Welp, this is the only picture I've taken so far, and it was almost 3 weeks ago! Tiny baby bump (but still fitting into my non-maternity jeans at that point!).
Hitting the second trimester has been a little bit of relief. The nausea is starting to decrease a little, I'm starting to feel like healthy food again, and I'm getting some of my energy back!
Healthiness
I stopped taking the nausea meds prescribed by my doctor a few weeks ago. I'm still drinking ginger tea every so often, and I still do occasionally not feel great, but it's definitely a major improvement.
I've been sleeping a TON with this baby. Way more tired than I was with Arden. I'm happy to get into bed at 8pm and read a little and then go to sleep before 9!
Eating/Food
Wanting healthy foods again has been a major relief! I ate SO poorly for the past month - I feel like I'm in desperate need of nutrient-rich foods! Meat still isn't super appealing, but salads, veggies and fruit all sound good. I've been trying to make a point of packing lots of healthy snacks for work. I've been loving Babybel cheese, greek yogurt, oatmeal with cinnamon, and ritz crackers (okay, not the healthiest, but better than candy!). I've been able to meal plan better too - a month ago even thinking about meal planning made me feel awful!
I'm being a little more lax about food restrictions this time around. Sure, I'm avoiding all the terrible things that you have to, like alcohol and raw cookie dough, but I am still having 1 cup of caffeinated tea per day (I entirely gave up all caffeine with Arden). I'm also letting myself eat slightly runny eggs (I totally avoided them last time), small amounts of sushi (from good places), and medium rare steaks (again, from reputable places). I eat lunch meat every so often, if it's from somewhere good like Whole Foods, but I have been staying away from places like Subway that leave their meat sitting out all day. Overall I don't really feel like I've been missing anything too much (wine has lost its appeal lately honestly anyway).
Weight
I think I've gained about 3 lbs over the past 2-3 weeks. Seems about normal - I gained 14.4 lbs in the second trimester last time, which was slightly over a pound a week. Second trimester is where people tend to have the most rapid weight gain, and then it gets a bit slower in the third trimester (I gained about 9.0 lbs in the third trimester last time). My goal for this pregnancy is to gain around the same amount of weight as last pregnancy (between 25-30 lbs. total).
Exercise
Man oh man am I thankful for my energy returning! Back in June, I got back into Pilates and had been doing really well until that came to a screeching halt at the end of August, and I didn't start working out again until just about a week ago. I love, love the pilates program I'm involved in: it's called The Balanced Life and I'm a Sisterhood member. It's basically online pilates classes that you can do from home. The sisterhood part of it provides a whole library of past workouts, a monthly calendar/schedule of workouts (SO helpful when you're working out from home - it's way earlier to have someone tell you exactly what to do instead of searching around for a good workout), plus healthy new recipes every month. I probably should have known something was up at the end of August when I just didn't feel like working out! It took me almost 4 full off weeks of not working out before I realized I was pregnant! Once I did find out, I still didn't feel up for doing much more than sitting on the sofa...until now! Now I have a goal of doing 5x short (10-15 min) workouts + 1x long (40ish mins) workout per week. The short workouts are totally do-able first thing in the morning, and I save the long workout for the weekend when I have more time. I did pilates a lot during my first pregnancy and it helped keep me fit the entire time and more importantly it kept me stretching all the time - definitely want to keep it up for this pregnancy. I'm also trying to make sure I go on more walks!
Maternity Clothes
As I mentioned in my first trimester update, my belly definitely popped a sooner with this baby. My regular jeans are all too tight in the waist at this point (unless I use the hair-tie trick), and so I've switched over to being in maternity jeans most of the time (I'm 16.5 weeks). I started wearing maternity yoga pants a few weeks ago too. I just read back through some of my old posts from last pregnancy and I didn't start wearing maternity yoga pants until 23 weeks and maternity jeans until almost 28 weeks last time! Yikes! I guess it's true how they say that your body just remembers previous pregnancies. So sweet, huh?
Since I was mostly pregnant in the summer last time, I mainly only had summer maternity clothes, so I've had to stock up on a few basic things like long-sleeve tops and pants. I think I have enough for now, but will probably need some warmer clothing as we get more into winter.
For comparison, 14 weeks pregnant with Arden.
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