First Trimester Bumpdate
Well, I survived it! First trimester is done!
I’ll be honest, that was the hardest two months of my life. I found out at four weeks and was so so sick for the ten weeks to follow. I don’t share that to scare off anyone from pregnancy, it is vastly different for every woman and I am a living testament that it does, in fact, get better.
I wasn't sure if you guys wanted to even hear or read about my pregnancy journey but the overwhelming response was YES! so I thought small updates here and there would be fun.
As I mentioned in my last post, the first two weeks after finding out I was preggo was full of travel. I didn’t feel too nauseous at first, just tired, but that VERY quickly turned into running to the bathroom to get sick and falling asleep everywhere. I was sweaty, angry that I felt so miserable and reeling from this life changing news.
Once I finished my back to back traveling I got into a routine of getting up, teaching yoga, getting sick, and napping… quite the life I know. I wasn’t hungry at all just so. incredibly. thirsty!! I drank ice water out of a metal straw and it was HEAVEN. I also knew I was very depleted of electrolytes so Will got me Gatorade.
When I was in Arizona, my mom bought me a couple books to read and they terrified me to the core. Take all of the pregnancy books with a grain of salt - they are there to give you all the info and all the scenarios possible. *truth, I got through about 10% of the books before I just couldn’t subject myself to the terror anymore.
I also picked up some prenatals and started on those right away. They did make me extremely sick, but it’s hard to say if it was the influx of minerals in my system that made me sick or the fact that everything made me nauseous. To combat this, I also go some b6 &b12 which, if you can stomach it, is supposed to help fight that sick feeling.
I knew I wasn’t in control of a lot of things going on in my body but I wanted to do what I could to help foster a clean and non toxic lifestyle. I got a few new non-toxic cleaners for the house and made a switch to clean beauty products. Things like Alpyn Beauty skincare, Three Main household cleaning products, DoTerra peppermint oil and even Burts Bees toothpaste were easy but effective alternative changes!
I had the energy to do about 2 or 3 things per day so it took me a while to get those healthier products. Again, every pregnancy and lifestyle is different and while these may not be the biggest changes, they put my soul at ease.
A game changer for me was 2 things: Pregnancy Pops and Apples. TMI but I was throwing up anywhere from 3-6 times a day. My friend suggested I get these and it was an easy candy to pop in my mouth to curve the sick feeling. Worth the $13 FOR SURE. I also was not having regular bowel movements (again TMI). This is a normal side effect of pregnancy and I wasn’t sure if it was common or just because I wasn’t eating anything. Then I read that instead of getting Metamucil or Benefiber, you could eat apples. WOW! I easily got down an apple a day while getting hydrated, some great vitamins and regular bowel movements.
Finally, and this was a week 10-14 thing - clothes. This has been a difficult transition for me. I was working out 3-4 times a week while teaching 7-10 power yoga classes and eating healthy but then, pregnancy happened. All my XS clothes were getting tighter and tighter and tighter. I started to have a belly and became very uncomfortable in my regular pants. The constant feeling like something was crushing you, was really been getting to me and just this past week I decided to go shopping for bigger, kinder and softer clothes; and it took a mental toll on me. Paying money for bigger and cozier things brought on insecurities, guilt and random crying episodes in fitting rooms.
I knew this was apart of creating and cultivating a life inside of me but real life guys, it was, and is hard. After my most recent bawling session in a Free People fitting room I decided to stop feeling the guilt.
My body is beautiful and will continue to get more and more beautiful over the next 25+ weeks and there is no point in cramming into smaller and uncomfortable clothes just to prove a point to myself. Fashion is a way to show off the best versions of ourselves and flaunt what we got!! So together we are going to be taking a journey into maximizing our wardrobe to be comfy, yes, but also cute. I will be Pinning lots of ideas and creating videos for my fellow preggo and non preggo gals to help them find that fierce fashion look that they can be proud of!
Anywho…. that’s pretty much where I have been the past couple of months (by a bathroom, asleep on the couch, crying in fitting rooms) and I am so excited to see what the next two trimesters have in store.
outfit details: Band Tee // Boots // Purse
Below are the products I have loved and personally tested that worked for me. Maybe one, two or all of these will work for you!
