Does anyone else feel disconnected now that you are pregnant?

Question

I am just over eleven weeks pregnant and have hit a point where I am sick 24/7 and for some reason don't even want to be around my s/o. He and I have been dating for over a year and have never as much as argued until recently. We have been close from the get go and have always been very connected, but now that I am experiencing all of these hormones, he just bothers me. I don't want affection and thus seriously am offput by even the idea of having sex, which are both very uncommon for me. 
I'm trying to stay rational and not let these feelings become permanent, but I'm starting to stress about all this and do not want it to be the demise of my relationship.
Has anyone else experienced this and made it through fine?

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ABSOLUTELY!!!!! Been there girl! My first pregnancy I was SO LIKE THIS!!! No matter how much u try and tell your self you're being irrational, it just doesn't work. All the emotions you are feeling right now, even though you know they are irrational sometimes, feel so so real! We were pretty young with my first, so we did argue an awful lot especially due to my hormones. I don't think I really knew a good way to handle that because everything felt so real when I was feeling it.  Now that I am in my late 30s and trying to conceive again, we actually just had this conversation the other day! I told him that if I did get pregnant again now, if I start acting crazy being all irrational, crazy, crying, etc., please don't feed into it no matter what I say! I told him the best thing to do is to hug me and to be understanding. (Or depending on my "mood", don't take it personal. Just say ok and be supportive). You should have a talk with your SO and explain to him how you're feeling, everything that you wrote, so he can be on the same page. A lot of SO's do not know that we're  on this app and putting our feelings down .  he might like the fact that you're trying to work through it!  Men seem to need constant reassurance anyway....funny I know, but they all seem to be very sensitive....especially with body image, sex etc.  Just talk to him when your feeling calm and rational and lay it all out for him!!!!  But it's totally normal what your feeling!

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Yes :( I just feel so yucky and gross about myself that I am pulling away from closeness and intimacy. I feel like my skin is on fire so I don't  want to be close to him. I'm sick constantly so I don't want to be kissing. His snoring is killing me so he's on the cough. He's been super accepting, but I hope it passes soon. I'll be 16 weeks on Thursday.

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Oh...and yes, to answer your last question.....we made it through just fine! The only reason we did is because of our communication😊

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