November 11, 2011
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Everyday is different. Symptoms are coming and going, energy goes up and down. I'm just thankful I don't have morning sickness let alone vomiting (knock on wood). A "friend" of mine is pregnant right now too, in her second trimester, and during her first trimester she did nothing but puke all day long. I can't help but feel smug about the fact that it's not happening to me and that my first trimester may very well be much more pleasant than hers. I often wonder if weight and diet affect morning sickness. I don't think anyone has bothered to make that connection and I'm certainly not qualified to based on one person, but she is overweight and she does eat a lot of junk just to keep her hunger under control. I know for a fact that she's hungry all the time not because she's pregnant but because she eats junk, that goes back to my gluten free argument. I read that when pregnant you're not really eating for two. In fact the body becomes more efficient in absorbing nutrients from the food you do eat, so I think if you eat healthy all throughout a pregnancy hunger shouldn't be an issue because the body is getting what it needs.
I just dealt with a bout of constipation, but I just recollected that I had been eating a lot of cheese, so I think with a combination of the cheese and the hormones it was an uncomfortable couple of days. If I eat so much fruit and veggies I don't understand how I could ever be constipated. It would slow down, yes, but not full out constipated. I'm feeling much better in that regard, but now my boobs are getting much more sore. But, I like it. I like pressing them and feeling the soreness. It's reminding me that I am indeed pregnant. I'm dying for an ultrasound to actually see the sac and I'm dying for some beta tests to see my hCG levels go up the way they should. My appointment with the midwife is December 6th, so in the meantime I feel like I'm left hanging. It kind of pisses me off and I don't know if it's an availability thing for them or they just want me to wait until I'm 8 weeks. I do have a slight hope that maybe they have their own in-office ultrasound machine so I'll get to see it that very day and not have to make a separate appointment for that.
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They usually want to wait until you're far enough along to where they can get a heartbeat. I had to wait weeks to get in for my appointment with my first but that's only because they're a busy office.
And I lost the baby weight super fast. Your "friend" will struggle losing all that weight.
I don't know if the throwing up has anything to do with diet or not. I think it just happens. I couldn't eat much of anything with my first. The only thing I could hold down was french fries, potato chips and any other type of potato. So I guess that kind of knocks out the whole "healthy diet no morning sickness"! LOL. With my second I had nausea but not much throwing up.
I hate when people think that just because you're pregnant it means you can overeat. It definitely isn't healthy and you gain so much more weight that way. With Preston (my 1st) I thought that was what I was supposed to do and I gained almost 40lbs. With Emma I knew better and only gained 20
Also, CONGRATULATIONS!! I haven't been on much so I didn't know you were pregnant! You should tag me in every post so I for sure see it hahahahahah. Or add me on facebook?
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