Baby Thoughts - First Trimester Recap

We are expecting a baby early September, and the days are passing by way too quickly. How am I in my second trimester already??

I wanted to try to capture key thoughts/feelings from the last three months so I can come back to this and remember it all. Here goes:

- The fatigue that hit me during the first trimester was pretty hefty. I would barely make it through the work day and would be absolutely useless til I took a nap as soon as I got home. For someone who is used to having loads of energy, the huge change in energy levels took some getting used to. I didn't feel like seeing people, I didn't feel like organizing anything... Basically, I was in a state of sleep, wake up, eat, work, eat, work, sleep, eat, sleep for days on end.

- The amount of weight I put on in such a short amount of time was staggering. I read that body changes are different with each pregnancy, but to see myself gain 10 pounds within a month's time in January was shocking. I've gained 17 pounds since the beginning of January, and I am so determined to try to regiment future weight gain by being more active and eating better. To be perfectly honest, I'm not sure how much of the weight gain thus far can actually be attributed to my pregnancy and how much of it was just me being low energy the last few months and eating whatever suited my mood. I will do better!

- I learned pretty quickly that I needed to have food in my stomach at all times to prevent nausea. I ate almost every 2 to 3 hours, and I began to carry around snacks (which I never used to do as I was used to only eating three meals a day). If I was ever caught without food around, I felt pretty gaggy, but it was speedily rectified with food in my stomach.

- Strangely, since I'd heard so much about this, I had no weird food cravings. The only thing I really noticed was an increased tolerance and desire for spicy food. Good thing spicy food was not something I had to avoid!

- Also, strangely, the two food items I thought I'd have a hard time quitting for a year didn't end up being so hard to quit. Somehow my body/baby must know what is good for it because coffee and the smell of coffee didn't tempt me anymore (I noticed this even back in December when I didn't even know I was pregnant yet), and I don't crave sushi, which is something that I used to crave at least once a week or every other week. I do still have coffee every now and again, but I can't seem to make myself want black coffee anymore, which is the only way I would drink coffee in the past. Instead, I'll order extra milky latte if I order coffee at all.

I can't believe that we're already at the point where we'll find out the sex of our baby at the next doctor's visit! S. and I don't have a preference for either sex, but we are excited to find out so that we can start addressing the baby properly by name when we talk to him/her. (Yeah, we had started doing that even as early as the first day that we found out I was pregnant.) We already have names in mind for both sexes, but as most people have recommended, we're not sharing til the baby's born! We can't wait for the day. :)