Everyone talks about the second trimester being the golden trimester and I feel like this was pretty true with my first LO! From what I can recall, I think the fog lifted around 12 weeks, the nausea faded, the exhaustion eased, etc.
When did you feel better?
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cantaloupe / 6397 posts
I voted never haha. My extreme MS stopped around 16 weeks, but now at 30 weeks I am still completely exhausted and feeling pretty terrible!!!
pomegranate / 3845 posts
@sslm: do you have older LO(s)? I'm really afraid that with an older LO, I'm just going to be exhausted forever.
nectarine / 2461 posts
@Applesandbananas: which week are you in now? I had terrible queasiness (no vomiting) and insomnia from about 6.5-10.5. I'm now almost 14 and the fatigue hasn't lifted, but I'm so grateful not to be nauseated any more that I don't care 
pomegranate / 3845 posts
@LCTBQE: 10w6d, I feel like the nausea has lessened a little, but I've also had a really awful cold with a cough that makes me gag and throw up sometimes 
pomelo / 5791 posts
With DS1, I never had horrible nausea or anything. It would come and go in waves throughout the pregnancy, but it was random and not too bad. I was exhausted throughout the first trimester though.
With DS2, I had extreme nausea and it didn't go away almost the whole time. I was on meds for it, and tried to wean off several times and couldn't until 33w. I had about 3 "good" weeks from 33-36w, when my prodromal labor started....and that lasted for 2 weeks before he was born. It was rough! lol
nectarine / 2461 posts
@Applesandbananas: you're getting there!! maybe once your body has healed from the virus you'll feel like a new woman?
cantaloupe / 6146 posts
@Applesandbananas: delivery, for morning sickness only:19 weeks last time, and threw up again "last night at 25 weeks this time....
nectarine / 2461 posts
@pastemoo: this made me laugh but OMG that's terrible!
@Applesandbananas: I know, my Sprout app told me I was in the second trimester a few days ago and I started crying on the subway. first was so nerve-wracking and uncomfortable and I thought it would never end. but there is totally light at the end of the tunnel for you! hang in there.
cantaloupe / 6171 posts
I felt like my nausea was lifting a little after 14 weeks but then I traveled overseas from 16-19 weeks and it was terrible while I was traveling, but then I only through up like once between coming home and being in labor (as opposed to puking every day)
cantaloupe / 6397 posts
@Applesandbananas: yes I do! She'll be 3 in April. DH had to pick up a lot of slack during the worst of the MS. And maybe she is contributing to why I never had that 2nd trimester energy boost!
nectarine / 2951 posts
With DS#1, I felt better by 11 weeks.
With DS #2, I was feeling nauseous in the AM only at 14/15 weeks. I still feel nausea here and there (at 22 weeks), but it could be the progesterone I'm still taking.
persimmon / 1436 posts
LO1: after giving birth (terrible morning sickness all the way through)
LO2: about 14-15 weeks. I was tired most of the time but not vomiting so it was much improved.
cherry / 157 posts
After the first trimester was over I was given diclectin for my nausea/vomiting so that kept it under control but I tried to go off it a couple times and couldn't. And then the heartburn started. I don't remember any golden time! But I hope your experience is different
hostess / wonderful apple seed / 16729 posts
I had HG and was on medication til 24 weeks. I think I wasn't feeling good until 25-26 weeks. Just in time for baby shower across the country. I was pregnant with twins.
coconut / 8483 posts
Right around 14 weeks this time! Nausea went away (it wasn't terrible) and heartburn went away. Also I felt a bit less tired but still exhausted. I mentioned it to my doctor and they tested my iron and it was low. Now with the supplements I'm feeling a lot better and rested!
grapefruit / 4085 posts
With M I felt better right at the start of the 2nd tri. But with my current pregnancy it was more like 15-16 weeks. Thankfully my husband was off work for that whole time (teacher) so it was a big help with a 2.5 yr old around. 
Hope you feel better soon!
pomegranate / 3921 posts
I started feeling better with E around 15 weeks, but didn't feel really good until the beginning of the third trimester. Then, I had about a month before I started to feel like a whale, so..... 
Feel better soon, mama!
GOLD / wonderful pea / 17697 posts
With #1 I didn't feel better until after I delivered. I was sick and had terrible food aversions all the way through pushing. The "so tired I could sleep for 16 hours" thing eased up around 16 weeks.
With #2 I threw up every morning, and was nauseous all day. That passed around 14-15wks (with random one-offs the rest of the pregnancy, normally when dealing with poop). I was super exhausted the whole time, though, and had terrible hip and back pain that went away after delivery.
cantaloupe / 6869 posts
20 weeks first time. I'm pretty sure that's how long it will be this time. I still feel like complete crap and it seems to be getting worse not better as times goes on.
pomegranate / 3272 posts
My first pregnancy was all sunshine and rainbows the entire time.
I was not so lucky the second time. Unfortunately I got pregnancy rhinitis right around when my 2nd tri started this last time so I was pretty much miserable the whole time.
cantaloupe / 6131 posts
First pregnancy, I had awful MS until 26 weeks, then I was on pins and needles about my complete previa until 28 weeks, and then my nausea came back at 36 weeks, so I had like 6 good weeks in there?? I think around 35 weeks I really started to feel physically tired and slowing down.
This pregnancy I think the nausea went away by 16 weeks, although it comes back unexpectedly here and there. Unfortunately DS started daycare in January and I have been sick nonstop without medication for like 2 months now. Ugh. I'm 27 weeks and I've definitely felt my body slow down and feel more tired easily this past week, so I guess the 3rd tri slow down is happening faster this time around.
nectarine / 2591 posts
16 weeks both times but with #2 I then got a cold that's hung around for weeks so still feeling pretty crappy at 18w.
pomegranate / 3706 posts
Around 20 weeks it let up a little with my first pregnancy, but I was still sick. With my second, never did I have a second I wasn't extremely nauseated/ hurling, the entire time.
pomelo / 5326 posts
I felt better after 16w. Then a couple times during weeks 20-22 I had nausea but it it was short lived.
hostess / wonderful watermelon / 39513 posts
13 weeks for LO 1, my symptoms started in 2nd tri for LO 2 and I honestly don't remember with LO 3.
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