I am 16 weeks pregnant with my first child. People react differently to pregnancy and early on in the pregnancy timeline I found it difficult. A lot of people do struggle so dont worry if you feel the same. I hope that by telling my story it will help you a bit.

After the elation of finding out I was pregnant the doubts started to set in. Not about whether I was ready for a baby but thinking what if something was wrong. I didn’t feel particularly pregnant and so much can go wrong in the early days and that made me a little scared.

It won’t be long until you feel the pregnancy symptoms. People say that this is the hardest part of the pregnancy timeline and with good reason. You will get morning sickness and this can be at any time of the day. You start to ache all the time and the worst thing for me was the tiredness. I never had any energy to do anything. I really struggled to get up in the mornings and all I wanted to do is sleep when I got back from work.

There were some days when I did feel all right and didn’t have to lie on the sofa all day. I would then panic, “what if something was wrong?” I would think again. As long as I felt pregnant I felt ok.

I was nervous about going to the 3 month scan. I didn’t like the waiting in the hospital, I began to worry. When I was called in and could see the baby on the screen I was very happy. He or she was jumping around on the screen and it was great to see.

What they say is true. The further along the pregnancy timeline the better it is. I am 16 weeks along and feel much better. I am not always tired and have passed the morning sickness. I am now investigating things I need to by for the baby and it is so much fun.

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