This is a backtrack post for the 1st trimester as I had been having bad morning sickness for the majority of early pregnancy and couldn't do much...
Nausea goes on for all day, and is especially bad from evening onwards when i keep retching non-stop. the retching is probably the worse part, takes up so much of my energy as it seems uncontrollable, then my neck and stomach muscles hurt so much, and sometimes stomach contents is brought back up giving me heartburn and sore throat. so terrible. food intake is a problem too, can only manage toast, egg, yakult, wang wang crackers and some porridge.. and random things. Lots of stuff smells bad, even water has a certain taste that makes sufficient hydration difficult.
but i'm very thankful to be surrounded by supportive family who helped me through this tough time <3
King has been great, he keeps going out to buy stuff that i feel like eating or he thinks i may be able to accept. He bought few different brands of water for me to try, also boiling bottled water, filtering them etc... During a period i could stomach japanese cheese cake and sponge rolled cakes so he kept going to chinatown to get them from Breadtop.
And then also attempting to make japanese cheese cake for me <3
But the things i could stomach kept changing every few days hahaa... there was once i could only eat myojo chicken abalone instant noodle, and it was out of stock so he bought a ton of various types of instant noodle for me to try...
Nausea goes on for all day, and is especially bad from evening onwards when i keep retching non-stop. the retching is probably the worse part, takes up so much of my energy as it seems uncontrollable, then my neck and stomach muscles hurt so much, and sometimes stomach contents is brought back up giving me heartburn and sore throat. so terrible. food intake is a problem too, can only manage toast, egg, yakult, wang wang crackers and some porridge.. and random things. Lots of stuff smells bad, even water has a certain taste that makes sufficient hydration difficult.
but i'm very thankful to be surrounded by supportive family who helped me through this tough time <3
King has been great, he keeps going out to buy stuff that i feel like eating or he thinks i may be able to accept. He bought few different brands of water for me to try, also boiling bottled water, filtering them etc... During a period i could stomach japanese cheese cake and sponge rolled cakes so he kept going to chinatown to get them from Breadtop.
And then also attempting to make japanese cheese cake for me <3
But the things i could stomach kept changing every few days hahaa... there was once i could only eat myojo chicken abalone instant noodle, and it was out of stock so he bought a ton of various types of instant noodle for me to try...
pancake made by mummy and served by daddy - room service <3
the nausea was just terrible and i couldn't focus on doing anything - even watching dramas. tried all the remedies for nausea but nothing worked. vitamin B6, ginger tablets, small frequent meals, protein, dry crackers, travel sickness bands.. name it and i tried it. daddy did limbs massage for me.. King tried pressure point massage but didn't really work too. i remember reading a facebook comment from a mother who was also a cancer survivor and she mentioned that pregnancy nausea was much worse than chemo/RT nausea. oh man...
Also waking up few times in the night to pee, at times unable to get back to sleep
Hot flashes are pretty uncomfortable too, even if the aircon is on or it's not very hot i'll be sweating tons until my clothes and even my pillow and bedsheets are soaking wet.
Weekly summary highlights:
Week 5: 25/1 started to get sensitive to smells.. smells trigger some nausea? had to move my candle and diffuser further away from its usual location, not much appetite too. having acne, cramping and tender breasts
Week 6:
29/1 took a 2 hour nap, nausea getting worse. very sensitive to smells now. had to keep away my diffusers and candles. the smell of bodywash, shampoo, conditioner and hand soap all smell bad! Pork and cabbage dumplings that were cooked today were revolting.
31/1 got 4 vials of blood taken for various blood tests... also took urine test
2/2 dreamt of a girl in a bubble... am i having a girl?? also dreamt of red velvet cupcakes, or was it Bake cheese tart...and Koi bubble milk tea. when will i get my appetite back?
spotting discovered at 7:48pm - light red bleeding
3/2 more bleeding discovered in the am, needed about 5 rounds of toilet paper with still some left - light red bleeding. 1:18pm had a gush of bright red bleeding and pantyliner half stained. had ongoing bleeding through the day
4/2 light/dark brown spotting in the morning but discovered fresh red blood spotting at 4pm :( spotting ongoing even with wiping. nausea seems better today, some queasiness but can eat fine..
Week 7: ongoing acne, nausea, tender breasts
5/2 spotting through the day, light red and reddish upon wiping. nausea is back - bad at evening and night
6/2 nausea++ after 6pm, retching++. hot flashes and sweating++ when sleeping, the side of my body on the bed is hot but upper part is not
7/2 light brown spotting. went to see GP and got referral for ultrasound due to all that spotting. went to take the ultrasound and had to drink ~1L of water before the procedure. it was terrible especially with the nausea. anyway... took the ultrasound and baby is there! and there is a heart beat! baby heartrate is 135bpm <3
9/2 light brown spotting upon wiping
10/2 light brown spotting in the day, 9pm light red spotting
11/2 light brown spotting ongoing through the day
Week 8:
12/2 am light red spotting, ongoing spotting through the day to light brown
14/2 GP appointment. weight is 47.8kg. from the ultrasound results, seems that bleeding is due to subchorionic hematoma
Week 9: ongoing acne, nausea, tender breasts, spotting, hot flashes
22/2 light brownish pink spotting. told best friends about my pregnancy today
23/2 nausea worse this week, retching in am and afternoon too
24/2 acne is so bad, whiteheads++, about 20 of them around mouth, chin, cheeks and nose
Week 10:
28/2 started taking vitamin B6 prescribed by doctor which apparently can help with nausea. also using the travel sickness wristbands.. but nausea is still bad.
1/3 first booking appointment with midwife at WCH. weight was 47.1kg then 46.9kg in the morning before eating or drinking. was 47.9kg at WCH after eating and drinking. height recorded as 155.6cm. a bunch of history taking with midwife. appetite and nausea seemed much better in the afternoon, managed to eat McNuggets, fries, japanese cheesecake and bubble milk tea!! so happy to finally be able to stomach some food.
2/3 nausea better today... nll retching all day!!
3/3 retching is back :( retching in am and noon too.
4/3 retching in pm during shower
Week 11: ongoing acne, nausea, tender breasts, hot flashes
5/3 nausea at night but nil retching
6/3 all day nausea continues, almost retched in shower
7/3-8/3 all day nausea especially bad at night, but nil retching
9/3 retched twice at night
10/3-11/3 nil retching
Week 12: nausea bad at night, but nil retching
14/3 nuchal translucency ultrasound scan today! Atty's heart rate is 167bpm. Atty bounched a little during the ultrasound.. sort of like doing a half sit-up, then waved its hand at us like saying 'hi'! Cute! CRL is 58.1mm, so tiny!
15/3 weight 48.3kg
17/3 GP appointment to get results of ultrasound scan. everything seems good... Atty is developing well with low risk for all the abnormalities :)
18/3 able to sleep through the night now, nil hot flashes or waking up to pee.
