5 things that surprised me in my first trimester of pregnancy

Pregnancy could be pretty scary if you don’t know what to expect. Fortunately, there are tons of information on this subject, so all of your questions can be answered on YouTube or Google. But people are forgetting one very important thing: everybody is different. Every man and woman experience everything in their own unique way, so don’t get scared if something doesn’t go according to the book.

My pregnancy went pretty stereotypical, to be honest. I started to feel nauseous and weak exactly at the time that most women do, I also stopped feeling nauseous and weak exactly at the time that most women do. Yet, there were a lot of things that really surprised me. Today I want to share some of those things with you.

1.       Peeing. Yes, everybody tells you that peeing more is one of the earliest signs of pregnancy, but nobody really tells you just how much more it is. Personally, I felt like my body started to produce liquid out of thin air. Have you ever experienced going to the bathroom and then needing to go there again in a minute or so? Well, look forward to that.

A piece of advice: try not to plan any long trips for the first two weeks or so. First get used to your new peeing schedule.

2.       Nausea. Now, not everyone experience that one, but for some people it could be pretty intense. Take me for example. As a kid I was pretty small, so I never used to eat much anyways. When one day I woke up feeling nauseous it really messed up my appetite. I lost 3 kilos in 2 month, which made me look very skinny and made me feel like I was a bad mother. So if you are experiencing the same thing, please don’t feel guilty. Sometimes you might feel like you are not really doing a good job, but it is not true. Creating a human from scratch is not easy, so just remember: you are doing your best and nobody can tell you otherwise.

By the way, nausea slowly faded away only 2 month later, so be prepared.

3.       Cravings. My entire life I loved any types of food and could eat anything with the same amount of enthusiasm, no matter what it was. Therefore, it was very odd, when my body started telling me “Nope, I’m not eating this. If we are eating something it should be an apple”. Craving food was quite fun to be honest, because I really learned to feel, what my body and my baby were asking for.

Foods that I couldn’t stand were: chicken, celery, cucumber and sweets along with coffee and alcohol.

Foods that I craved were: pasta, green apples and citruses.

4.       Sense of smell. This one is awesome! It made me feel like a superhero or something, because suddenly I was able to smell something others never did. I knew, which vegetables had fungus from a meter away and could smell that terribly artificial smell in bakery.

Enjoy this one, it is not going to last long :(

5.       Emotions. I never really noticed this one until my husband told me about it. Apparently, hormones magnified every single one of my emotions, so I would easily get upset and then forget about it a minute after, slightly cute things made me cry and the things that were barely funny made me laugh.

You will feel confused at first, but remember: you are a woman, nobody knows more about being emotional and keeping it under control, than you.

Now my first trimester is over and I feel wonderful. I eat regularly and healthy, pee a lot as usual, my baby is a size of an avocado and my belly looks like I overate in a party rather than looking pregnant. The best month of pregnancy are coming and I can feel it.