Week 17 Pregnancy Vlog
WHAT WEEK?
17
HOW BIG IS THE BABY?
Size of a pomegranate. (about 14.2cm / weighing 190g)
WHATS NEW THIS WEEK?
Ouch. Hip and groin pain. Sooo sore. Sore hips and lower back.
Nausea is back... ugh
Itchy tummy.
Headache.
Hungry.
No energy.
Feel like I’m putting on weight all over. Just feel heavy ugh.
MOST CHALLENGING MOMENT
No energy. Fatigue!!! Again!
And constant nausea. Especially bad in the morning ...and night. Again.
I was feeling extremely hungry last week and beginning of this week, but as the week went on I experienced Loss of appetite at times (from the nausea).
None of my pants really fit me anymore 🙈 feeling very pregnant!! Physically. For the first time. And none of my bras fit me!
Weeing every 5 minutes and feels like there so much pressure on my bladder🙈
Not being able to run. Because of the pressure on my pelvic floor. I really miss running and High Intensity workouts 😓 they usually help me a lot mentally.
MOST EXCITING MOMENT
Not the most exciting, but one of the best things about being pregnant (and breastfeeding) is not having a period 🤣🤩❤️ I love it. No cramps or blood. Don’t get me wrong I’m so grateful for my period and for the change that happens every month in my body to enable me to get pregnant. But It’s been almost 14 years since I never had a period for this long! And it’s so liberating to not have to use a tampon or have up and down mood swings every month. (Although moodiness was a thing of the first trimester, it’s definitely eased up now and I’m feeling very calm and temperate).
Oh and the baby belly in the morning when lying on my back! See below
STARTING WEIGHT?
59kg
CURRENT WEIGHT?
59.7
EXERCISE?
Walk and toning exercises.
MEALS?
Plain things. Toast. Smoothies. Pasta. McD chips🙈 ice cream.
FOOD AVERSIONS?
Everything.
CRAVINGS?
Water
OLIVES again!!
Strawberry milkshake
Fruit
Salty olives.
But for real.
17 weeks and STILL too nauseous to eat normal healthy food.
Only some plain carb stuff this week. And sweet treats.
Thanks lil baby🤪
REFLECTIONS?
It was initially weird coming to grips with the prospect of becoming a mother, without my mother. It was daunting.
Who was going to teach me what to do? And who would show me what should and shouldn’t be done?
Which just proves that you’re never too old to rely on your mum.
But as time passed, I realised how much closer I have felt to my mom, even though physically she isn’t here, I have formed a deeper connection with her through the process of becoming a mother myself.
I have heard her voice in the back of my head, and realised how much she was able to teach me in all the years I was blessed with her without even realising how much I learnt, and I have just found a new respect for and connection to my mum while going through the same journey. Obviously no two people or mothers have the same experiences but we are on a similar journey, one that unites us. And of course, we subconsciously learn so much from our own moms on how to love and what love means.
I am loving the journey of motherhood and I believe that a fundamental shift occurs in your being the day that you become a mother. Things change inside you forever. The day that the test reads “positive”. I never understood this before, but the journey starts at conception. I feel so connected and protective of my babe in my body, and the further along it gets, feeling little kicks and movements and the presence of the little soul growing full of life, comprised from love. As my belly and baby grow, it only mirrors on the outside how attached and in love I grown on the inside. I have never fully comprehended this saying, but my heart is SO full. It has completely filled up and nothing else really matters. I just feel love and gratitude and so much excitement because I am a mum.
The journey of motherhood is bound to start sooner than that of fatherhood, and it is a different bond, but I can’t wait for Trav to feel the connection that I already feel because baby is inside me. I feel a bit selfish that I have gotten 9 more months of feeling, bonding and loving YOU on the deepest level humanly possible, but I wouldn’t change it for the world and I know your daddy cannot wait to feel your kicks too and feel the connection I feel. I have held you everyday in my belly and I know Trav can’t wait to hold you in his arms too. We love you little baby. We are so excited. Xx
Also bought some pregnancy leggings
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