The idea of having a baby is the only GREAT thing about pregnancy. My ideas of being pregnant were ones that involved shopping for cute maternity clothes and decorating a nursery, not feeling so exhausted that I couldn't get out of bed. No one warned me about the extreme fatigue, breast tenderness, or constant feeling of nausea. Ok, ok, so a few people warned me, but I thought that would never happen to me! My pregnancy was going to be symptom free and wonderful. . . .NOT! But despite all the awful pregnancy symptoms, I am so excited to become a mom and meet my baby! Only 6 more months to go!
Since we were trying to have a baby, I was very aware of my body and certain symptoms. Every month I would wait anxiously until I could take a pregnancy test. Actually we were really lucky that it only took a few months. I had taken a pregnancy test on the first day the little fine print on the package tells you there is a 64% accuracy rate. It was negative. And actually I didn't "feel" pregnant at all. I felt great! Better than normal around that time of the month. Matt and I were headed home for the weekend and since there was a possibility I could be pregnant, I didn't want to drink but didn't want to look suspicious in front of our families and friends. So without telling Matt, and literally right before we were walking out the door, I slipped into the bathroom, graciously peed on a stick and. . . . surprise! It was a very faint line, but a line none the less!
We were so overwhelmed with excitement I don't even know what we did next. There was some jumping, crying, and screaming before we rushed out the door to visit out families. We were so happy that we were able to tell them that day!
However, there was already one pregnancy symptom brewing . . . breast tenderness. I already had this every month anyway so I didn't think much of it. Well..... pregnancy breast tenderness gets a ton worse than regular monthly hormonal breast tenderness. I couldn't sleep on my stomach for weeks and forget about changing clothes..... TORTURE! But once I was in my 8th week it started to get better, but hasn't totally gone away.
For a few weeks I felt like I had a lot of energy and was bouncing with joy. Then around 6 weeks it hit me like a ton of bricks. Just getting out of bed was a chore and forget being productive at work. My brain was foggy and I struggled to stay awake (not being able to have caffeine makes this a ton worse than I could ever have imagined). It took all my energy at work, that I usually fell asleep on the couch when I got home. Then I was in bed by 8:00 every night. I must say that this gets better too, but I still get tired if I try to do too much. Just going to the grocery store wears me out some days.
Another pregnancy symptom that I haven't had too much of is mood swings. I think that I have been pretty good about this, but I am sure if you ask Matt, he will tell you something different. I have been know to cry at lame commercials and watching Ellen puts me over the top! Matt will walk in on me balling my eyes out because someone won a 50" television. Then I start laughing because I am crying at the most ridiculous things, and then I am laughing and crying. That is just too much. I will admit that I have been a little more argumentative and defensive at times. And I don't think these emotions are going anywhere soon.
I have been one of the lucky ones that has not had much morning sickness. I had a little bit here and there but never actually got sick. I know some people who probably spent the entire first trimester with their head in the toilet who hate me right now. I did get nauseous when I didn't eat enough but as soon as I ate I felt better. Now what I was going to eat was a different story. I have the strangest food aversions. I didn't want to eat vegetables, but only wanted pizza, macaroni and cheese, and anything starchy. This made meal planning difficult, especially since my aversions changed every day. But luckily, this seems to be getting better too.
I will be moving into the second trimester soon, and I am excited to get rid of some of the first trimester symptoms, but I am sure more symptoms will pop up.
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