The Woes and "Wow"s of the First Trimester

I'm officially the worst at keeping up with this blog! Let's blame it on pregnancy brain.....

I am now 20 weeks pregnant and finally showing a little bit, but before I get into all of that I want to talk about my experience with the first trimester. Let me say...I know I had it easy. Clearly every woman is different because I know so many people who had a HORRIBLE time not only during the first trimester, but some during their entire pregnancy.

The woes:

Most things you read say that nausea and sickness start around the 6th week of pregnancy. Literally the day I became 6 weeks pregnant I got very sick. Turns out I had a mild virus, but I was convinced it was the beginning of what would be an awful few weeks. After that, to be honest I only had two pregnancy "symptoms" (is that what you would call it?....idk).

I was the most tired I had ever been in my life, and for those who know me know I'm tired often haha. I was basically falling asleep at work during my free periods, and would fall asleep on the couch when I got home from school almost every day. I know what parents would say to that...."You don't know what real tired is yet...." Even so, I was exhausted!

The only other complaint (maybe that's a better word), was that I would get nauseous daily, but only when it was time to eat again. I learned quickly that as long as I kept snacking every hour or two I was fine. I kept crackers on my night stand in case I woke up in the middle of the night, and would have a few right when I got up in the morning. All that combined did the trick most of the time.

I also had to continue my progesterone shots up until 12 weeks. In total that was over 4 months of shots. I was so over it. I actually stopped doing them around 10 weeks because I just couldn't do it anymore.

The "wow"s:

Now to some of the good things about the first trimester: Telling people I'm pregnant, hearing the heart beat for the first time, seeing what actually looks like a human for the first time, and for me....finding out the gender. I would imagine even for those who have a rough time the first few weeks, these are enough to make anyone grin and bear it.

In any case the first trimester came and went in a flash, and now moving on to much "bigger" and better things!

Peace. Love. Nausea.