dollyminxture
Mammy to 1 and expecting
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This post is a bit of a rant about the joys of first trimester, please enjoy and don't take to heart, I am so excited about my baby but this is what is going on at the minute.
So, here we are, 9 weeks in to the first trimester. Gone is the initial excitement, and here comes the minor ailments as the midwife tells me. This is my rant, and I am sure many of you will relate in more ways than one.
Nausea/sickness, its all day, and it doesn't stop for anything, it started at around 6 weeks in this pregnancy, and it has now culminated with me being unable to go swimming or walk the dog without a "sick break" Why does everything smell so bad? Garlic, cooking meat, onions, the grill in general, the waste bins, raw meat, tea, coffee, eggs, fish, EVERYTHING stinks and I don't want to eat anything at all! Fruit and vegetables, what are those? I am living on bread, some pickled onions, and not much else! I wonder if pickled onions will be a craving this time?
Tiredness, oh tiredness, my 4 year old son never slept properly until he was 2 and still wakes at 6am every morning without fail (he doesn't realise weekends mean lie in!) and I still can't remember ever being quite this exhausted. Naps after work are difficult when you already have children, thankfully though I have a supportive husband who lets me go to bed really early and makes sure our son gets to bed. 7pm is the new 10.30pm. Then it is the trying to sleep on left hand side struggle, I try and I try, but still wake up on my front, am I hurting my baby? Why can't I lie still? Why am I awake at 3am again? Why do I need the toilet again, the last time I drank was 6pm. What was that dream all about? Feeding lost husky dogs in a field with chocolate eggs for dogs, in snow! Goodness I hope they don't get any worse!
Ouch my boobs, they have always been big but now they are huge, and sore, and heavy, and it hurts! My pants are tighter already even though I'm losing weight, this is so confusing! And if my other half touches the boobies one more time there will be hell to pay.
and then there are mood swings, "I'm so happy, no I'm not, I'm angry and do not know why, and tired, so tired, and I just want to curl in a ball and go to sleep." I can't concentrate at work, and think we should have nap time in the afternoons. "Ah but I am so happy, but I am worried about everything, remember labour last time, that wasn't nice, and you still haven't lost your baby weight from 4 years ago, this one will be worse, you are going to be an elephant."
Basically the first trimester is probably the worst, but.. when it is over and you get to the nice second trimester, where you will actually glow and bloom, and eat, and be merry, you get to see your bundle of joy at your scan, and you know then, that all the fear and the "minor ailments" of the first trimester will all be worth it.
So, here we are, 9 weeks in to the first trimester. Gone is the initial excitement, and here comes the minor ailments as the midwife tells me. This is my rant, and I am sure many of you will relate in more ways than one.
Nausea/sickness, its all day, and it doesn't stop for anything, it started at around 6 weeks in this pregnancy, and it has now culminated with me being unable to go swimming or walk the dog without a "sick break" Why does everything smell so bad? Garlic, cooking meat, onions, the grill in general, the waste bins, raw meat, tea, coffee, eggs, fish, EVERYTHING stinks and I don't want to eat anything at all! Fruit and vegetables, what are those? I am living on bread, some pickled onions, and not much else! I wonder if pickled onions will be a craving this time?
Tiredness, oh tiredness, my 4 year old son never slept properly until he was 2 and still wakes at 6am every morning without fail (he doesn't realise weekends mean lie in!) and I still can't remember ever being quite this exhausted. Naps after work are difficult when you already have children, thankfully though I have a supportive husband who lets me go to bed really early and makes sure our son gets to bed. 7pm is the new 10.30pm. Then it is the trying to sleep on left hand side struggle, I try and I try, but still wake up on my front, am I hurting my baby? Why can't I lie still? Why am I awake at 3am again? Why do I need the toilet again, the last time I drank was 6pm. What was that dream all about? Feeding lost husky dogs in a field with chocolate eggs for dogs, in snow! Goodness I hope they don't get any worse!
Ouch my boobs, they have always been big but now they are huge, and sore, and heavy, and it hurts! My pants are tighter already even though I'm losing weight, this is so confusing! And if my other half touches the boobies one more time there will be hell to pay.
and then there are mood swings, "I'm so happy, no I'm not, I'm angry and do not know why, and tired, so tired, and I just want to curl in a ball and go to sleep." I can't concentrate at work, and think we should have nap time in the afternoons. "Ah but I am so happy, but I am worried about everything, remember labour last time, that wasn't nice, and you still haven't lost your baby weight from 4 years ago, this one will be worse, you are going to be an elephant."
Basically the first trimester is probably the worst, but.. when it is over and you get to the nice second trimester, where you will actually glow and bloom, and eat, and be merry, you get to see your bundle of joy at your scan, and you know then, that all the fear and the "minor ailments" of the first trimester will all be worth it.
sooo miserable 
