The first trimester (part #1)

I’m happily 10 weeks pregnant today and eager to finish the first trimester. I’m writing this post for two reasons: 1) to chronicle my experiences so that I will not forget and 2) to let you in on what life has been like these past 6 weeks. I had a clear shift in the way that I was feeling at week #5 and again at week #7; however, other than being extremely hungry, tired and moody I’ve had a pleasant journey thus far.

We found out the good news at week #4, and as you can see I’m glowing and trying to stick out my gut in the photo below. I felt great throughout week #4 riding on the excitment and anticipation of being a momma-to-be!

Week #5 was the beginning of “pregnancy” for me. I began to feel nauseous in the morning (upon waking up) and in the evening. I spent a few days living on SeaBands and Saltine Crackers but willed myself not to get sick. I then started to correlate my upset stomach with being hungry. Pregnancy has created a ravenous hunger in me that I’ve never felt before and when I’m hungry, you must feed me!

Week #6 continued with nausea and fatigue; however, I shifted my eating from 3 square meals per day to eating 6-7 times per day in smaller portions at 2-hour intervals. This helped to stave off the ravenous hunger and prevent the onset of nausea.

In this picture I had only gained 1lb. although the size of my stomach would change drastically throughout the day depending upon digestion and the amount of water I had drank. In post #2 I’ll talk a bit more about weight gain and the eating marathon that was our weekend-jaunt to Mexico. Stay tuned and stay hungry!

Weird food cravings:

-          Ice Cream, which I gave up for lent because during week #4 I ate it every night and for the health of my butt size and baby I thought it best!

-          Pineapple

-          Arby’s Roastbeef Sandwich (no kidding!)

Food aversions:

-          Chicken (a texture thing)

-          Salmon (again a texture thing)

-          Bacon, the smell of it cooking in our house sent me into quite a sickness one evening during week #5

Things I miss the most:

-          Working out

-          An Italian Sub (yummo deli meat)

-          Caffeine free Diet Coke (trying my best to limit NutraSweet)