Symptoms!!

Just wanted to share my (unsolicited!!) experience about symptoms in the first trimester In 2022 I had a rainbow baby after a very hard first trimester with NO SYMPTOMS AT ALL. Felt like a fraud and that everything was always wrong. Mums telling me “you’re lucky” made me feel so misunderstood and alienated. Second pregnancy now I’m getting any symptoms possible (ironic with a toddler to look after!!) and there’s no comparison, I feel so much more reassured and the mental strain of thinking something is gonna go wrong is much much less than my first symptomless pregnancy. So: Embrace all your symptoms! They will go away soon anyway and will be replaced by a belly and lots of kicks :) (and be kind to mums with no symptoms!) And mums with no symptoms - I swear there’s hope 🥹 hang in there!♥️ (Photo of my blob at 8weeks yesterday! Big milestone!!)

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This is my second pregnancy and during the first one I had all the possible symptoms and complications and with this one I have none, and some days I don’t know how to feel about it. And this is not very reassuring 😭

@Cristiana i feel you girl!! Sending love ♥️ bring on second trimester 😎

Last baby - I had no clue I was pregnant! This one floored me for the first 6 weeks. Now fine! Just a bit tired (have a toddler anyway) I'll embrace it till the last few weeks when you can hardly move 😂🫠

Also, for any mums reading this with no symptoms. My first pregnancy was perfect, not a single symptom, and my beautiful boy was born healthy. My second pregnancy I had all the symptoms but we lost her at 18 weeks. It really doesn’t tell you anything having symptoms. You will feel anxious symptoms or not. Unfortunately you can miscarry and your HCG still rise and therefore still have symptoms because your body doesn’t know you’ve lost the baby. Pregnancy is a real rollercoaster and at some point you just have to believe and trust your body 🤍

I'm so glad I had no symptoms with my first as I'm pregnant again with no symptoms again after 2 losses but I know not to stress about it as I know it's completely normal to not have any which is one less thing to stress about

I’m exhausted only 7 weeks

I'm 7 weeks in with my second! I totally agree with the reassurance and mental strain! It's just... different the second time around!! My symptoms too seem to be more present with my little one around 🤣 Sending love 🫶

What i would say is trust your gut. I had a missed miscarriage at 12 weeks last year and had horrendous symptoms. I had a feeling something wasn't right despite having all the horrid symptoms and at my dating scan found out there was no heartbeat, baby had passed away a week before. I continued to have symptoms and a week later I went in for surgery and even vomited down myself on the way to the hospital which felt especially cruel. So my advice is trust your gut, symptoms don't necessarily mean everything is okay. Evrry pregnancy is different and it's normal to be anxious x

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