I now write this in retrospect. During the pregnancy my motivation and concentration were too poor to be able to continue writing my story but now postpartum I can reflect back on the somewhat blurry difficult 9 months of pregnancy.
With my boy I had a difficult first trimester of nausea and vomiting that I lost a stone in weight. This time around it was present again but instead the nausea was ever present and this felt a lot harder to handle than being physically sick which would have provided some temporary relief.
Similar to my pregnancy with my boy, I considered whether I could cope and handle work but luckily this time I was working part time in a role that wasn’t particularly stressful. Despite this, it felt like a struggle to get through the working day feeling constantly sick. It started to impact my mood as feeling physically rubbish 24/7 would do. I started to deteriorate mentally.
Psychologist and Patient 