Moms on their second or third?

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Hi mamas! I need some reassurance and love right now. I’m pregnant with my third, and we WERE trying! It took us almost a year and here we are, finally!! I have two boys, one will be 9 soon and one will be 4 when the baby arrives. I was SO excited to find out I was pregnant, but over the last few weeks (I’m 9 weeks and 2 days now) I have been so overwhelmed, exhausted and nervous. I feel like I barely have the energy to get up and play with my kids...plus my job just opened back up due to covid, so now I’m back to working 5 long days a week. I have horrible nausea (worse than my other two) and I just feel over all blah! Please tell me this will go away and my excitement will come back?!😩

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Hey, mama. I'm also on my third and I'm feeling miles more nauseous and exhausted than I ever did with my last two combined. It's been rough. 
You need to know that what you're feeling is normal. There is SO MUCH going on right now both inside your body and in our outside world. It's important to remember to allow yourself some grace. It's okay to feel like you're barely holding it together. Gove yourself permission to be tired. What you're doing is incredible and what's going on out there is overwhelming. 
You're doing amazing Mama ❤ you deserve to be kind to yourself right now.

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I’m right there with you, mama! I’m pregnant with my third and my nausea has been horrible this pregnancy. I’m a SAHM to a 4 and 2 year old and I’m really struggling right now! You are definitely not alone 💜

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I keep reminding myself “it gets better in the second trimester, it gets better in the second trimester.” That is my goal right now... it will come!

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First, congrats! And you and I sound the same lol. I’m 9w5d and this is my third pregnancy and by far the worst lol. The nausea is finally subsiding. I’m looking forward to the second trimester. Hang in there ❤️

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Pregnant with number 2 we were trying! But now I'm worried and over thinking about if we can really do this or not! My daughter is 10 months old we wanted them close in age like we were with our siblings I was super excited at first but 1st ultrasound is tomorrow and I'm worried something will be wrong so I'm hoping after tomorrow I'll feel better

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I feel you mama. This is exactly me right now. Never had any nausea or any symptoms really with my 2 boys but this time round I am feeling it all. I’m back to work tomorrow doing 40 hours, 5 days a week and I’m constantly just drained I don’t know how I’m going to get through it but I know I will cause we have fought long and hard to extend our family. I have 2 boys also. A bit younger than yours. Mine are 5 & almost 3. With them being off school at the minute too it seems like I can’t get anything done either. I just want to sleep/lie down all the same time. God knows how I’m gonna cope doing 8-10hour shifts constantly on my feet. We will do this though. Just gotta power through. I’m hoping when I hit 2nd trimester I gain a bit more energy so just focusing on that for now.

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This is our second baby after 5 losses. We were also trying and wanted our kids 2 years apart and were over the moon to find out we had gotten pregnant!
I’m also super sick and lacking motivation to do anything and I’m not enjoying this pregnancy as much as my pregnancy with my son. Part of it is guilt because of what my son is “losing” and part of it is how I’m feeling physically overall. I’m combating these feelings of guilt all day. I feel guilty for taking away time from my son and I feel guilty for not being as enthusiastic about this pregnancy as I was with Leo’s. 
My sweet husband paid for me to have a private ultrasound on Friday and seeing that heartbeat 100% changed my attitude a bit. He also told me to go online and order a baby outfit and after doing those things I’m starting to feel more excited again. 
This is such a weird and hard time in general to be pregnant so don’t feel too bad. It seems a lot of us are in the same boat.

Moms on their second or third?

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