Breakfast at Lilly's

First Trimester Recap

In case you missed it, a couple of weeks ago I announced that I’m pregnant and now it’s time to share the lowdown of what happened during the first trimester of my pregnancy.

I actually found out that I was pregnant about a week after my missed period so around 4 weeks and before then was experiencing those normal pre-period symptoms like bloating and cramping.

Symptoms by Weeks: 

Weeks 4-6: 

• Sore Boobs – I’m pretty sure this was the first symptom I felt. My boobs were just sensitive to the touch. It was awful.
• Acid reflux – Through this period, I experienced so much acid reflux. It didn’t matter what I ate, I felt like I needed a TUMS prescription.
• Peeing a lot – I always associated frequent peeing with happening later in pregnancy but to my surprise, weeks 4-6 were spent relieving my bladder all the time.
• Constipation – I experienced so much constipation when we were on our vacation during week 6. It was bad. Thankfully this symptom seemed to have disappeared for the rest of trimester one because I was getting nervous.
• Bloating – The bloat was real weeks 5 and 6 – actually scratch that – it was bad all of my first trimester but it really started showing itself during week 5.
• Nausea & first time I threw up – Thankfully my vacation to Maine/Boston ended up falling during week 6 because I would’ve been miserable if it was any later in the first trimester. I made it through the whole vacation feeling fine but the day after we got back I experienced my first wave of nausea and got sick for the first time in my pregnancy.

Week 7-9: 

• Exhaustion – Y’all I kid you not I slept like a newborn during weeks 7-9. I went from sleeping 6-7 hours a night to a solid 9-10 hours every night because I was just so dang tired.
• Nausea all day every day – Week 7 is when nausea really showed up and lasted nearly all day during weeks 7-9. It was the longest few weeks of my life haha.
• Throwing up often – At this point, I started throwing up more frequently and even had one day where I threw up like 4 times in one day.

Week 10-12: 

• Continued off/on nausea – During this timeframe, I had pretty steady nausea but thankfully it wasn’t all day long anymore.
• Throwing up almost every single morning – My nausea lessened, but I still found myself hugging the toilet every single morning like it was my job.

Cravings 

Honestly, I can’t recall having any specific cravings during my first trimester. I always crave sweets so that’s nothing new but there was no weird combo of food that I craved or any out of the ordinary cravings that happened.

Aversions

Y’all – chicken was not my best friend during the first trimester. I didn’t like outwardly reject it but it just never sounded good to me and I usually am all about chicken.  I can’t think of anything else that absolutely repulsed me on a day-to-day basis but random things made me gag here and there for no reason at all.

Body Changes

Honestly, not too many physical changes during my first trimester. I didn’t gain any weight during this time frame and didn’t really see a bump start appearing quite yet.

Favorite Apps 

I have loved using the What to Expect app and the Bump app. It’s been so fun to track my baby’s growth each week and learn more about each step of pregnancy because your girl is pretty clueless about all these things right now.

Final Thoughts…

I’m already a few weeks into my second trimester and am looking forward to seeing what all happens during this trimester. I will see you guys soon as we will be announcing the gender this month.

Okay first off, I wanted to say that I never intended to take this long of a break from posting on the blog. I have missed posting here and being active on Instagram more than you know.

In the summer my business Savvy Podcast Agency tends to get even busier so since that’s my main priority, my blog tends to take a backseat.

I am so happy to be back and with some really exciting news.

WE’RE HAVING A BABY!

Baby Suneson is due June 2020 and we couldn’t be happier.

It’s been hard to keep this a secret for the past few months but I’m glad I am finally able to spill the beans.

We’ve had 2 ultrasounds so far and seeing our little baby on the screen has been such a surreal experience.

I wanted to include a quick little Q&A here addressing some questions y’all might have.

How far along are you? 

Tomorrow I’ll be 15 weeks so that means I’m just barely out of my first trimester. Thank the lord because the first trimester was ROUGH. I’ll be sharing more about that in a future post. The baby is due on June 15, 2020.

Were you trying? 

We weren’t trying but we weren’t not trying if you know what I mean. I kind of knew I’d never really feel ready to have a baby (I plan to share more about this later) so it was just like an okay great if it happens, it happens situation for us but we’re so thrilled and cannot wait for the baby’s arrival in June.

When did you find out that you were pregnant? 

I found out I was pregnant a few days after my missed period. At that point, there weren’t any real symptoms other than missing my period but I kind of figured something was up considering I’m normally like clockwork when it comes to my period.

Are you showing yet? 

Not quite. I just look a tad bloated but no bump here quite yet. It’ll probably be arriving over the next few weeks though.

Will you find out the gender?

Of course! I actually took a blood test at week 10 which is supposed to be 99.1% accurate so I’m just waiting a few more weeks for the gender scan to confirm before officially announcing.

Also, don’t worry – totally not just going to become a mommy blogger now. I definitely have plans to share some pregnancy updates and even motherhood related content down the line but that will never be the sole focus of my content on the blog.

With all that said, Michael and I are over the moon to welcome our baby in June 2020. It’s definitely going to be a big change but we are beyond excited to be parents and can’t wait for next year.

I plan on sharing my first trimester recap soon so stay tuned for all the details on that in the coming weeks.