First Trimester

The first trimester was filled with nausea, night sickness, pure exhausation and nerves. I started with nausea in my 6 week of pregnancy. Nothing too bad, just an aversion to certain foods and a need to eat about every 2 hours. I no longer wanted sodas, sweets, any tomato sauce, fried foods or onions.

I have decided that my night sickness was mostly brought on by myself drinking Propel water. I thought it was great cause it had B6 which is supposed to help nausea and it was flavored which brought an end to the boringness of water. After 2 1/2 weeks of getting sick daily, the thought occurred to me to stop drinking it. From then on, the sickness was spotty and I could usually tie it to a particular food.

There was a time (during the 2 1/2 weeks of hell) that I thought I couldn't do this a second time and our child would have to be an only child. No one prepares you for how hard those first few months can be. How draining it can be to feel gross every day all day. How tired you are and you are completely devoid of energy. But then as you round the corner into your second trimester these things start to fade and so does your memories of all of the times you hung out with your toilet. Your energy level returns and you feel normal despite the fact something very not normal is happening in your uterus.