Nobody warned me that pregnancy was gonna be that tough

Nobody warned me that pregnancy was gonna be that tough

Here's the rants of the first trimester at week 11.

Truth is, I didn't think pregnancy was going to be this hard. Often people my age, we have lots of pregnant friends or friends who just had a baby. Pretty much all my friends seem to have a relatively easy pregnancy. Never once i see them having to rush to the toilet like those "pregnant" ladies in the tv show. We found out at about 4 weeks, the week before finding out, I was doing yoga, gyming, etc. Even after finding out, I still went to the gym and thought I got lucky with pregnancy...until the first trimester nightmares starts raining on me during week 5, all those dreadful first trimester symptoms. You name it, I have it (well almost!).

1. Tension headache - Really, headaches for fatigue you don’t understand where it comes from. I am sure i am sleeping 8 hours and i haven’t been doing anything strenuous.

2. Real bad stomach - trapped gas, bloating, constipation, diarrhea, you name it I have it! I have IBS from time to time since young but this 24/7 stomach discomfort that last for months is really no joke. For the first couple weeks, I felt so so so miserable. I'm in pain every waking hours. I'm not used to having stomach pain for so many days. I will wake up in the middle of the night with stomach pain and it will take me so long to go back to sleep because it is that uncomfortable. It's often those crampy, strained and gassy pain. Coupled with diarrhea kinda pain if you know what I mean.

3. Perpetual Nausea - Loss of appetite, lost interest in food. Wait, what’s the purpose of life again?

4. Good bye to sleeping through the night way in advance! I need to wake up to pee nightly since week 5. More often than not, I have trouble going back to sleep (read point 2 about stomach discomfort) and if I drink a bit more water/tea before sleep, I'll have to pee 2-3 times in the middle of the night. Oh, did I mention about the crying baby downstairs in the middle of the night...ok let's not go there in case

karma gets back at me.

5. Mood swings can take over you. It is like PMS times 100. Whatever happens to the joy of pregnancy? I'm freaking sad everyday.

Counting down to the end of first trimester, can't wait for these to be over!

#FerrisKangKitchen- Chicken Mee Sua / Birthday Mee Su

#FerrisKangKitchen- Chicken Mee Sua / Birthday Mee Su

How we found out

How we found out