This first trimester and part of the second trimester has
flown by so fast! I have been exceptionally
busy at work. I have wanted to post an
update on how things for a while now. I
am 19 weeks tomorrow. 19 weeks! That is
almost half way. Again, did I mention
about time going by fast!
The first trimester was rough. I was sick a lot. I would get sick mostly in the evenings
between 6:00PM and 8:00PM. Not that I
want to get sick but I am glad it was mostly in the evenings so I wasn’t
throwing up at work. I was only sick a
few times with Ava and this little bundle of joy made up for it. Ava now pretends to throw up now. It is priceless. I am still getting sick once every couple of
weeks. Direct sunlight affects me so I
have stayed in the shade as much as possible when we are outside.
So far I have only gained 4lbs from my starting weight at
164lbs. However, due to the morning
sickness I lost 4lbs making overall weight gain about 8lbs. I am not doing anything special. I haven’t been hungry with this pregnancy
like I was with Ava. I had gained 40lbs
with Ava. My goal with my pregnancy with
Ava was not to weigh more than Ben. I
wasn’t completely successful but I managed to stay with 5lbs of Ben. For this pregnancy, my goal is to not weight
more than 200lbs. I feel like I am on
track but I do need to start moving my body more.
I have been giving a lot of thought on whether I wanted to
try Hypnobabies. I have read blogs that
used it and loved it. I thought I wanted
to next time around and now I am not so sure.
My birthing plan with Ava was ‘go with the flow’ and to make it to 4-5cm
without drugs (I succeeded). I didn’t
want to be stressed about things not going according to plan so I opted out of
a well-defined plan. I want to continue
that with this birth. I figure that the
Hypnobabies program couldn’t hurt the ‘go with the flow’ plan. If anything, I see it making it easier. I have not purchased Hypnobabies self-study
program and for some reason I keep second guessing myself on making the purchase.
Oof, I hear ya on the nausea and throwing up - no fun at all. Stella used to laugh at me when I was gagging b/c she thought it was a funny noise. :\ I also lost a few pounds in the beginning and was only up a few by where you're at. Your body will make up for it the 2nd half. :)
ReplyDeleteYou obviously know my thoughts on HB, but I totally 100% recommend it. If you want to have pain meds at a certain point, that is TOTALLY your prerogative. That being said, the only time I wanted meds with either delivery was during transition (a common time I guess - when you get to this "i can't do this" phase b/c your body is SO close suddenly). The HB also really helped me with my calmness and confidence going into everything. I vote you buy it and try it - you can always resell it on eBay afterwards for nearly full value!
Just wanted to say "Hi!!!!" and "OMG YOU'RE HALFWAY!!!" and "YAAAAAYYYYY!!!!" xoxoxo
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