So this is exactly as described; worst weeks of my life!!
I found out i was pregnant at week 5 so from that point on till about week 11 I can honestly say I HATED EVERY MOMENT OF IT! and it sounds awful but i did! I won't sugar coat it for anyone!
The internet
I remember doing a lot of reading about being pregnant on the internet which was probably the most stupid thing i had ever done because you read some really upsetting stories; you learn about the more negative aspects of pregnancy such as ectopic pregnancies and miscarriages which stressed me out and during the first 12 weeks you don't really want that so my first word of advice would be DO NOT GOOGLE SYMPTOMS, the likelihood is your going to be fine, your just growing a human and your body is changing, if something is really wrong call your doctor.
Morning Sickness
I was lucky with my pregnancy because my Morning sickness was purely nausea which wasn't in the morning; it came at about 3pm in the afternoon and lasted until 6pm everyday which i think it probably just as bad as being sick because you just want to be after a while! The smell of food was a trigger, especially meat, i couldn't cook for weeks because i just couldn't handle the smell.
Following from this came the food aversions! I used to eat sweet potatoes like they were going out of fashion, i loved them but when i got pregnant i just couldn't stomach eating them as they made me feel physically sick! then pasta, luckily i now enjoy it again but i was so upset when i couldn't eat it because it was one of my favourite things!
Tiredness
Tiredness is something i am still struggling with even whilst i type now! Its horrific!
I found myself falling asleep as soon as i came home for about 2 hours then i would wake up and realise my entire evening had vanished before my eyes, not to mention with this came lack of motivation to go out and do any exercise! I used to train about three times a week if my shifts allowed me too and when i got pregnant i just couldn't get myself motivated to do anything - even a food shop was hassle and i didn't even want bath because all i wanted to do was sleep! And till this day Baby is still draining my energy levels!
Hormones
So, hormones is going to be a small paragraph because i didn't actually suffer too badly - you obviously have your ups and downs and when i am up i am so happy but when i am down - oh deary me I have cried and cried over the smallest things like not finding something to wear! But something i have learnt is never feel bad for feeling so down about anything, at the end of the day you are growing a person and your hormones are flying around everywhere - you can't feel bad for becoming pregzilla!
Body
And lastly - your body!! Its changing dramatically! this is a photo of me when i first found out i was pregnant and i was just under 10 stone - I've now safely put on 2 stone - but the process of your body becoming an oven means your going to notice your hips getting bigger and thicker and carrying a lot more water in your tummy which is something i couldn't accept as i obsess over how i look and i struggled with my body for years so getting myself to my goal weight and feeling fit to then find out I'm pregnant may sound selfish but it was really difficult to accept! Looking back at these photos i actually thought i was huge at 10 weeks and i really wasn't (stupid Kerry)
Now tho, i have the baby bump and i couldn't be happier knowing that even though i may struggle with baby weight I've created a healthy body for my baby to grow in and its actually quiet fun to dress up your bump!Oh, man that was a long one and probably didnt make much sense but i hope you enjoyed just a hint of how i found my first trimester and now I'm into my second one i will write about it when i enter my third!
Next I will write about seeing my baby for the first time!
Thanks for reading!
Kerry xoxo
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