My wife is 11 weeks pregnant

@thekelz (277)
United Kingdom
February 23, 2011 2:15pm CST
My wife is 11 weeks pregnant, we are both delighted, it's our first child. We had a scan done the other day and saw our little baby kick it's legs and move it's hands, it was very emotional. Anyway my real problem is that my wife is constantly tired, feels sick and her body hurts with all the changes it's giong through. I wanted to know if anyone has suffered with similar problems and how you managed to cope with them. Any advice would be much appreciated as my wife is suffering
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@payout (3794)
• United States
23 Feb 11
Hey Thekelz, Congrats on the up coming baby.. :) I honestly think thats all normal. My sister had children and my mother and father had 10 of us total. Im sure its all normal especially the sleeping thing. Feeling sick and throwing up is normal too very common. A lot of woman get sick while there pregnant usually around the beginning then it will stop. haha. ( ALL NORMAL )
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@thekelz (277)
• United Kingdom
23 Feb 11
Your mum is some woman. Bet it was fun in your household when you were growing up. Crikey 10 kids to wash, cook and clean for. Wow.
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@payout (3794)
• United States
23 Feb 11
Yah shah.. It was a fun but it was a pain at the same time . You will always have someone to play with but someone to fight with as well. My mom was a stay at home mother. My father made the money he was a manager for a company. I love my parents haha.. They help me so much growing up and even though I am 19 and on my own I still go to them for advice and words of wisdom. I feel bless to have parents that allow me to be myself and express how I feel around them. They are like my best friends but my parents same with my brothers and sisters. :)
@maximax8 (31046)
• United Kingdom
24 Feb 11
Congratulations on the news your wife is 11 weeks pregnant. I know from my experience in pregnancy that in the early weeks I felt tired and sick. For me it got worse at 9 weeks pregnancy but the good news is after 16 weeks pregnancy in that middle stage I felt well and had more energy. The bump will be getting bigger in the rest of your wife's pregnancy. The birth is most likely to happen around 40 weeks. Your baby might come a few weeks early or a couple of weeks later. I think your wife is a short time away from the well feeling time in pregnancy. I think your wife should eat a healthy diet, do light exercise like walking and make sure she gets enough rest during the day. At night she should try to sleep as soundly as possible.
@youless (112496)
• Guangzhou, China
24 Feb 11
At first, congratulations! It is very normal that your wife is tired most of the time. She needs more rest when she is pregnant. Remember to have nutrition food and have more rest. This situation shall be changed later. I love China
@lhenpaule (495)
• Philippines
24 Feb 11
Congratulations! Tell your wife it's but normal to feel differently because of the physical changes she's into. Just have a constant visit to her obgyne, tell what ever physical pains she's suffering, ask for appropriate vitamins for her. Be strong and bear those sufferings so that she will endure the most painful process of giving birth when it is due. Avoid too much stress and enjoy motherhood.
@marcmm (1804)
• Malaysia
24 Feb 11
Congratulation to you both. I know how it feel when I first knew that my wife is pregnant and I like speechless. the feeling is so great and cannot be describe by word. At last all the waiting is gone. What your wife feeling is normal. It is because she is no longer feed herself only like before. She now feeding two people already and it does drain out all the nutrient inside her. How to help her? She need a lot of nutricious food. Avoid unhealthy food like junk food because it won't help her a lot. she need to drink milk for pregnant mom to help her replenish her nutrient and make the baby healthier. Seek your doctor advice about her nutrition because that is what most important now. And again, CONRATULATION.
@embabes (17)
24 Feb 11
congratulations firstly (: - i think the only thing you can do is support her when my sister was pregnant it was cups or tea; alot of relaxing hot baths & massages, it will be a tough time for the both of you because her emotions will be everywhere, the only real thing you can do is make it a stress free for her, maybe think about going to the doctors to see if there is anything they can suggest or bring it up at your next scan? (:
@mermaidivy (15395)
• United States
23 Feb 11
That's normal. Your wife now is just suffering from the sickness and nausea from the pregnancy. I was like this as well when I first got pregnant, I was extremely tired, I threw up often, just wanted to sleep all the time... The best that she can do now is sleep and rest as much as she wants. The nausea sickness should get better after the 3 to 4 months.
• United States
23 Feb 11
First of all, congratulations! That sounds very exciting and I'm very happy for you both. As for your wife's problem... honestly it sounds like normal pregnancy symptoms. I'd suggest reading up on pregnancy and what to expect and when to be worried. She's going to need lots of rest and lots of healthy food. Again, read up on it! Don't just read on the internet... go find yourself a couple of books. They're going to go into much more extensive detail and answer specific questions.
@sql_cell (1427)
• Indonesia
23 Feb 11
Congratulations, soon, you will become parents. Apparently, all women, felt the same. My wife also felt the same. Although my wife, do not say to me, but I know by looking at my wife's face. I do not know how, my wife cope with it. Because my wife never complained.