just being pregnant or something more??

[thanksforlistening]

I'm 25 weeks pregnant and very forgetfull and also having lots of mood swings.
At the moment i have some horrible flu like illness which has given me a temperature,really sore chest and terrible cough and left me feeling generally crap and noone wants to know!
I havent slept properly for about 4 days either so my mood is vile,i went to the gp on monday and after sitting for an hour to be seen was told to go home take paraceatamol and rest,however i'm getting worse i have an antenatal this afternoon and i know what i will get which is basically what do you expect us to do?
I feel so ill and just want someone to care and help me get better,i'm so frustrated and keep crying and i'm wondering if its just being ill or turning into something more.

[Daddyblog]

Thanksforlistening: stick with it.

Firstly, being forgetful is totally normal. My DW called it "baby brain". I've no idea if it's evolutionary, hormonal or whatever - but almost every pregnant woman I've ever known has experienced it... sometimes even losing their thread mid-sentence! So don't worry about that. I even wrote a post in my blog about Baby Brain (I think it's contagious!)

Blog about 'Baby Brain'

As for feeling knocked out by every bug, cough, cold that comes your way... I'm afraid that's kinda par for the course too. Pregnancy inhibits your immune system (so it doesn't attack baby) and once you're up the spout most decent medicines are off the schedule too. Almost every drug leaflet you'll read says "Do not take if pregnant of breastfeeding." That'll be why most people are 'helpfully' saying: "Sorry. Deal with it." - though they could (and should) be saying it more nicely than that.

If you can, just rest when possible (may not be if you have other kids/job etc.) but treat days in 24 hour blocks (i.e. not just day = do things; night = sleep). If you can grab a cat-nap on the sofa after lunch, go for it. Pregnant bodies are pretty cool things - they'll tell you what they need (hence weird food cravings). Just listen to your body and, when you can, give it what it needs.

If you need more than that, talk to your local Pharmacist. They love this kinda thing. Tell them you're feeling x, y and z... and that you're pregnant and ask what they've got you CAN take. It'll probably just be paracetamol and Lemsip etc. but it may help.

Good luck!