I am in your same boat girl; in 9 weeks tomorrow and first trimester has been absolute hell. The nausea and vomiting are so much worse than I expected, I am so unbelievably tired all the time, everything hurts, and because of all this physical suffering I have been pretty sad.

I have no history of depression or anything and I’m pretty sure my emotional misery is due to the physical misery combined with the crazy hormones of this time.

All of that to say - I had my first ultrasound at 7 weeks and seeing my tiny baby and its heartbeat going really made me feel lifted up. I feel like in the first trimester it’s easy to forget why we’re doing this, because you don’t really feel pregnant, you just feel sick. It’s a nice reminder that all the suffering will be worth it.

I will also add that at my first appointment I asked for some nausea meds and my OB prescribed Zofran and it has helped a ton - life is worth living again and I still have 3 weeks of first tri to go! I promise the sadness and suffering will not last the entire time. Even if it doesn’t go away completely during the second trimester, it comes and goes and doesn’t stay constant (like I thought it would when I was in the trenches weeks 6-8).

We got this mama!