Dealing With Early-Pregnancy Woes

Moms dealing with early-pregnancy woes.

By Meagan Francis

In response to my last post, Carrie from My Funny, Funny Family  remarked that all of those mid-pregnancy complaints -- soreness, cramping, stretching, and esophogal burning -- can't compare to the nausea and exhaustion many women feel in the first trimester. She's probably right. I had a light case of the sleepies and the queasies this time around, but I remember un-fondly throwing up in random places when pregnant with my first and almost falling asleep while driving on a regular basis while pregnant with my second. So I thought that I'd highlight some posts about how moms are dealing with early-pregnancy woes.

• Carrie is just six weeks along and starting to -- almost -- feel the effects. She gave me a visceral reminder of that bone-crushing feeling of utter exhaustion with this line: "You realize that you just don't have enough energy to keep your body warm." Yep.
• Karen at Snippets of Life finds that, also 6 weeks along, she has to eat all day to keep from throwing up. (I was the same way during my first trimester. Food didn't sound all that great, but if I didn't keep shoveling it in, I'd be hovering over the toilet pretty quick. And we all know that "morning sickness" is a misnomer, right? Try "all day long, all evening long, all night long and also in the morning sickness".
• Lazy Crazy Mom is so tired she can barely function and at 10 weeks, Sarcastic Mom is getting slightly less nauseous, but so tired she wants to take "eleventy naps a day". She's also experiencing mood swings and murderous fantasies about her husband.

Don't worry, ladies. As soon as you hit that 12-14 week window, the nausea should start to ease up, and by 16 weeks or so most preggoes feel a return of energy. Then you'll be ready to move on to slightly less debilitating conditions--like bulgy veins.