Pregnancy: The First Trimester
As you may have seen in my earlier post, we are having a baby! Eeep! I’ve been writing about how I’ve been feeling since I found out so thought I’d share my ‘diary entries’ here – be prepared for a very long post! When I was found out I was pregnant I loved watching videos and reading blogposts about the early weeks.
4 weeks pregnant
The first I noticed arrived when I was only 1 week pregnant (obvs didn’t know it then) and it was sore boobs. Really sore boobs. I also found that I was needing the bathroom more often (although this wasn’t a big sign as I am always going for a wee!) and last week I suddenly came over very nauseous at work and ended up being off the next day because I felt so sick and tired. Since then I’ve felt ever so slightly nauseous and am not sure what food I fancy. My appetite has definitely got smaller but if I don’t eat for a while I start feeling sick so I plan to stock up on lots of healthy snacks. Weirdly, I am slightly off chocolate which is very unlike me but also a relief as I want to try and eat as healthy as possible whilst I feel ok and am not craving all the bad food.
It’s a weird feeling in early pregnancy. It’s such an exciting time and I love looking at my app to see what’s happening with it’s development, but it’s also quite nerve-wracking. Every time I go to the toilet I worry about finding blood and keep worrying about things going wrong. However, I think if something bad happened I’d feel just as upset so I may as well be excited and enjoy it as much as possible. It’s also been quite hard trying to hide being pregnant – especially as finding out coincided with Christmas parties. I’ve had to disguise lemonade as vodka and lemonade but suspect all of my workmates guess that I am expecting- not much gets past my team! I’ve also come down with a mega cold and am having to get through without day nurse which isn’t fun.
At the moment I just can’t wait to have a 12 week scan, make sure everything is ok and start telling people! Every time I think about it I get a buzz of excitement because it’s just so lovely to know you are growing a little person.
6 weeks pregnant
At the moment it’s 5pm and I’m snuggled on the sofa, still in my PJs. It’s New Year’s Eve and it’s the first quiet one we’ve had in a few years – mostly because our friends have plans and also because I don’t feel up for being the only sober one and just want to hibernate.
I am now 6 weeks pregnant and it’s been an amazing Christmas because we told our close family our news. Telling my parents was the most lovely time and I will remember it always. It was Christmas Eve and we went to Wagamama with my parents – we gave them a Christmas card (we’d already sent them one but said we’d found a more special one!) and it was signed off from Chris, Daisy and the baby. Watching them read it and seeing the penny drop was so funny – they were so happily surprised and there were tears, mostly from me! Telling people has been just amazing and I can’t wait to get to 12 weeks and be able to tell everyone.
In terms of how I’ve been feeling, I’ve not been feeling very nauseous but definitely don’t feel right. I have been super tired over Christmas, but can’t tell if that’s the pregnancy or if it’s just relaxing after a busy few months – probably a mix of both. The past few days I’ve felt quite exhausted and am dreading going back to work on Tuesday. Will definitely be keeping my evenings free so I can come home and crash!
I’m constantly hungry, but craving healthy foods – especially fruit and veg. Weirdly I’m off chocolate and have hardly had any over Christmas which is so unlike me. I am missing alcohol though which is surprising as I’m not a big drinker.
My boobs are still really sore and I’m finding it uncomfortable sleeping at night. I feel this will continue throughout the next 9 months!
9 weeks pregnant
I’m now 9 weeks pregnant so thought I’d do an update on the last few weeks. The overwhelming feeling has been tiredness – I’ve been finding work OK (thankfully) as I’m so busy that I don’t have time to focus on feeling tired, and it helps that I have a desk job. I’ve been coming home and getting into bed at 8 or 9pm. Despite this, I still wake up at 7.30 feeling knackered! I’ve also been going to the toilet multiple times during the night and am still suffering with sore boobs. I did buy a maternity sleep bra from Jojo Maman Bebe which is really comfortable and has helped a lot! I’m still hungry all of the time and my love for chocolate is back in full force!
We did have a scare last weekend. I went to the toilet and there was some blood. My heart stopped when I saw it and my immediate thought was that I was losing the baby. I didn’t carry on bleeding though so felt a little bit more reassured but went to my GP the next day who referred me for an early scan and the Early Pregnancy Unit. We had to wait for hours to be seen (as it’s a drop in type clinic) but finally met the sonographer who did an internal scan. The internal scan was a lot better than I thought- I thought it would hurt but it was just uncomfortable.
Seeing the baby was the most amazing feeling. You do wonder if there will be anything in there, but you could clearly see our tiny little bub. It stayed in the same position for ages (sleeping obviously, it’s my child!) until the sonographer made it move. All was looking good and it was so reassuring to see the heart beating. It made us both so happy.
13 weeks pregnant
So, this is where we are now! I’m very ready for the first trimester to be over and to hopefully get my energy back soon. I’m still so tired and having to go to bed early most nights, and my weekends are mostly spent on the sofa (and also in bed!). Luckily I can’t complain at all about sickness as have gotten away with only a small bit of nausea in the very early weeks.
I’ve been needing to go to the toilet 3 or 4 times a night and having broken sleep is something I’m not used to (feel like it’s preparing me for 6 months time!). I have also had some funny aches and twinges in my lower stomach, which can really hurt when I sneeze – think it’s called round ligament pain.
In terms of food and cravings, I had a random craving for pickles a couple of weekends ago. I just had to eat some (and I don’t usually like them!). We went to our local market and bought a tub of them, and they were like drops of pickle heaven. The next day I had one and didn’t like it all! So strange. I am also loving sweets at the moment – fruit pastilles and haribo strawbs make my mouth water. To be honest, I just have a whole new appreciation for food- I think because I am constantly hungry I’m enjoying every bite of food so much!
I have bought a couple of pairs of maternity jeans from H&M and have started wearing them – they are the most comfortable jeans in the world. I don’t think I’ll ever go back to normal ones!
Sorry for the long post but I wanted to remember how I’ve been feeling over this pregnancy, and will carry on doing diary posts for the next 6 months.
Daisy x
