Week 7 Pregnancy Vlog
WHAT WEEK?
7
HOW BIG IS THE BABY?
Size of a raspberry (about 1cm)
WHATS NEW THIS WEEK?
Still feel super sick🤦♀️ my sense of smell is so much more sensitive and I can basically pick up on any smell at all!!! A lot of the smells are making me feel super nauseous and I will crave something one minute and be repulsed by it the next. I find that if I eat smaller meals way more often, I feel a bit less nauseous. But if I eat a big meal I really don’t feel great!
Also, my tummy is itchy!!! Haha! I think it’s starting to grow a little. I’ve just really been hit this week with waves of hot flashes and feeling like I’m going to throw up!
MOST CHALLENGING MOMENT
I had a really scary moment on 7 weeks plus 6 days, I started having a brownish discharge/light spotting. I called the doctor and I was told that a brown discharge and some period-like pains are quite normal in the first trimester around this time, but I am still very anxious and nervous about it. I just feel so tearful. I may just go into the gyne to check up on everything tomorrow (which will be 8 weeks). I still feel really nauseous and pregnant which is a good sign. But I’m just praying everything is okay. The first trimester can be a really difficult time, and dr google doesn’t always help.
Other than that just having no energy to even work or move my body and the constant nausea has been a challenge. And (TMI) super constipated... 🙈🙈🙈 I know that the digestive system slows down during pregnancy but it’s probably the only really frustrating symptom🙈
MOST EXCITING MOMENT
We had only really told my dad and siblings about the pregnancy thus far. But Because we had heard the heartbeat and my obgyn said that everything was looking good, we felt a bit more confident in telling a few more close family members (travs rents and sister and my grandmothers) as well as me telling my bestie from childhood which was amazing and so special. We still not telling many people until the 13/14 week mark, but it was super exciting to share some of the exciting things.
STARTING WEIGHT?
59kg
CURRENT WEIGHT?
57kg
EXERCISE?
Went for 1 walk and had to sit down about 5 times because I was out of breath and exhausted 🤣
MEALS?
Anchovie toast?
I tried to eat a few more things that weren’t “staples” this week, but as I ventured out and tried some pad Thai and soups, I just really didn’t feel well at all. As well as getting some hectic heartburn. I’ve been having a smoothie in the late mornings of mango, cucumber, pineapple, celery, kale, spinach, chia, hemp seed and pressed apple juice. Which has been about all I can put in my mouth in the mornings. It’s been amazing.
I’ve been eating a lot of bread that helps suppress the nausea. Also been pigging out on Christmas Panettone which is like a sweet raisin bread. Not the healthiest (sorry baby) but at this point I’m just eating what I can :’)
FOOD AVERSIONS?
Sugar and basically everything 🤣
CRAVINGS?
Fresh stuff, vegetables and fruit. I am also craving salty stuff, and bread/crackers and vinegar !!! And smashed avo toast/ sourdough bread. I thought I was craving salty fries, and it was late at night, so we went to get some from Mac Donald’s (which I never ever do) and after I ate them I felt sooo sick the whole night and next day. I felt horrible. Feel full very quickly and can’t really eat a lot/splurge. If I do I just feel so sick. It’s as though it’s sitting in my throat and doesn’t digest.
Can I crave sleep??🤣 Never experienced fatigue like this.
REFLECTIONS?
I’m still so nervous and it all feels like such a dream. I’m starting to feel connected to my baby and talking to him/her and just praying about how grateful and blessed we are. And journaling a lot.
I’ve been having a lot of twinges and some pains and aches, and anything I feel in my belly I get a little nervous, but I know it’s just my uterus expanding and preparing to home my beautiful babe. I know that everything will be okay. Not only okay but amazing. I honestly feel like (apart from being a creature driven and consumed by love) I was born to be a mama. I’ve always known it and I’ve been waiting for this day. It feels so surreal and just like a dream. I keep telling Trav “Babe, how lucky are we?”
Because of how easily and quickly we fell pregnant, without trying (what a beautiful out of this world super) a tiny part of me has thought, from the moment I found out, that my mom has something to do with sending this little miracle to us. For the first time since she past away last year, I feel such a sense of calm and I feel so connected to her. I feel her presence and I feel so at ease. Trav and I are honestly on a divine path and everything that is meant to be always manifests. I have spent a lot of the past few years manifesting this beautiful life of mine and sometimes you just have to stand back and realize “this is it... this is what I prayed for. It’s all happening”.
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