You know theres a lot of posts I didn't post for so long because I didn't want to get too personal. At least I had some fear about it. I still feel pretty reserved about certain things but I realized that writing is actually extremely therapeutic. I wanted so badly to talk about being pregnant but I had this fear that I would lose her.
I remember the first sign I had that made me think for some reason that I was probably having a girl. For dinner one night I ate 4 lemons. Yeah like.. I peeled them and ate them. I remembered thinking "They don't even taste sour." I guess I heard through the grape vine that if you crave lemons, you're having a girl.
I don't believe in superstition-y things but it was interesting to make the assumption. Finding out the sex was so crazy for me. You just wonder the whole time who is growing. We placed bets, Kim even told me to look into the Chinese calendar... turns out it was right.
I was really reserved this pregnancy. I had a rough first trimester. Morning sickness was all day long. I quit my new job and started working at an animal clinic that was around the corner from where we lived. I made a promise to myself to work for as long as I could. I made it to about 37 weeks. I was pretty proud of myself and I loved going to work.
During my pregnancy I carried during the hottest months in South Florida. I was T-boned by someone, our car was totaled. Ripley was fine but it was a real real terrifying moment. Hurricane Irma left us with out power for almost a week and that in itself was a crazy amount of anxiety. I had no idea that the drop in bio-metric pressure can cause woman to go into labor. I was already so close.
Ripley grew perfectly in my belly. I ate what ever my body asked for. I gained 40 pounds. I don't feel bad about it. I feel reserved about it? but it did take time for her to grow perfectly. It took a lot out of my body but I did it. I had no Gestational Diabetes. I did have to take progesterone in the first few weeks because there was some concerns with levels? but it went smoothly after (minus the 24 hr morning sickness).
Lemon drops or anything that was lemon flavored were life savers for me in my first trimester. It took away the nausea for a few seconds. I am not typically a "vomit" kind of person but if you're like me and your morning sickness is a constant thing I recommend just forcing yourself to vomit when it gets bad. For some reason I had the want to throw up but that first sign of vomit never came, after forcing myself I felt a lot better.
My migraines went away pretty much. I had 2 that I could remember where I needed to take Tylenol. I didn't stop drinking coffee, I just usually had a small cappuccino, it was the only thing that made me not totally exhausted and bright eyed for work. I used straight organic coconut oil on my stomach twice a day and never got a single stretch mark. I only got my stretch marks after I had Ripley and I stupidly stopped using it?? (why1?!?!?!) I had to take prescribed woman's vitamins because the ones over the counter caused me to have bad heartburn and made my morning sickness worse (My OBGYN actually said they were better quality anyway) Drink all the water they tell you all the time, if your body isn't craving it already anyway.
I craved a lot of salads. Cobb salads mostly and not just any Cobb Salad, it had to be a legit Cobb salad from this restaurant in coral gables. Spring mix, hard boiled egg, blue cheese, bacon, tomato and avacado (ugh I want that right now). I also craved fried chicken, and it had to be Publix fried chicken. I couldn't stand the thought of any Asian food and weirdly enough Pizza? I didn't eat pizza for about 35 weeks.
Ripley would dance the most when I would drink something really cold or eat Ice Cream. She danced a lot actually. She was a pretty active baby. That anticipation for the first kick feeling is sooooo real. Sometimes I think about it and how it felt. How I was making this baby (who is now 6 months old) and seeing her now. I remember one of the first time I really felt her, Scott just so happen to be laying next to me and as soon as I felt it I grabbed his hand and he felt her kick too. Sometimes he would lay his head on my stomach and she would kick him in the face. Her mighty legs and feet were so unbelievably tinier than they are now....
I wish I was more active in my pregnancy. My anxiety had me taking things very slowly and cautiously and as a result I have no muscle left really lol. I am starting from scratch here guys haha. I wanted to really experience pregnancy though. When I was younger I told myself that was would be the one time I could eat what ever I want and get a guilt free pass. I did. I ate everything that my body craved. I wasn't like shoving food in my mouth every second but if I wanted a guava pastelito... mama was going to eat one for breakfast. Ripley loved when I ate them... I still would allow myself to eat what my body calls it to eat... but I would be more active.
I slept GREAT my whole pregnancy. I don't know why but I got lucky I guess. I also did not get swollen till about 2 days before I gave birth. Its probably because I worked a lot too.
I could go on and on about my experience but these were some of them that ran through my mind that I wanted to write about. What were some of the things you remember during your pregnancy?
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