EPS or EDS?

I've been thinking that I haven't really had anything in the way of "early pregnancy symptoms".  However, the more I read about it, the more I realise that I'm probably just not really noticing them because they clash so much with my Ehlers-Danlos syndrome.

Morning sickness/nausea:
I'm generally a very nauseous person.  If I don't have breakfast as soon as I get up, I feel sick.  If I get tired, I feel sick.  If I get too hungry, I feel sick.  I spent a lot of my life feeling nauseous, so it's hard to tell what is pregnancy-related and what is just me.  I've had times in the last few weeks where I've had to force food down or I've sat over the toilet trying not to be sick BUT this is a regular occurrence for me.

Tiredness/fatigue:
I live my life in a perpetual state of fatigue, especially since I gave up caffeine in August for the IVF - I know they say you'll feel better for it in the long run, but I really don't.  I have days where I get home from work and just need a nap.  Getting up in a morning is ALWAYS a battle.  I regularly fall asleep if I lie down and watch a movie in an evening with my husband.  In hindsight, I have been a little more fatigued than normal lately, but this comes and goes in waves anyway, so if I didn't know I was pregnant I wouldn't have put it down to that.  Overwhelming fatigue is hard to explain and I think it's only when healthy women are pregnant or sleep deprived with babies that they start to understand the kind of fatigue us "Spoonies" deal with on a daily basis.  Hopefully, I'm quite well equipped to deal with this and keeping up my exercise regime, even when I don't feel like it, seems to be helping so far.

Sore boobs/nipples:
My boobs have definitely been achy - it's been nice to actually have something I can definitely call a pregnancy symptom.  However, people keep saying "wait until your nipples get sore".  I've had my nipples pierced for years and I am constantly catching them (they've never healed properly) so I'm pretty damn used to this.  Once I've had a reassuring scan, the piercings will be coming out so I have plenty of time to heal before baby is born.

Frequent urination:
I have an overactive bladder.  I pee around once an hour.  I get up once or twice (sometimes more) every night to pee - I had just managed to start getting this under control but then pregnancy ensued and it went out the window.  However, this is again something I'm quite used to so haven't really found that annoying so far.

Joint aches and pains:
I'm no stranger to these, being the main part of my condition.  I also had a bout of sciatica in the summer which has flared up on and off.  I'm getting quite good at rehabilitating myself from the sciatica quite quickly with stretches and such though.  It's flared up majorly in the last week but I can ease the pain quite well with half an hour of stretching.  My sister-in-law, who's 18 weeks, has just started experiencing sciatica so I've been able to give her a few tips to help her ease it - I'm not sure if she's tried any of them yet but hopefully they'll help.

I'm partially glad I don't have any major symptoms and partially annoyed - I really want to FEEL pregnant and experience everything along the way!  So maybe I do have symptoms and I've just not actually realised yet because they blend in so well with my health problems anyway.  People keep telling me I'm just having an "easy pregnancy" but I really think (without bragging) that I'm just so used to dealing with my body's horrible condition I'm not really finding them troublesome.

Obviously I'm not saying some women don't have horrible pregnancies - those who have things like hyperemesis gravidarum, rather than just mild morning sickness, and the like.  I'm not comparing my situation to those women.  I know this sounds really pretentious, but as average pregnancies go, I think women just maybe aren't used to dealing with the sort of symptoms that arise.  For once my condition has been beneficial, preparing me for this stuff.  Maybe I'm just so grateful to be pregnant after everything we've had to deal with that I appreciate every little feeling that reminds me I'm growing a human!  I know it's hard work but think of the miracle you're creating and try to enjoy it - it is a damn good excuse to have a good moan now and then though.