First & Second Trimester Update

So as many of you know, I am pregnant and due in the middle of August! Getting to this point was a much harder journey than I thought it would be, especially since I am a young and healthy person! (you can check out our infertility journey and pregnancy announcement here!) So from the very beginning I knew that I wouldn’t take a single second of this for granted.

First Trimester

I was 6 weeks pregnant when we got our first ultrasound. Going through infertility treatments, we got two ultrasounds with our doctor before moving to a general OB at 10 weeks. I hadn’t had many symptoms at this point. It was Christmas Eve morning and we were going to be telling the family that day that we were pregnant. Rhett’s dad made me scrambled eggs, sat them in front of me and I just stared at them. The morning sickness and nausea had officially hit! From that morning on, the moment my feet hit the floor I ate two Saltine crackers and had a few sips of water. I could feel the nausea, but if I made sure to do this and keep my self on a small meals every couple hours schedule, I didn’t really get sick. I was only physically sick 2-3 times that I can remember. We were so dang excited for this journey, that even as I would be snacking on my 5th cracker of the day, I refused to complain. I definitely had a major urge to nap! I think I fell asleep many times with my computer on my lap and was usually ready for bed by 8! The first trimester went by so fast for me! It was during all of the holidays and we were pretty busy, so it flew by! We waited until a few days after our first trimester was over to announce our pregnancy publicly. We felt that for us, this made the most sense. We could cherish these moments just between family and not feel any anxiety or pressure.

Second Trimester

I seriously feel like the day my second trimester started, all of my nausea and tiredness went away! I was hungry all the time and would legit bring a bag of snacks with me everywhere I went. I decided that I didn't want to know the sex of the baby until it was born, but Rhett couldn't handle that! So when we went in for our blood test, he was able to find out what the baby is! He is the only one in the whole family that knows and he has loved every second of having that kind of power!

I made it to 18 weeks before I had to buy clothes that would fit over the growing bump! We were actually about a week out from moving to our new house at this point and I was just starting to show. We moved when I was 20 weeks pregnant and it was the best time! I felt like myself, since I wasn’t sick and tired. I definitely did a little too much on move weekend and had a little bleeding. With this being our first baby and me being a major worrier, we called the doctor immediately. She told me to lay down and rest and come into the office Monday morning (as long as the bleeding didn’t continue or become serious). She did a whole check on me and said that I had done too much standing and lifting, but everything looked fine! From there on out, I let Rhett do all the heavy lifting and made sure to take plenty of rests in between unpacking boxes!

14 weeks

24 weeks

Our second trimester pretty much began at the beginning of covid 19, so we were pretty much on lock down in the house the whole time! Honestly, it probably made everything a little easier since I didn’t feel like I had to have a whole bunch of maternity clothes and we could work/rest as much as we needed to at our own pace! Rhett was able to go with me to any appointment that had an ultrasound and we had a couple of virtual doctors visits (they were trying to keep as many people at home as possible), but other than that it was the norm! Baby started kicking around 20 weeks and we will lay in bed at night and just giggle at the little feet and hands flipping around. It will forever be one of my favorite memories.