7 weeks

7 weeks today!

I weighed myself this morning - 70.5kg. I am losing weight, and I'm not surprised with how little I have been eating. Eating is such an absolute struggle at the moment, I really have to force myself to do it. I remember losing 6kg in the first trimester when I was pregnant with the little man, and with the little miss I think I lost 2-3kg, so I will probably do the same this pregnancy too.

Still no real changes in my belly yet. I am sticking out a little more than the previous two photos, but I had had breakfast this morning, in my previous two pics it was before I'd eaten. I have noticed, however, that when I lie on my stomach in bed, I don't seem to lie as flat as I once did. I also feel a little bit of pressure in my uterus when I lie on my stomach... everything getting squished downwards onto it I guess.

As I have mentioned, I have been feeling pretty average. My own version of morning sickness has kicked in, and I spend my days feeling yucky and dreading the thought of having to eat. My list of fruits and veg I can bear to eat is quickly shrinking... I now can't bear to eat pear, apple, orange, banana, corn, broccoli (most steamed vegies actually). Some of them I have tried to eat and really struggled, others just the thought or smell is enough to put me off. Hubby did make a lasagna for tea last night that was packed full of vegies, and I managed to eat it, so at least I'm getting something. Salad vegies still seem to be okay, especially with a bit of tangy dressing. I even tried eating a piece of fresh bread yesterday, and it turned into a mushy dough in my mouth and I couldn't swallow it. Why does eating have to be so difficult? I'd be lying if I said it wasn't getting me down. Sometimes it does. Feeling like this all the time, and knowing you still have weeks and weeks ahead of it would be enough to get anyone feeling down. What I need is lots of distraction, but instead I seem to have very little to do. Christmas shopping is done, everyone is too busy to meet up, I'm too tired to do too much anyway... so days tend to drag a bit. Only two more weeks till I tell my family though, so I will try holding out for that.

As far as trying to maintain a healthy, active pregnancy, I'm doing okay. I'm definitely not as active as I was before, but I am still doing a bit here and there. Over the weekend I went to ATB at the gym Saturday morning (Abs, Thighs and Butt - half cardio, half toning class). Sunday morning I went and did a 10 minute run followed by weights. I'm feeling that in my upper body today. I haven't been running as much - partly because I'm tired, partly because I'm so paranoid about the dangers of overheating. It's the same with the Group Kick class I go to on Wednesdays. I love the class, but I am so worried about overheating. I have been going to pilates, and I think I need to start walking more if I'm not going to be running as much. I might try and go for a walk today actually.
The eating side, as I've mentioned, is a lot harder. I am doing my best not to fall into eating just junk food all the time. I've had little bits here and there, but I'm still mostly eating good food. Still a lot of carbs, but they seem to be the easiest thing to eat. I'm trying to get fruit and veg into me, but it's hard. I cannot wait for the second trimester - I think usually by 13-14 weeks I'm feeling pretty good again.