First Tri Recap

No, not that kind of tri. Although, if you want to read the recap of my first triathlon, just check  it out here! For those of you not totally bored to death by baby stuff, read on!  (Warning:  ultrasoud photos ahead!).

When we first found out we were expecting Baby Bendall, he or she was the size of a poppy seed.  A tiny, little poppy seed.  And ever since then, we have been referring to the babe as the poppy seed.  This week the baby is the size of a lime!  So big!  We had our first trimester ultrasound last week and could see the baby’s arms, legs, brain, spine, nose and heart.  It is becoming a real baby!  I’ve actually had two ultrasounds recently and in the first one, the little poppy seed was moving around so much we couldn’t get a clear photo.  Arms were in the air waving “Hi Mom!”.  I think it was doing baby Zumba.  🙂

Weight gained:  I don’t know!  I’ve asked my doctor not to tell me unless there is a problem.  I know it’s probably weird but I’m having a hard time accepting the weight thing.  I’ve been the same size my whole adult life so this is a huge change for me.  Judge away.

Workouts:  Going good!  The beginning was a bit tough because I was so tired all the time but now I’m managing to keep up with the frequency of the workouts just not the intensity.  I have to take things a little bit easy and watch my heart rate.  Before pregnancy my heart rate would be between 170-180s bpm.  Now I’m usually between 150-160 bpms.  When I hit the 170s I get pretty tired.  I’ve been keeping up with my Zumba, yoga, barre classes and BodyPump.

Symptoms:  I had some bad morning sickness the first trimester but I think I’m beginning to pull out of it.  I have a lot more good days than bad days and I can even get through a whole day now without feeling sick.  I’m still pretty tired and fatigued most of the time, which is partly due to the fact that I am sleeping terribly!!  I fall asleep right away and then wake up after a few hours.  I often can’t fall back asleep and will just lie there.  Or I have really vivid dreams and then wake up totally bugged out!  Itchy skin!  My skin is SO ITCHY!  Sorry, I had to yell because it is so uncomfortable!

Food Aversions:  Changes daily.  Some days certain things sound really good to me and others…not so much.  I’m getting back into veggies, which I hated most of my first trimester.  I’m kind off meat though except chicken.  Also, no seafood.  Somebody made fish one day for lunch at the office and I had half a mind to hunt them down.

Food Cravings:  I go through phases with this as well but generally:

• Sweet potatoes/ sweet potato fries.
• Guacamole.
• Anything salty like chips or pretzels.
• Carbs- loving pizza and pasta!
• Anything sweet, especially my very special Starbust lollies that came to me all the way from Australia.  You can’t buy them here and they are the best.  Now I have to figure out how to make them last . . .
• Lemonade

Maternity Clothes:  I’m still wearing my regular clothes although I did break out my maternity skinny jeans the other day after spending an entire day sitting in my regular skinny jeans and feeling like my circulation was being cut off.  Short sitting bursts or standing is ok but long term forget it.  I’ve bought a bunch of cute things though that I’ll be sharing with you soon.

Stretch Marks:  None that I’m aware of.  I’ve been using stretch mark cream and oil for weeks now.  My husband thinks I’m crazy.

Sleep:  See above.  So awful.  If I wake up only once and manage to fall asleep in under 20 minutes that is a good night.  A bad night is waking up and not falling back asleep at all or falling asleep about 45 minutes before my alarm goes off.  If you tell me to sleep now because when the baby comes I won’t sleep, I will slap you.  I have bags the size of a small country under my eyes.

Gender:  Boy.  Or girl.  Ha.  We don’t know yet!  I ask the Hubs pretty much every day what he thinks we are having.  It goes something like this:

Me:  “Do you think it’s a boy or girl?”

Him:  “Boy.”

Me:  “Ok.  We should agree on a name.”

The next day …

Me:  “What do you think: boy or girl?”

Him:  “What did I say yesterday?”

Me:  “Boy.”

Him:  “Ok.  Girl then.”

Hahaha.  I’m so impatient.

Looking Forward To:  Feeling awesome!  The first trimester was so rough.  I won’t lie, there were a few tears because no matter what I did, I couldn’t make myself feel better.  But things are getting better slowly and I am actually beginning to enjoy the journey a bit more now.

Baby Items Purchased: Three things:  

• A onesie that was a joke to the Hubs.
• Swaddling blankets.  Also a gift for the Hubs because we celebrated our cotton anniversary this year.
• These flip flops, which were not as gender neutral as I was hoping.

And that’s all folks.  If you were asleep, you can wake up now!  Thanks for sharing this journey with me! 🙂

Readers, did you experience a lot of symptoms during your first trimester?  What are you best Old Wives tales for boy versus girl?  Tell me what you think:  Boy or Girl?