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THE FIRST TEIMESTER IS THE DEVIL

I am so grateful and happy to finally be pregnant but nothing and no one could have prepared me for the terrible months ahead. I was beyond happy to finally see the BFP that every other woman had spoken about seeing and for the first 6 weeks I remember thinking oh this will be a breeze...........LIES!!! 6W1D the reality of being pregnant hit me like a ton of bricks. I was not expecting to be this tired....I don't mean omg I have had a long day kind of tired....I mean I feel like I have run a marathon, worked 3 jobs, and still had time to cook a 5 star meal kjnd of tired......all I wanted and still want to do is SLEEP. The extreme sense of smell. I can smell EVERYTHING (and it isn't a good thing). Everything is offensive to me...even the scents of things that I used to love....dryer sheets had tonthrow them all out..candles (dare you to light one), pinesol, dish detergent......my caress soap and body wash...and any kind of cooking was and still is forbidden (poor hubby).I had to say bye to all of those things....and the worst of it the morning sickness which in my case turned out to be all day sickness.....my days were spent hugging the toilet.....water crackers, soups, bread, none of it stayed down......I was vomiting at least 5 times a days which of course led to dehydration and hospital visits. I couldn't get an apt with my OBGYN until at least a few weeks so I had to bare through it....I tried every over the counter remedy doc suggested......what a joke......the nasuea was even worse b/c when I wasn't throwing up I was feeling as if I had to and really wishing I could....PREGNANCY IS HARD..anything to not feel this way........I'm 11wks now and on zofran (thank God for it) and honestly starting to feel better. Seeing our baby moving around during the ultrasound made everything I had been going through suddenly worth it. I started reading other women's stories whonhave experienced exactly what I had and we all agree...we'd do it a million times. I know I'm not the only woman here that has gone through or that maybe going through at the same moment as I am. I just wanted to write to say hold on, dig in....remember the light at the end of the tunnel......baby will arrive in a little while and all the hard work will have paid off. Guys please share if you've been there or even if you're here now....having support really does help.

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