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paranoid pregnancy post
So, I had really bad nausea morning, noon and night from the start of week 7 until this past Saturday - just shy of two weeks. I woke up Sunday and felt okay and actually was doing well enough by the afternoon to go out and pick up lunch while at work. The past few days, I've been pretty much fine - I still have some aversions (we went to a Mardi Gras party last night and I could not have been less interested in eating the shrimp, which I normally love), but no nausea. I know I should be grateful, and I have been, but then I started getting paranoid this morning that it went away so suddenly because something is wrong. I feel ridiculous. I don't have my next doctor's appointment until mid-March. I started Googling and that's not helping...reading about how morning sickness is a good thing because it means the placenta is developing well. And then I know plenty of people that never had morning sickness...ugh.
Of course, we JUST told our parents Monday night and I told my boss yesterday because it has been so hard to keep making excuses for not drinking wine at all the wine events we've been hosting at work. Somebody tell me I'm over-thinking this, please...
Re: paranoid pregnancy post
It's hard not to worry, but it is normal for the nausea to go away eventually! I remember mine just suddenly stopped around 12 weeks, and it felt weird not to be sick anymore. There's a chunk of time where you don't really feel pregnant anymore because you're not sick, you're not showing, you're not feeling the baby yet...but you still are pregnant
You could always call your OB for reassurance, but I'm betting everything is fine!
Don't google! It's completely normal but totally understandable to be worried. The first tri is full of constant worries. M/S goes away abruptly for some people. Enjoy that you feel ok right now!
Thank you all for the replies. I did call the nurse line at my doctor's office and she was really nice and said as long as there wasn't any cramping or bleeding, I should be fine. I was hoping it was anonymous, but she asked my birth date and name, so I've probably been flagged as a crazy. Now I'm feeling light cramping, but I think I could be imagining it...really, I am too anxious of a person to handle this! So, I'm trying to stay positive for now, since there really isn't anything I can do at this point. It's pretty nice out here today, so I'm going to go for a walk and try to enjoy the rest of my day off (the other issue - I've worked non-stop for the past week and today I'm home alone with nothing to distract me.)
Thank you again - I feel so silly worrying, even though I know it's natural.
I had myself convinced that I was having a miscarriage one day when I was home alone. I was in distraught tears over the cramping that I was having, turns out it was just constipation. There is usually an explanation for everything, I'm sure that there are women out there that are way more crazy paranoid.
I actually had cramping throughout my entire pregnancy that got pretty bad at times and I had a great pregnancy free of complications. I wouldn't worry too much about it...your body is changing and its to be expected that you'll have some cramping along the way. Of course you can always call the DR again if need be. Don't feel silly for worrying at all! I called my dr so many times during pregnancy and now that the baby is here I'm calling all the time with baby concerns...that's what they're there for.
Same here! I was paranoid about it at first, but after a while (and after lots of assurance from my awesome doctor!) I just took it in stride. Try not to stress yourself out too much, and know that your concerns are totally normal.
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I just wanted to come back and thank everyone else for their replies...I tried to stay off the internet for the rest of yesterday to avoid continuous useless stress. My "cramping" seems to be gone, so hopefully it was all in my head and everything is still good. I had a lot of it earlier on and I had read that it was your uterus stretching out, so I figured, sounds good, but it hasn't happened much lately.
I never considered how much worrying I would do before the baby even arrived! God help this child once it is here