Well, the first trimester has been done for several weeks now, but I wanted to go through the interesting changes my body went through during this time - those crazy first trimester pregnancy symptoms. Beware, this might be a little too much information for some of you out there!

-"Morning Sickness" - I never really was sick in the morning, usually it was being extremely nauseous in the late afternoon to the night. At around 3:30 everyday, I'd feel like throwing up (but never allowed myself to) until around 7 or 8 at night. The only feeling that I can compare it to is when you're really drunk, and you know that after one more drink you're heading to the bathroom to hug the toilet. It's like that. Except for about 4-5 hours a day. I'd love to complain more, but hey, it's not like I was puking all the time....I only felt like puking.

- Moodiness - Dave will tell you that I've been really grumpy, but I beg to differ. Just because I tell him I hate him and he stinks about once a day doesn't mean that I'm grouchy. I'm just sensitive!!! But my moods have been up and down, but not too extreme...and you all already know about the crying part...

- Weight Loss - Yes, I actually LOST weight during the first two months of my pregnancy. I guess my body was working a lot harder than it was used to, so it was burning all my excess weight. I lost about 6lbs the first two months. Unfortunately, it's all come back, and then some!

- Tiredness - I have never been so tired in my life! I'd wake up in the morning, and I'd still feel so tired. I'm normally not a morning person anyway, but this was really bad. During the day, I just be so slothlike and the only thing I could think of was taking a nap. I was a total night owl before I got pregnant - going to sleep at around 1 or 2 in the morning, waking up at around 6. Now, I'd be lucky if I could keep my eyes open past 11 or 12, I normally fall asleep at 10, sometimes as early as 8. My internet time has greatly been reduced! However, I also end up waking up in the middle of the night to actually go to bed - I normally fall asleep on the couch. For some reason, I fall asleep on the couch easily, but when I go to bed in my actual bedroom, it takes me a while to sleep no matter how tired I am. I think I fall asleep easier with the sound of the TV on, rather than in the silence of the bedroom. Maybe I should ask Dave to sing me a lullabye or something so I can sleep easier. :-P

- I LOVE FOOD - People have asked me if I've had any weird food cravings. No, nothing weird like pickles and ice cream, or cereal and mustard (gross! *smirk*) However, I've had a craving for food in general, especially Mexican. I lie awake thinking of Chipotle's carnitas burrito, and have made Dave make a run to the border for me at Taco Bell to pick up a mexican pizza. Food is great! Food is fun! It's delicious!

- Feeling full - Although I loved eating, for some reason I would feel sickly full after eating (especially at night). I don't know if this had anything to do with the early evening sickness, but I'd feel so full that it felt like my stomach was puching my lungs up - it was hard to breathe. I knew it wasn't the baby, it wasn't really big enough to take up any room. It was weird.

- Pain in my ass - I have no other way to describe it other than there was a pain in my ass, so bad at times that it made it hard to walk. I later found out when talking to friends that this was the sciatic nerve that was being affected, and it happens to some pregnant women. I never really heard of this before, usually women who had leg cramps, but those can also be due to the sciatic nerve. I need to talk to the doc about this one, even though the butt pains have gone away. That wasn't something that was really pleasant.

- Boob pain - Yes, I know, too much information, but I think talking about the whole subject of pregnancy is an invitation to provide too much information. There's no way to talk about it without talking about some sensitive issues. Sensitive like my boobs. However, the boob pain/sensitivity is just a sign that they're getting ready to grow and produce milk. And who am I to stop my boobs from growing? That's the biggest perk of this pregnancy! Oh, next to that bringing a new life into the world thing. Dude, once my boobs get huge, I'm going to get some glamour shots done, just of my boobs, just to remember what they look like.

- Pee breaks - I know that women in the later trimesters have to go to the bathroom often because the baby is sitting on their bladder, but I didn't know that during the first months of the pregnancy I'd be going to the bathroom so much. There were times I was going every 15-20 minutes. It was crazy! Luckily I was working from home.

Hmm, that's all the things I can think of right now...

Posted by Yano at November 14, 2005 07:46 AM

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