vomiting urge and since I'm not actually throwing up, she's skeptical how much they will help me.) She keeps telling me it gets better in a few weeks to a month and I hope she's right. I know some women feel this bad throughout the whole pregnancy, but please give me some completely unscientific, anecdotal evidence from a too-small sample group - is there light at the end of this first trimester tunnel? I am hoping some of you have turned this corner already and you're able to function better than you could at 9 weeks.

[mosdub]

I wish I could give you anecdotal advice but I don't have it. I'm 9w2d right now and having almost constant nausea but no vertigo. Vertigo sucks, I'm sorry you're dealing with that AND trying to be human. Big hugs. The majority of women notice relief by 12-13 weeks. You're almost there! It will have an end!

[callmeKD]

Are you on a progesterone supplement? (For me it enhanced my symptoms.)

[callmeKD]

Otherwise take it minute by minute. Does anything help settle your stomach? Saltines, ginger ale, sparking water, dry Cheerios? Do you see a chiropractor? Is there somewhere at work where you can lay down (or at least sit with your eyes closed over lunch?)

[callmeKD]

But yes, you are right in the depths of the 1st tri symptoms. It will get better. You will survive.

[beachbums]

Thanks mosdub . I hope we both feel better soon! I knew the first trimester would be hard but I didn't fully understand that I would feel urgently, severely ill 24/7 for months. I thought it would be more of a general sense of "meh" instead of "I kind of want to die right now to end this" lol.

calllmeKD, I'm not on a progesterone supplement but I do wonder what my levels are. I hope it evens out soon because I feel like a crazy woman. I could never handle birth control pills either and that's such a relatively small hormonal shift! The only thing that makes this better is the baby we want so badly, but even that doesn't feel "real" really. Even if these symptoms continue the rest of the pregnancy, I think I might be able to handle them better when I have a healthy baby bump to show for it!

[caer]

beachbums - I had a similar spinning feeling this time with my morning sickness and the Diclegis did help. I would ask about meds again. It can't hurt and, in my case at least, it got rid of the dizziness and made my morning sickness bearable. I couldn't get out of bed a couple of weeks ago but I'm functioning now.

I said this in another thread tonight also, but it will get better! For most people, it starts to get better when the placenta takes over around week 10 and it's usually gone around the start of second tri. Hang in there!

[beachbums]

Thanks caer - that helps a lot! I will ask about meds again; anything at all that could help the dizziness would be a godsend. I often feel like I probably should not be driving and then I feel stupid because other women go through this and don't have to stop driving, so what's wrong with me? I generally can handle being sick like a champ and I'm kind of depressed that this is so hard for me. Thanks for the encouragement that this isn't forever!

[cosmicav]

I never had vertigo, but my nausea/vomiting seriously improved mid-week 13. Don't feel bad because the constant sickness would wear on anyone! Between 8-11 weeks really is the worst of it. I hope you start feeling better soon!

[meggypoo1]

I have had vertigo but not while pregnant. All my sorries. It does get better though! Just a few more weeks! Hang in there. And if it doesn't push your OB to try something. Don't suffer!

[beachbums]

Aug 30, 2016 18:45:02 GMT -5 @justinslovo said:

No advice. But in my history I have always improved around the 12 week mark. I hope this can be the case for you as well.

Is short term disability an option for you? I worry about you driving.

Unfortunately no - Florida doesn't offer short-term disability insurance and you have to have separate coverage through your employer (which I wasn't smart enough to sign up for when I was hired years ago). Florida only offers Zika and a tropical storm maybe hurricane that is set to hit me on Friday while my husband is attempting to fly back home from a business trip. (Just kidding, I'm not bitter or anything that my native state that I have staunchly defended in the past is trying to kill me in this very emotional time. Carry on Florida, you crazy bitch!)

I digress. Thanks for the reply, I hope I also improve in a few weeks! We decided not to tell family and friends until after the 12 week mark but now I kind of regret that because I desperately want to call my mom and whine in a way you can only really whine to your mother. My husband is still skittish though and is begging me to keep it under wraps ... he's the private type who would hate to "untell" people. Between that and the vertigo, I am counting down the days until the second trimester where I hope so badly things are a bit better.

[Quinstar]

I was incredibly dizzy for week 9--10. I couldn't eat and just felt like general garbage. It did go away, and I know that it seems like you just can't function as a person.

I really hope it goes away quickly for you

[jnow]

Hi. I want to die right now.

I know that doesn't help, but I am happy to commiserate with you.

[glb30]

beachbums I have been mostly okay, but acupuncture worked for a friend who had really bad nausea. (And by worked, I mean helped.)

I'm sorry you are going through this! Dizziness is absolutely awful. I hope you start feeling better.