It’s a common misconception that early pregnancy is easy, because most people hide their pregnancies during that time so you never see how it affects people. The first trimester can actually be one of the most physically challenging for a lot of people. I don’t know your friend’s situation but I know a lot of people who were so fatigued and nauseous during first trimester they were genuinely disabled. The exhaustion is next level. It’s because the fetus doesn’t have a placenta yet to provide them with the chemicals needed to build their body, so your body produces them in bulk and sends it to the fetus, but you get caught by friendly fire. One of the most important hormones for early brain development is melatonin, so women in the first trimester are basically constantly being dosed with sleeping pills by their own brain. I’ve never known tired like first trimester tired, including third trimester and newborn tired. And then some people throw up so much they have to be hospitalized.

All that to say, we have no idea how pregnancy was affecting this woman, regardless of how far along she is. And there’s a reason those expectant mother spots don’t specify third trimester only.