1st Trimester

I'm telling you now. IF you ever wanna expand your family, do it before your 35th birthday please.

Its cruel to subject your body to such extreme condition at this age. I may think and act perasan young but the body is not fooled. Extreme tiredness ALL THE TIME. The first few weeks after the blue line appeared was the most cruelest. There is a mattress in front of the telly in the hall fo rme to land the moment I enter the house. And that's where you will find me until bedtime where I will then proceed to continue land on until the next morning. 

Repeat.

Sigh... The family gets neglected. The house is neglected. Mr hubbs is neglected. Not by choice but I just don't have the energy to do anything else. The journey from the front door to the mattress is taxing enough that it renders me invalid the whole night. 

And the food! blergh! everything and anything taste yummy while I'm chewing. The moment I stop chewing, the after taste is just horrible. Horrible I tell you! Hence I have to force myself to chew and chew and eat and eat just to avoid getting that horrible taste in my mouth. Everything taste metalic-ish. All liquid makes my tongue feels horrible. Everything makes me wanna puke.

I didn't actually puke a lot this time around. But I would rather puke than carrying this nausea feeling all the time. Its draining the energy feeling having to puke but not quite.

One time, I did puke and it was horrible. Everything came out like waterfall and I can't even breath. Like there was an automatic floodgate that was opened and nothing can stop it until everything is gone. Oh. Don't let me go on about that horrible asidic greenish puke. Yuck. And I my throat and stomach would hurt bad right after. Drinking would make me puke. Not drinking would make the throat more painful.

I don't know why people love being pregnant. I honestly don't.

Another difference that I faced this time around is that whatever symptoms I have, mr hubbs has it too. That metalic-ish taste of liquid especially plain water. Yup, he taste that too. That feeling of being constantly hungry. Yup he feels that too. The tiredness, the lethargic, the nausea, the heartburn. Yup, he has all of those although at a lesser degree.

What can I say except "welcome to my world". Secretly, I love the fact that he's having the same symptoms. It means that our lives are so intertwined and that we are acutely aware of the presence of each other that he mimicked the feelings that I have. That is love to me... ^_^

All those horrible feelings are at the worst during the first few weeks. But now that I'm nearing the end of the 1st trimester (i think), its not that bad anymore. I don't feel like extremely tired or puking everytime after I eat. The metalic-ish taste is lesser. I can now drink plain water. After taste of food taste slightly better. And I'm not that lethargic all the time anymore. Boleh la nak sidai2 baju, nk kemas2 barang sikit2.

I have been craving for hot and spicy and sour food. Sambal belacan, cili. Nando's angry mango (slurp). And sweet things. but no chocolate please. Those makes me puke immediately. Although magnum ice-cream looks so yummy. sob sob. And this baby has one hell of expensive taste in food. Nak makan taste mat saleh je. Italian, western, cheesy food etc.. 

And like Aydin, I eat both asam manis and sweets. So not helpful in indicating the gender of the baby yet. 

I have not been seeing a Dr yet. What's the point? I already know that I'm pregnant. I'm taking my folic asic (if I remember). I have my vitamin c + calcium daily (heaven sent since I can't take milk due to my eczema and soya is just yucky). My gums still bleed when I brush my teeth. 

And the weight gain! Oh. My. God!!! Would you believe me if I said that I have gained a total of approximately 9kg the past 2 months? Yup NINE freaking KILOGRAMS! And its only the 1st trimester. Lets do math. If I gain 10kg every trimester, I will gain a total of approximately 30kg for the whole duration.

GASP!

sigh... Tell me again which part of pregnancy is enjoyable?