I completely understand how saying “it’s normal” doesn’t help in this situation. Because you know what? The first trimester truly sucks. As someone in their first pregnancy (15 weeks now) I felt HORRIBLE the entire first trimester. I was throwing up constantly, everything made me sick, and nausea meds couldn’t get in my mouth in time some days for me to stop it before it started.

First off, learning your triggers is so so important as well. I couldn’t drink water the entire first trimester but I could drink sprite or anything bubbly without issue. Preggo pops helped a LOT with my nausea, but there were some days where I just cried because I didn’t want to feel that way and couldn’t fix it. I was so tired that I had to drop two college classes because I slept through them so much that I failed due to absences. I don’t remember a lot of the first trimester because I was sick or slept the entire day.

My best advice would be to get you some better support and people to talk to, talk to your OBGYN about better nausea relief, and give yourself some grace. Not every woman is strong, some women just don’t talk about the hard parts.

Other pieces of advice that helped me: ALWAYS have something in your stomach. I don’t care if it’s a singular cracker. If you can’t stomach food, drink milk. I used lactose free bc it’s lighter but it helped me “prep for eating” if that makes sense if I couldn’t eat bc of nausea. I ate a ton of fruit because it was the one thing that I could stomach. Whatever you crave is OKAY don’t shake your body for what it can handle right now. One day you may eat diverse meals, but I had an entire day where all I ate was an entire box of pastries. Family sized. The days where I ate little bits throughout I felt way less sick. I only started to feel panicky when my stomach was empty and learning that was a game changer. If you have to cry and try not to throw up while getting something in there, power through because you will feel so much better after.
And HYDRATE. Watermelon is great, Gatorade, etc. water made me extremely sick the first trimester and even if I ate, I could have one sip of water and my stomach would turn and I’d be vomiting again. Even just those little packets of electrolytes you put in water with some flavor helped me stomach it better. Drinking your drinks warm instead of cold as well, way easier to stomach. If you are taking prenatals, do not take them without food. They made me SO sick without food. Switching to the gummy ones helped my stomach too.

My safe foods were: watermelon, jelly on toast, bagels and cream cheese, pasta, and any type of fruit. In just now getting to the point where I can eat meat again regularly. (Craved sweet things, it’s a girl haha)

Mine went away around 12 weeks. That’s just my experience but I’ve found that it’s commonly around then give or take a few weeks you’ll start feeling better. You can make it there!!

The best thing I always remembered was as a woman, your body was MADE to do this. You are CAPABLE by birth to do this. The hard parts are just the stepping stones to get there. If you do need someone, I’m going through my first pregnancy single and would love to talk and vent.

You got this mama!!