Hey, girl hey! I know I’ve been MIA for months now, about six months to be exact. Unfortunately, pregnancy has been hard on me, but I’m starting to have better days with a little more energy (yay!). I’m going to try and share as much as I can on my blog to have everything in one spot for you. I know there are so many mamas out there that are pregnant right now and many that are planning to be mamas in the near future, so I wanted to share my experience in case it can help you.
Okay – let’s jump right into it. How we found out we are pregnant!!! So if you’ve been following along on my Instagram, you may already know that I am pregnant with my first baby! We are due the first week of October 2021. Manuel and I feel so blessed to finally be able to start our family. 2020 was a hard year for many people, and with so much uncertainty in the world, we decided to hold off a little while longer to start our family.
When we began trying in late 2020, we stepped up our workout game and started taking our prenatal vitamins to try and be in our best physical health. I began taking these Prenatal vitamins, this Prenatal DHA, and this Prenatal Supplement (Folate and Ginger). Manuel began taking these vitamins for men. Yes, it’s important for the man to also get healthy – after all his sperm is what is helping you make your precious baby! I did extensive research before finding what each product had and what was considered ‘clean’ and what was the best choice for me. I highly recommend you do the same before purchasing your vitamins.
Okay – now let’s get into how we found out! In early February, I had a *feeling* I was finally pregnant (I can’t really explain it, I just felt a little different in a good way) and so naturally I began ordering things off Etsy to surprise Manuel with (before I even took a test!! I know, haha I’m nuts!) But I was so excited and wanted a way to tell him in a cute way JUST IN CASE I took the test and it was positive. I knew myself, if I would’ve taken the test I would have just told him right there to share the excitement.
So I ordered a few onesies off of Etsy and the cutest little card sharing that he’s going to be a DAD. I’ll link them here for you, in case you’re looking for cute ways to tell your significant other! Cards are special to us so I knew I had to get him a card and then I started seeing onesies and couldn’t resist.
Click the images below to shop! They’re all from Etsy 🙂
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So fast forward to the day they delivered, I drove my butt down to the post office so that I can finally take a test! Manuel had no idea, I didn’t want to put our hopes up just in case the test was negative. I got back home around lunchtime and Manuel was on a work call so I ran upstairs grabbed a test and ran back downstairs where my office is and took the test. I knew Manuel would want to know my reaction the minute I found out so I started recording myself just to have the first reaction just in case the test was positive. Soooo I took the test and put it on the top drawer and closed it and walked away for 10 minutes. I was sooo nervous but SO excited and anxious. Longest 10 minutes of my life haha. (Eek, I get so happy thinking of this time again.)
10 minutes passed, I opened the drawer and I flipped the test, and there it was!! The test read ‘Pregnant’ — eeeeek!!! I was shook! And immediately had happy tears running down my face. I walked back upstairs to see if Manuel was out of his meeting, he wasn’t so I walked back down and I just couldn’t sit down haha. About 10 minutes later he walks out of his meeting and I ask him to come down and I share the amazing news with him! We hugged, had happy tears, and just giggled out of excitement for our new journey. We took a walk with Chloe around the neighborhood and just soaked in all the feelings. Gah, this was such an amazing day. I truly hope everyone gets to experience this kind of pure joy at least once in their life. God is SO good!
Timing: I believe I was like 4 weeks and 4 days pregnant when I took the test and I made sure to get a ‘pregnant’ or ‘not pregnant’ test so I wouldn’t have to deal with the plus sign or the double/single line confusion lol. Here’s the exact test I took: Link here. At this point, I felt great and didn’t ‘feel’ different – still had a bunch of energy. Little did I know things would drastically change in less than a week. When I hit 5 weeks I had severe morning sickness and vomiting. The first trimester was really tough on me, most of my days were either spent in bed, getting an IV hydration at the clinic, or with my head wrapped around the toilet.
I have already started my next blog post on how that journey went. I felt 100% unprepared for the sickness and everything new that was happening with my body. I didn’t know anyone who experienced sickness like I did, so I felt a little lonely when I was going through it. I also don’t feel like many people talk about the hard side of pregnancy, don’t get me wrong I am SO grateful that I am able to carry my sweet baby but I was not prepared for everything I was navigating. I am so thankful I have Manuel, he was nothing short of amazing through this whole process. I wholeheartedly know that I could not have done this without him. Being sick 24/7 and not being able to take care of yourself takes a huge toll on you – not just physically but emotionally.
I by no means want to share this to scare anyone of pregnancy or to complain about my journey – but to shed some light on the reality to what pregnancy could look like for some. I felt terrible for weeks because I was so miserable and not as *happy* as others were online and I just want to share that it’s 100% OKAY to not be okay or happy all the time. It doesn’t make you ungrateful and it doesn’t make you a bad mama. We’re all human and we have to feel our emotions when we are going through them. One tip I do want to share is don’t compare your journey to anyone else’s, every pregnancy is different and it’s only going to make you feel worse!
Anywho – I am now rambling haha come back on Friday when I share more on how I got through the first trimester. I am also going to share in detail the medications I tried (from my doctor and over the counter) so you know that you have options! Don’t worry mama, if you’re going through it now – you will get through this and it will get better. There are good and bad days and we just need to keep looking forward.
Thank you for being here, if you have any questions feel free to ask below or shoot me a message on IG or to my email. I love chatting with you guys!
1st Trimester
1 week to 12 weeks – Coming this Friday! Subscribe to my blog to be notified once it’s published.
2nd Trimester
13 weeks to 26 weeks – Coming soon!
3rd Trimester
27 weeks to 40 weeks – Coming soon!
