One of my favorite things about my pregnancy was absolutely the timing. Finding out that I was pregnant and getting to share that with my husband on his birthday was a sweet treasure. Celebrating things like Thanksgiving and Christmas and then getting to tell all of our friends and family during holidays and my birthday was spectacular.

I was extremely fortunate to have a fantastic first trimester. I remember some headaches and being tired, but nothing out of the norm. I kept waiting for something really bad to happen, or for me to be nonstop sick or unable to do certain things, but if anything, I felt very clearheaded, serene, alive, very calm, peaceful and collected. It was kind of a welcome change from my usual, and I understand why some women absolutely love being pregnant.

I do remember actually, it was mildly hilarious, that I could not see, or touch raw meat at all. I was essentially a vegetarian for the first trimester. I finally woke up craving protein and caved and was able to eat a hamburger or go out for a steak.

During my first trimester we:

Traveled to San Antonio and I finally was able to meet my niece for the first time post Covid
Got to attend a family friend’s wedding and personally tell everyone that we were pregnant right before Christmas - we bought these Amazon scratchers, as we have a long-standing tradition of doing a lot of tickets over the holidays.
Celebrated an early Christmas with family and revealed our baby news, found out the results of our early testing that the baby appeared happy healthy and that it was going to be a girl!
Bought a few clothing items and some of the first actual baby things that we were going to need
I discovered a love for decaf (quit caffeine completely)
I took a lot more time than I expected it to enjoy self-care manicures, pedicures, yoga…tried to chill in the bathtub but that never was and is still not my favorite
I began my prenatal yoga teacher training

Every day that went by I felt better. I craved greens, smoothies, sure some sugar and junk food too but a lot of good things. I obviously wasn’t drinking or really hitting my bandwidth limit like I usually do, so I was less burnt out. Overall the baby was helping me be my best and I felt my best. I absolutely felt weird waiting to feel worse and just realizing after waiting so long it didn’t have to be a torturous pregnancy to be a viable one.

Photos: our announcement, the trip to San Antonio, the bow on the bump, sharing the news with family via the Christmas photo