First Trimester Reflections

Now that I'm officially into the second trimester, I thought I'd have a look back at the last few months and my experience so far:

Feathers in My Cap

• The reactions when telling family and friends (almost everyone found out by watching the video!)
• Our midwife, who is easy going, reassuring and very experienced
• Seeing the baby at our first ultrasound appointment. It was nice to know that everything was progressing as it should be, and so awesome/weird/exciting to see a little person moving around in there!
• Hearing the baby's heartbeat at our latest appointment with the midwife
• Overall feeling pretty good for the first trimester (having only mild nausea and plenty of naps helped a lot)
• Planning and dreaming about what's in store for January

Black Eyes

• Although nausea was never terrible, most of it happened during our trip which wasn't the best timing!
• Worrying about a possible miscarriage at about eight weeks (luckily everything worked out OK)
• Feeling a lot more tired and lacking energy, resulting in a lot of early nights
• Food aversions (often this included all food), which at least meant I wasn't bothered by the huge list of food restrictions since I didn't want to eat anything anyway!

I'm really looking forward to what the second trimester has in store - especially feeling the baby move and getting a bona fide pregnant belly!