First trimester? I would not recommend her.
Before I dive in to the first trimester lets talk about the symptoms and what I went through.
The first trimester of my pregnancy was the worst trimester. I was constantly throwing up. I was constantly running to the restroom. I hated everything about it. I was cranky and miserable from the mood swings. I was very on edge and can be set off right away. I also could not SLEEP. I had break outs and I became very oily. The list goes ON.
My hormones had just began to spike up. Everything made me cry. Things that were not that serious made me cry. Movies for children made me cry. Everything made me CRY. If I saw a picture of a baby duck - I cried. (Although baby animals always made me cry.)
I consider myself a very emotional person, yet I have a hard time showing or expressing those emotions out loud. I have always been better at writing them down. I have about a million different journals to show for that. Feelings are complicated.
My feelings were always bound to light up this fire in me and pregnancy hormones were the match to spark it. I would get very snappy and say things I don't necessarily mean in the way it came out. I would react in ways that were too much for a small situation. I can admit that I was very hyper-emotional and it is honestly embarrassing.
Controlling my emotions was such a hard task for me. I let them get the better of me countless times. I mean can you blame me? I was a single and heartbroken pregnant girl.
I'm generally a very up-beat and nice person but I guess pregnancy hormones made me a little feisty.
I also could not stand the smell of meat or anything really for that matter. It was like my nose senses had heightened to a basset hounds skill level. I could not be in the same room as raw or any cooked meats. Mind you I work as a server full-time, I was around this stuff all the time.
The smell of bacon haunts me to this day.
I can still very rarely enjoy meat or desire to eat meat.
I was told that pregnancy makes your skin GLOW and your hair GROW.
My poor skin.
My poor hair.
Well not the first trimester. Nope. My skin broke out so much and became so OILY. It was so gross. Normally I have a combo skin and I take care of my skin. I have a whole routine, or at least DID have a whole routine. My whole skin texture changed and my face wash and masks were not working the same.
It was a disaster.
I had bad reactions to some brands I had been using for months and then my skin got flaky and dry. My hair became brittle and dull. I was so sad. I felt so ugly. Then to top it off I got a hair cut and the lady gave me bangs that didn't even look like bangs and they were all crooked. It was a rough first trimester. I would share pictures but why would I publicly out myself more than I already do?
Just kidding here it is.
Not my greatest look. This was about a month or so of hair growth. I thankfully did not keep the pictures of the original hair cut. I probably cried so much that I had to delete them so I wouldn't be reminded of the worst hair cut ever.
Then to TOP it off, my wisdom teeth began to come in. Here is the kicker though, I couldn't get them extracted because I could not be put under for the procedure. I was in no way about to do the wisdom tooth extraction awake and sober. No thank you. I have an irrational fear of the dentist already, so I will pass. The pain was agonizing. I couldn't take anything for the pain either, because I was PREGNANT. Thankfully the pain from my wisdom teeth subsided. It wasn't constant pressure because my teeth weren't constantly moving.
The first trimester my body was going through so many changes. Including a lifestyle change and it was very painful for me. I was so tired all the time because my body was constantly working in overdrive to create a life.
Luckily this was my hardest trimester of pregnancy - in regards to symptoms personally.
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