Struggling - First Trimester/ Emotionally & Physically
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Aww this reminds me so much of my first trimester too. The physical symptoms will get better. My hormones are still up and down and other stresses mean it’s a super emotional time but try to be kind to yourself and communicate with your partner that you’re gonna need a lot of support from him going forward. Get him to read a book about pregnancy or something so he starts to understand how hard it is. 💕
I struggled so much in my first trimester. I was so nauseous and nothing was appetizing except chicken nuggets or something like that. My partner kept pushing that I needed to eat healthy for the baby. He tried to be supportive but didn’t get how drained I was and how sick I felt. Once the signs became more obvious and it got harder in the 2nd and 3rd trimester he came around. If I were to do it again I would just lean hard into anything that worked and comforted me and stop worrying about what he thought haha what you’re doing is HARD. Very normal to feel like you can’t do it. But you can 💪 and it’s so worth it. The nausea will ease off soon.
It is normal, don’t beat yourself up to much .. and your partner- as hard as that can be. I’m sure he’s trying, but it can be super hard to men to understand what we’re really going through. Honestly my husband didn’t fully believe everything I was saying until a friend of ours was pregnant and had the EXACT same complaints, he realized it’s not just a dramatic act, and hormones really do change us a bit. As far as eating, go easy.. eat what you can. For nausea I would have COLD bubble water, it always settle my stomach enough to eat a small bit. You really only need about 300 extra calories/day for pregnancy , your baby will develop just fine if you have a hard time eating the first trimester.
It’s very normal as your hormones are all over the place, I felt the same and still do sometimes at 23 weeks, maybe speak to your midwife about this in ur next meeting, they usually ask how you are doing mentally anyway, just remember you are not alone! Men can never really understand the height of it all!