1st trimester pregnancy round up

My goodness, what an epic three months! It felt like the first trimester would never end, I’m impatient at the best of times but each day felt like an eternity since finding out I was pregnant.

The end of the first trimester marked the end of a lot of worrying over the risk of miscarriage, which is seen as more likely during the first 12 weeks of pregnancy. With that milestone ticked off I think I can relax a bit more, write about my experience and share the good news with people, though many of my close friends and family already knew for some time now. With me firmly into week 14 of this pregnancy, here’s some thoughts on

Vomiting and nausea during the first 12 weeks

Nausea and vomiting hit at about week 4 and hasn’t even attempted to slow its arse down since. I can wake up in the middle of the night, just to jump out of bed and throw up. It’s also become my new morning alarm and the reason why just walking past a sink or bathroom fills me with nausea, which more often than not seems to follow through. I’ve tried boiled sweets, ginger, lemon, acupressure bracelets, chilli, eating small portions, eating big portions and a host of other things. There are some suggestions from other expectant mums that I’m going to give a go next so I’ll let you know if things improve!

Weight gain during my first trimester

I’ve not put on any weight, but that’s to be expected seeing as nothing seems to stay down. If anything, I’m really surprised I haven’t lost any. I think I was about half a stone down by this stage in my pregnancy with Princess, again, due to the constant throwing up.

Getting used to my pregnancy body

Boobs are getting massive and it’s about time to invest in some new bras. Princess and The King seem to think I’m getting a little bump, but I feel that they just look at the same tubby tummy I’ve always had and attribute it to the baby. Meh, who knows which one of us is right, but I don’t feel that my clothes are any tighter or that the bump looks like a baby one yet. . . . Though as I look down from my keyboard right now, oooh it may look rounder than I recall!

Pregnancy emotions

My goodness, my emotions are all over the place! I think I’m still getting used to the idea of welcoming in a new member to our family. Princess took it all really badly which made it hard for me in return; nobody likes seeing their kid upset, particularly when you can’t say or do anything to cheer them up. Things are getting better though, Princess seems less upset, my hormones don’t seem to be so up and down and we’re settling into some sort of rhythm. I read today on my pregnancy app that the baby can hear what I say now, so whereas The King has been talking to Bob for the last couple of months, I’ve started to now. Little chats in the loo, mostly reminding him that seeing as he’s supposed to be drawing his nutrients from the placenta now, that surely my nausea can get lost just like the pregnancy websites seem to suggest. I don’t think he agrees at the moment.

Crazy pregnancy dreams

They’ve started already! I’ve been having some really surreal dreams, the strangest being that our garden deck was on fire and I had to save the crocodiles that for whatever reason lived out on our decking from getting caught in the fire, in the meantime Princess and her twin (like huh, where did a twin come from?) was busy arguing about which pair of leggings belonged to whom, blocking my path from the water tap to the crying crocodiles. Weird huh?

I look forward to the next trimester. Hopefully the nesting will kick in as I’m still my usual messy self and haven’t even begun to think about cribs, clothes and all the usual exciting baby things! Let the fun times roll!