Feel too crappy for sex in first trimester…

Alyssa

Topic basically says it in a nutshell.. Will be 12 weeks Wednesday. Feel too crappy and/or tired for sex most days.

I’m fatigued daily. Nausea is slowing down I think finally- it used to be so terrible I couldnt hold anything down hardly for weeks (but still have waves of nausea and sometimes puke randomly sometimes too- way better now that I’ve had some zofran). But the zofran makes me so constipated my stomach hurts some and I’m bloated pretty much daily. When I am able to go #2 it doesn’t feel great even though I’ve been taking stool softeners daily to help. Bad Headaches come and go, often without much warning. The back hurts all the time. And my husband is big down there anyways, so I really physically have a hard time tolerating sex these days when my body is already so achy and tired and sensitive.

I feel terrible for my husband…. He’s been a trooper and tries to be understanding. But I’m afraid he sometimes gets self conscious about it… it has nothing to do with him personally… I just feel like absolute crap most of the time. Even on my “good” days, I wouldn’t say I feel great.

Does this get better? Or will my poor husband suffer for the next 6 or so months?

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