I’m very early in my first pregnancy at just over 5 weeks. I feel some symptoms: serious bloating, very sore boobs, and extreme fatigue. Mostly, I’m concerned that I’m NOT feeling any nausea. I’m an RN which I think contributes to my paranoia and concern over this pregnancy. I cannot get the “25% chance of m/c in the first trimester” out of my mind! My first appointment is the 19th, hoping that I will feel some peace of mind then.
Are you/Have you felt morning sickness at 5 weeks?
I’ll be 17 weeks tomorrow and fatigue an sore boobs were my only symptoms! I wouldn’t have known if we weren’t trying. I have a happy healthy baby growing in here so I wouldn’t be concerned. [name]Just[/name] be extremely relieved! I have experience more symptoms now in the second tri but at least my boobs don’t hurt anymore. [name]Happy[/name] and healthy 9 months to you!
I’m 24 weeks and haven’t had any morning sickness at all. My mother didn’t have any with me (but she did with my brother) and my aunt didn’t have any either. On the flip side, a friend of mine who’s also pregnant right now had morning sickness all throughout her first trimester. It differs from woman to woman and from pregnancy to pregnancy, so I wouldn’t worry about it.
I’m just over 10 weeks and I too would never have figured out I was pregnant if we hadn’t been trying. Not even sore boobs. I had 2 weeks of nausea and have thrown up maybe 5 times total. I’m tired, but that on it’s own isn’t really telling. I guess my acne has flared up a bit, but not too much that people would question it.
I wish I had no nausea! I too was a bit worried and thought that maybe I was lucky enough to escape morning sickness all together, but mine kicked in at around 8 weeks and didn’t subside until I was 22 weeks pregnant. I would throw up every morning and had constant nausea all day, every day. I am 37 weeks today and since 22 weeks I have had 3 flus, really bad heartburn and around 3 weeks ago the nausea came back - not as badly, but it is definitely there.
Nausea doesn’t generally kick in until 6 weeks. [name]Even[/name] though I’m sure you think it should be since that deadline is just a few days away, those few days make all the difference. I remember sitting in the doctor’s office at 5 weeks with my first, gloating over my lack of morning sickness, only to have the doctor murmur, “Well, you’re a few days too early for that.” Sure enough, 6 weeks on the dot it started in. My guess is, by the 19th you’ll have a hard time remembering what it feels like not to be a little queasy all the time. I’ve never so much as thrown up, but there is definitely a marked difference in how I’ve felt between weeks 5 and 6.
It was the same for all three of mine, and I personally found that the morning sickness was least with my boys, and the most with my girl. So much difference that I confidently predicted the genders of #2 and #3 by 8 weeks.
I’ve had Hyperemesis Gravidarum (extreme nausea) twice now. [name]Both[/name] times, I didn’t start getting sick until around seven or eight weeks. [name]Just[/name] because you aren’t sick now, it doesn’t mean you won’t start having morning sickness (or worse) nor does it mean that you will be sick at all. I suffered a miscarriage between my two HG pregnancies and it started out just like the others. I know how devastating a mc can be, but worrying won’t do any good. If it will happen, it will happen. I know that isn’t what you want to hear. I’m sure that as an RN, you are well aware of what a “normal” pregnancy should be. But I have never met a woman who had a “normal” pregnancy, nor have I met any two women with the same experience. Your pregnancy is unique to you. If I were you, I would continue to take pregnancy tests just to make sure. But keep in mind that your HCG levels will start to level off and then dissipate. Also, pay attention to sudden changes or lacks in symptoms. If you feel nervous, call your doctor.
I didn’t have any nausea at all with my first. Try not to worry, and just embrace it! You may never get any, or it could kick in soon, so enjoy it while you can.
With my second, I don’t think I had “morning sickness”, really. But I had the worst time brushing my teeth…throughout the whole pregnancy, if I wasn’t careful (and really fast), then I’d throw up. …And you know what you want to do after you throw up? You want to brush your teeth!!
You have more symptoms than I had for the majority of my first trimester. It’s almost like first and second switched. My Mom kept telling me to just enjoy it which honestly just freaked me out more, but was probably really good advice.
I’m 22 weeks into my second pregnancy and didn’t feel nausea until around week 7 or 8 with both. But some women don’t have any, you’d be very lucky to be in that category! Like one of the previous posters I had extreme nausea and weight loss due to some pregnancy induced thyroid issues, it sucks. It’s subsided now, and I’m very happy to only have sore breasts 
best of luck to you, try to enjoy whatever your body has to do for a healthy baby!
I have had 5 kids and i can say that i honestly had one that had morning sickness and that wasnt even bad and it started around week 15 and lasted till about week 20. It can come and go throughout your whole pregnancy. My sister on the other hand was sick from the time she got pregnant till the time my niece was born and my sister had a c-section and was still getting sick. It can vary from woman to woman. Congrats and hope you remain “morning sickness” free!
At 5 weeks I barely had any symptoms either, apart from incredibly tender breasts. I had very mild nausea at 6/7 weeks but never enough to vomit. I would be exhausted by early afternoon throughout the first trimester. [name]Early[/name] pregnancy is not much fun - the worry with every niggle, and no-one else knowing apart from my partner was the worst bit.
Other than being ravenous and having some serious cramping I didn’t have any signs that I was pregnant for a lot of my first trimester. No morning sickness at all. Once on a hot stuffy bus with an empty stomach I started to get a bit queasy but that was about it. [name]Don[/name]'t worry about it- just enjoy it while it lasts! I promise it will get less comfortable by the end! Good luck!
These women are right -most people don’t have many symptoms when they are very early like you are. I never had morning sickness so my only symptoms early on were 1) missed period, 2) sore breasts, and 3) occasional stomach pains (not severe) from my uterus stretching and growing.
After probably 8 weeks I noticed that my food preferences changed, but I didn’t have any major aversions or nausea. I did, however, become very tired. I napped everyday and went to bed early. After 14 weeks my sense of smell became super sensitive, but that’s cleared up now.
I’m 17 weeks now, and sometimes it can be frightening to feel (mostly) symptom free (AM I STILL PREGNANT!?) but, I also know that I’m very lucky to be feeling so well.
Pregnancy websites, books, and TV shows and movies, focus on the most common experiences/symptoms of pregnancy and I think they over emphasize some aspects and under emphasize others. Everyone talks about morning sickness, no one talks about uteran cramps or being constipated. It isn’t interesting or funny to see a pregnant woman in a movie nap all the time, so pregnant women in movies aren’t tired. It turns out, my expectations of pregnancy beforehand and my experience of pregnancy now have been very different. I expected to be sick, but I didn’t expect all the rest. [name]Don[/name]'t focus too much on just one symptom.
I had an early (5 1/2 weeks) MC before I conceived [name]Ramona[/name], with that pregnancy I had no symptoms except a missed period and a positive HPT. With [name]Ramona[/name] I felt all the things you are feeling- sore boobs, bloating etc. My nausea started right on time at 6 1/2 weeks (and not a day before, it was like something flipped a switch).
We are TTC again and I am remembering all those scared feelings again. First trimester was by far the hardest for me because of all those emotions.
This may sound crazy but it was the best thing I could do to ease my anxiety after my MC, we rented a fetal doppler from babybeats.com it was 25 bucks a month and we kept it from about 8 weeks till 12. I rented it after my midwife couldn’t find the heartrate at my 8 week appointment (said it was too early). The first time I heard my baby’s heart was in my bedroom. My husband found it and could only find it for a second at a time but it was such a relief. We both just laid there and cried tears of relief. After the first time I pulled it out whenever I got so scared that something was wrong that I couldn’t function (like when I fell down some stairs). I would find my little bean and listen to her heart for just a second and I was fine. After 12 weeks I didn’t need it anymore and we sent it back. [name]Worth[/name] every penny of those $25 bucks. [name]Just[/name] my 2 cents.
lane0253, we’re probably only days apart in our pregnancies (this is my first too!) - I’m now at 6weeks, 2 days. I’ve had the same sorts of symptoms you’ve had - massively bloated, sore boobs, exhaustion, plus some uterine cramping and the fact that I go from “not hungry” to “omg RAVENOUS” at the flip of a switch. I haven’t had any nausea yet either, and I alternate between worrying about it and hoping I’m one of the lucky ones who never really has to deal with it. So it could just be that we’re both lucky; it could be that we’re still too early to have much of a nausea problem yet; it could be that it’s been 5 days since your OP and you’ve gotten smacked with all kinds of nausea by now. I hope it’s progressing well, and congrats!