does this seem like something might be wrong to you?
Hi, my brother’s wife is pregnant with her first, and I’m no pregnancy expert or anything but it really seems like something might be wrong to me. I don’t see them too often because they live a fair bit away…but I saw them on October 15th on my sister’s birthday and she had just found out she was pregnant and she was having no morning sickness or pains in her breasts or anything. But she was dead tired and she WAS feeling cramping and she said the cramps were keeping her up at night and were getting unbearable. She went to her ob/gyn and they said it was just an ovarian cyst. Saw her again on November 18th for my dad’s birthday, and she same thing still no sickness or any pregnancy symptoms, but she still had the dead tired feeling. Saw her again today on christmas and she looked awful! Again dead tired, pale, and like she hadn’t really been taking care of herself too well….she fell asleep in the middle of opening presents and just looks so dang run down. Also she’s 4 months along (not sure of the week…but she said she’s going to find out the baby’s sex on January 4th if that gives you an idea), but she’s not showing at all nor has she gained any weight. Infact she said that she’s lost around 15 pounds since she found out she’s pregnant and none of her pants fit her because they are too big. This really concerns me….like I said I’m not expert or anything on pregnancy but this doesn’t sound like anyone I’ve ever heard of. Is this abnormal and concerning?? or is it just a less common normal. Thanks!
Every pregnancy is different. With mine I never had morning sickness or any other signs (besides the HUGE belly I sported) and at 4 months I wasn’t really showing that much either. I also know that I was extremely tired throughout most of my pregnancy (maybe my payment for no morning sickness.. haha). As far as the ovarian cyst goes, I developed one in my pregnancy and was told that it is completely normal for pregnant women to have these. If her doctor was worried he/she would def. tell her and if you are getting worried maybe you could ask her if she has seen the doctor recently and what they had to say about these symptoms.
Like you said, you are no pregnancy expert, this is why you are not her doctor.. If the doctors were concerned about her, she would know about it..
Every pregnancy is different.. My friend lost weight in her pregnancy, and had no morning sickness, i have had no morning sickness, but put on weight, im 22 weeks, and im very tired, and i have been throughout..
So i think you should stop trying to be doctor and thinking about it to much.. Just let her doctor be her doctor, and if they are concerned then they would know..
Well fatigue can be a common pregnancy symptom. It sounds like she’s having a rough pregnancy. If she’s not worried there’s not a whole lot you can do for her, but in a case like that I would get a second opinion if it were my body and my baby. "Unbearable pain" sounds like cause for concern to me, and even if doctors say its not cause for concern there should be some treatment for it. She’s got to be her own advocate and if she feels like somethings wrong then she should keep seeking alternate physicians until she gets some answers, but if she is confident in her OBG than that’s her prerogative as well. Good luck. I hope she’s alright.