How far along: 13 weeks 5 days
Symptoms:
Symptoms are slowly going away, still nauseous at night before bed. Feeling less tired throughout the day and a little less bloated this week. But my belly has moved up into position. Lol! I have been experiencing headaches, but realizing it come from not eating within 3 hours or if I dehydrated…which I shouldn’t be, since I’m drinking a gallon of water! The hungry is absolutely ridiculous, I feel like I’m a sumo wrestler. The bathroom breaks are still the same, but again, I’m so thirsty all the time so I’m chugging water like a fish. The round ligament pain is here already, when I move quickly or get up too quickly. All good stuff, so nothing to complain about.
Exercise:
My exercise is basically the same as the last 3 months, harder but doable. I have been using the schedule below to keep myself accountable.
My normal workout regimen during the week looks like this:
M-Full body strength training workouts (my online training program workouts)
T- Cardio day (running lately around 6 miles, slow but doing it)
W- Full body strength training workout (again, my online training workouts)
Th-Cardio Day (run or stair climber at Fitness Evolution)
F-Upper body strength training with cardio mixed in
SA-Lower body strength training with cardio mixed in
SU-Rest day
Dr. Update:
Our 12 weeks genetic screening (sequential screening) test we had last week showed that our baby s perfectly healthy, and no extra chromosomes! Yay! And we found out the gender…but we are keeping it quiet for a few days. 🙂 That will be in a separate blog.
Belly Bump:
I’m starting to show a little bump, bloat…or the peach size baby. Like I said above the belly has slowly moved up. I have gained a pound so far and basically I’m on the same track when I was pregnant with Adrianna.
Food aversions:
Almost all food aversions have gone away and feeling like I can eat my normal meals, thank the heavens above!
Cravings:
Trying to eat plenty but also stay active. I’ve been wayyyy hungrier. Especially breakfast, I eat a piece of fruit normally before working out and then eat my breakfast after the workout. I have been only wanting my FitPro Protein shakes for breakfast so that has been my go-to every day since becoming pregnant. It must be the calcium that my body needs. I have been eating every 2-3 hours. I’m loving citrus foods, strawberries, and peaches. I have been trying to keep the fruit limited though since it is very high in sugar, so I have been pairing my fruit with a protein.
A typical day is:
Fruit (banana, usually), then I work out, FitPro Protein Shake (2 cups spinach, 1 cup berries), lunch is usually leftovers from the night before. Snacks have been this week is either an Inbar Protein Bar, gluten-free crackers with 1 egg, a pumpkin protein bars (recipe on my website), and/or fruit. Dinner has been homemade tacos or crock-pot stuff, and grilling. At night I have been having a rice cake with organic peanut butter. I’m sure I will need to eat more this next week since I will be heading into my 2nd TRIMESTER! When you enter the 2nd Trimester, you should add another 300 calories to your normal day of nutrition, always ask the doctor if you need more or less.
Miss anything:
Hard workouts, wine and some of the restrictions that pregnancy comes with.
Excited for anything:
To get the baby room ready, and feel the baby kick!