2nd Pregnancy: 1st Trimester Updates 7-12 Weeks

 Week 7

23/3: new symptom - shortness of breath. Nausea seems better today, ?because I took probiotics yesterday or its easing already? Seems too early for nausea to be easing though...

26/3: some blood streaks mixed with discharge

Week 8

30/3: 48.4kg. Saw GP for ultrasound results. All looking good. Got next few weeks scans and blood tests arranged too.

ultrasound results all looking good

1/4: retched once while burping. had sushi for dinner then felt nauseous

5/4: At night around 1am retched then threw up after shower. was about to dry my hair then felt really sick. all stomach acid that i threw up, throat hurts :(

Week 9

7/4: Atty is so sweet. put a plaster on my belly so i'll feel better. also gave me mao mao to hug <3

8/4: had a scary dream. dreamt i gave birth but had no memory of it. i'm still standing and walking around and looking at the newborn still bloody after birth. a staff said i had an epidural... baby has issues though :( head is much smaller than body and middle fingers are shorter than other fingers and fingers keep twitching :( it's a boy in the dream and staff shows me a chart how baby's measurements are lower than the average for boys. omg what a scary dream. please let baby be healthy and grow well

9/4: took metoclopramide in the late arvo as feeling very nauseous. seems to help a bit. finally pooped after 8 days. drank 2 cups of milk to have diarrhoea

unable to tolerate cooking smells so King cooks out in the backyard

10/4: very bloated. maybe due to milk intake yesterday? took metoclopramide at night again. ate very little due to bloating

Week 10

13/4: dust storm in adelaide - i'm wheezing. my inhaler expired already so called into GP clinic for telehealth. my regular GP had no available slots so got another GP. so convenient - GP called me at appointment time and then issued prescription sent directly to my phone. King then used the QR code in the script to get the meds for my from the nearby chemist. and i could just stay indoors in bed with a mask on. telehealth is awesome. 

14/4: did Nest test today with viability ultrasound. baby is so active! waving hands and kicking about. also hiccups! CRL 3cm only... so tiny! So amazing.. so small but already moving about so much! Right ovary has cyst - technician said its coz i ovulated from the right.

15/4: nausea better today in the day and after eating first meal (cheese sandwich with milk tea). severe constipation though.. BNO x6 days. struggled on toilet for about 2 hours with no luck. Later King bought microlax and that helped to clear bowels. feeling drained after struggling on toilet for so long. maybe that distracted me from the nausea? or maybe coz bowels cleared so nausea felt better?

16/4: bloated from am and feeling nauseous

17/4: very bloated especially at night. looks like 6 months pregnant. unable to eat much at all.

18/4: wheezing worsened due to fire or burn off nearby. sigh. bad air quality this past week. always wheezy.. nausea seems better today. don't feel too bad. sour taste in mouth is much better too. can tolerate eating foods. still feel nauseous after eating but much better compared to past few weeks

Week 11

20/4: first midwife appointment at WCH. also took bloods for maternal serum screening test. feel more nauseous due to the car ride back and forth. BO with help of microlax again

22/4: managed to poop without microlax. small bunny poop though, small amount. got Nest test results back. telehealth appointment again. all good with low risk of abnormalities. Gender reveal... baby is a girl!!! nausea continues. worse today especially at night. lots of gas and burping. 

23/4: managed to poop again, yay! small amounts of bunny poop. need to strain a bit but not too bad.

25/4: nausea while sleeping. early in the am dreamt i had difficulty swallowing my prenatal vitamins even after trying many times. woke up feeling nauseousand had to sit up to burp. almost gagged.

Week 12

27/4: nausea while sleeping again. dreamt i was sick with sore throat and had fever so had to take panadol despite being pregnant. but it was so difficult to swallow the meds and i felt nauseous. week 12 ultrasound scan done.

30/4: telehealth appointment to get results of first trimester screen. all looks good. was suggested to try metamucil or movicol or lactulose for constipation. microlax also ok. 

1/5: managed to poop again, yay! came out rather smoothly! yay so happy! haven't pooped so smoothly for a long long time. looks like increasing fibre through cereal really helped. had been taking high fibre cereal for the past 2 days.