First trimester tips

With my first trimester being far behind me, I thought I would share some tips and tricks that helped me through the harder first few months.

I do feel pretty blessed because so far I have had a super easy pregnancy. I only had morning sickness for about two weeks and then some not so great headaches off and on.

I'm sure it will be a different story as I roll through my third trimester which is only a few short weeks away.

Let's begin:

1. Sleep as much as you can. If you have horrible morning sickness or even if it's not unbearable, try to sleep through it. You'll be tired anyway.

2. Graze dont eat big meals. This will help keep your stomach and throat calm. Feeling to full automatically induces vomiting.

3. Slowly sip water don't chug. I learned this one the hard way. I figured water was a safety no matter what. Not was I wrong. If you such it down, you will throw it up. This one was hard for me because I love love love water.

4. Get up slowly. You get dizzy a lot easily. I already had a problem with dizzy spells and fainting. Because I have dealt with it my whole life, I feel as I'm an expert. I know when they are coming and how to handle it. Last thing you want is to fall and hurt yourself or your baby.

5. No steamy hot showers. These make u dizzy like no other.

6. Mountain dew as instant headache reliever. Because the list if medicine pregnant women are allowed is so sparse and with what's on the list is now iffy, I have chosen to not take anything. Unfortunately I started getting killer headaches around 12 weeks. I literally couldn't function. My mom suggested a shot of espresso. I hate coffee so that was out of the question. She said drink a mountain dew instead then. That I could do because I was a big pop drinker once. I hadn't had pop in nearly two years.
Warning: if you stopped drinking pop and then start again, it's possible to gain 6 pounds in one month. Try to stay on the wagon!

7. Padded bra! Your nipples are super sensitive. Turns out they hate the cold. It literally feels like someone is taking a lighter to your nips and burning the shit out of them. 

Hopefully you mommas to be will find this list helpful.