Hello everyone, welcome again to my blog. I want to tell you about my experience, and what I learned during my first trimester of pregnancy. I hope this will be helpful for you 🙂
Experience
EATING MORE
The first changes I noticed was eating more. Before I know that Im pregnant, Yoga and I noticed a lot of changes on my appetite. He always told me to eat and worry because I don’t really eat much. But at some point I began to eat so much that I even want to eat 2 or 3 different things at once. For example I want to eat yoghurt and musli and while eating that I was already craving for ice cream and some bread.
STOMACH BOTTOM PAIN
After a while, my uterus started to change and I was feeling pain at the bottom of my stomach. This caused me to walk really slowly.
MORNING SICKNESS AND ALL DAY SICKNESS
Beginning in my second month I started to have my morning sickness and throw up a couple of times. During these phase I really rarely cook and my appetite dropped again because of the nauseas.
I often eat fruits and breads, foods that do not take long to make. My go to snacks after I throw up everything including tea & water was just plain oats and plain biscuits. Really plain flavours. Corn flakes is also a good option.
WALKING SLOWLY & REST
The nauseas and pain made me walk really slowly, I would not try to catch any passing bus and train. My energy dropped a lot and i usually just rest at home. This was going until the beginning of my second trimester.
Tips
WHAT TO EAT
From the beginning you will be informed on what you can and what you can not eat. The list that I got from my doctor included.
1. Raw meat, raw sausage : salami
2. Raw milk raw milk cheese
3. Raw fish : sushi
4. Raw egg : tiramisu
5. Nikotin
6. Alcohol
7. Drugs
Some things may differ and also these are the things I limited myself on
1. 200 mg caffeine : 2 cup of coffee/tea/pulled tea/matcha
2. 300 ml soda
3. Not too much durian, pineapple, orange
FOLIC ACID
I take folic acid as soon as my first visit to the doctor and its really helping me a lot through my pregnancy. If not taken, I will feel really tired throughout the day.
IRON
Pregnant women need twice amount of iron, so from 14 to 27 mg a day. So I have supplement of iron to take every day.
WATER
One more essential for me is water. I know this may sound cliche for health but we pregnant women really need enough water, and by enough I mean too much. When I was feeling tired all day and ask for my doctor’s advice, the first thing she asked is do I take enough water, and so did all of the nurse. So I challenge myself to LITERALLY drink 3 litres minimum and it significantly increase my energy.
NEUTRAL FOOD
My last tips is for morning sickness and other nauseas night and day. At my worst, I don’t know what else to eat since I’m throwing up everything including tea and even water. My go to food after that was oats, wheat crackers without any flavuor, and corn flakes.
Things can be really hard at times and sometimes I feel like I can’t handle it. But be strong and keep going through because at some point the sickness will get better, hopefully soon 🙂