So you all know about the hopeful arrival of #FarmBaby2017 early next year and, while well into my second trimester, the first trimester is still close enough to touch.
So I thought I’d share with you the top five reasons of early pregnancy.
1.Sickness. Most people feel a bit sick at some point in pregnancy. If you’re not sick, you may get a crazy aversion to certain foods or smells. If you’re really unfortunate, you could suffer from hyperemesis gravidarum like the Duchess of Cambridge. I am somewhere in between. I have been physically sick a number of times already. Not always in the morning and, at 14 weeks when I thought the worst was over, I was sick again. I have had a really bad gag-reflex since being pregnant with G and I was sick at certain times all the way through with him so maybe it’s just the way I am.
2.Sore bosoms. Oh my goodness. I forgot about this bit. It must be hormonal but there has been times when even the water coming from the shower has been too much. As for a lively toddler who climbs me like a soft play centre, the mere brush of a hand or little foot leaves me wincing. Ouch.
3.Denial. The first trimester is a funny one. Apart from the sickness (if you have it), you don’t look pregnant. It is too early to feel the baby move and you can sometimes feel like a bit of a fraudster. Was the test really positive? Have I dreamt this? Maybe I got it wrong. If you found out just as you missed a period, the 12-week scan can seem like an awful long way away.
4.Knicker watching. After a bleed in my first pregnancy followed by two miscarriages, I could make knicker watching a national sport. Thankfully, so far, there has been nothing to see but, I still watch. It is a curse.
5.Tiredness. Oh my. I forgot this bit too. Husbter doesn’t seem to get this bit as he associates tiredness with a newborn baby, sleeplessness or hard work and even after a full eight hours (rarely happens), I am still tired. If I thought my pregnancy with G was hard looking after Boo, it was a walk in the park compared to this time around with a 18 month old. Boo was almost four. She went to nursery. She can be a quiet child and would watch TV for more than 30 seconds while I had a snooze. There is no snoozing with the whirl wind that is G.
I’m not complaining. I love my children and unfortunately, the first trimester is just something you have to go through to meet your baby.
In a way, all of the above symptoms make me feel relieved somehow that things are progressing as they should.
There are so many early symptoms and for me it was simply just knowing somehow…