So I’m what – 12 or 13 weeks along now? (It’s actually 12 weeks 4 days according to my admittedly shaky estimation based on a guess about when I ovulated, and 13 weeks 2 days based on my last menstrual period.) That means I am getting very close to the second-trimester relief I am counting on!
So here I am, second trimester, ready and waiting!
I will say that this first trimester has been easier in one major way than during my previous pregnancy. I’m tired a lot of the time, but not sobbing on a regular basis from exhaustion.
But I’ve also been kind of queasy a lot of the time and I am just uninterested in a lot of foods. Also, a lot of foods don’t like me and they make me gassy and constipated. The temporary cure I’ve found is ginger ale, which makes me burp and that helps a bit. But I’m sort of hoping these digestive issues go away during the next trimester.
They will, won’t they?!
But mostly I’m just looking to regain some energy. I’m trying to be especially productive at work, but it’s hard when I always feel like I’m dragging. In the past week, I’ve actually felt more tired than I have been previously, so things seems to be going in the wrong direction. I’ve associated the new tiredness with an increase in my belly size, so I’m assuming that there’s some real growth going on in there, whether it’s of the baby itself or my uterus/placenta/whatever.
In the meantime, here I sit with my ginger ale. Waiting…
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