I wrote these notes when I wasn’t yet ready to share them, but my first trimester was the only thing on my mind. Now that I’ve shared this pregnancy with you and the blog, it’s time for me to let it flow from the draft folder… be kind to my raging hormones!This totally sucks.
Way more than my first pregnancy.
I’m beyond exhausted, and I’m not sure if it’s because I have a toddler to chase after, or if it’s because I’m WAY more exhausted. I slept a full night last night, and then took a 3 hour nap, still falling asleep for the night at 10:15. If that’s not tired, I don’t know what is.
And I’m more throwup-y. I’ve only tossed my cookies a few times, but I’ve lost two pounds because eating is just…. no. Can’t do more than peanut butter crackers and my beloved chocolate milk, the only thing that actually quells the sick feeling. Go figure, right? Dairy makes me feel better?!
Now, of course, I’ve done all this before, but this time around I feel particularly useless. I can’t cook, because it just grosses me out to make anything other than toast, which also means I can’t grocery shop. Sheer exhaustion leaves me wiped after folding a load of laundry, so other things around the house have really suffered.
I’m incredibly grateful my Mom stayed after Thanksgiving to help, and my husband is so spectacular they should invent a new medal of honor and award it to him. He has really stepped up to not only take care of me, but run the house, picking up all of my duties along with working full time. The man needs a vacation.
I’m losing my waistline faster this time around. With Red, I wasn’t showing until about 18 weeks, and the bloat was so minimal. Now, at 11 weeks, I’m hating the invention called pants and preferring leggings, yoga pants and foldover skirts. Pants are for suckers. I’ve got a little beer gut, some of which is firm belly and the rest is well… gut. Either way, I hate that people say, it’s not baby, it’s bloat. Well, that’s not making my waistline any smaller, and it’s obvious that something is going on!And let’s talk baby brain… sure, I forgot plenty of things with Red, but with this pregnancy, I don’t have two brain cells to rub together, much less multitask like I used to. My memory and recall is so bad, Chase actually tricked me into thinking I lost something so he and my Mom could replace it for Xmas… and I believed it was totally my fault. Talk about gullible and forgetful… so, if you’re reading this and counting on me for something, Dear God, please send me a reminder…
The good news is that the second trimester is getting closer, and I’m crossing my fingers that I start feeling better soon. I have two big shows to mount, back to back in February, plus putting away Christmas, the annual purging for Goodwill/Trash and 2015 staring us in the face. Eeeesh. Someone send me some strength!
I just wanted to take a moment and share that I am also a Red Head Baby Mama! Honestly, red heads are the absolute best! We are pregnant with our second chlid right now and I just got out of the 1st trimester. You just described everything that I was feeling and made me feel a lot better. It has been so much harder on my body the second time around. Thank you and congrats on your little one! 🙂
Hooray for the Redheads! Congrats on your baby #2, too! Yes, I totally agree – this second round of pregnancy is hitting MUCH harder and much faster than the first time around. Let me know if you need anything!