{"id":1637,"date":"2008-10-27T00:07:37","date_gmt":"2008-10-26T16:07:37","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/chekyang.com\/musings\/?p=1637"},"modified":"2008-10-27T00:07:37","modified_gmt":"2008-10-26T16:07:37","slug":"first-trimester","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.chekyang.com\/musings\/2008\/10\/27\/first-trimester\/","title":{"rendered":"First Trimester"},"content":{"rendered":"

Three things kept bothering me during this period of pregnancy:<\/p>\n

N<\/strong>ausea<\/p>\n

B<\/strong>loatedness<\/p>\n

C<\/strong>onstant exhaustion<\/p>\n

\"\"So far, I didn’t vomit. Thank God! It’s just that the lurking background nauseous sensation kept me from feeling normal. Chewing on a few pieces of cereal helps to stop the sensation for a while. I found out that certain\u00a0cooking smells can make me more nauseous.\u00a0I read that this ‘morning to night sickness’ will go away in the second trimester where the level of HCG (human chorionic gonadotropin) will drop. One colleague shared with me that her second trimester\u00a0was her happiest. She felt sickly in her first trimester too.<\/p>\n

I learned that if I ate normal portions for the usual 3 meals a day, my digestive system\u00a0couldn’t cope well. Pregnancy causes digestion to be sluggish. Hence, I have to reduce my intake at each meal to about half or else I would\u00a0feel very bloated.\u00a0This takes a while to adjust to.\u00a0I also have to eat small portions frequently in-between meals. I don’t have to deliberately feed myself at appropriate times as my system will cry ‘hungry hungry!’ every 2-3 hours.\u00a0I have been spending so much time eating that I can’t help but feel like a pig. The\u00a0challenging part is that I have to watch the nutritional value of my food and stay clear of certain foods that can be detrimental to the\u00a0development of the foetus.<\/p>\n

Feeling flat out tired during this period makes me quite ‘useless’. I’m no good to do any work and my brain is processing\u00a0information rather slowly. Thank God that I got pregnant after the year-end examination. I can’t imagine the struggle I have to go through to complete the marking within a\u00a0limited time. Truly, I shouldn’t be complaining. Thank God that the timing is just right. :)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Three things kept bothering me during this period of pregnancy: Nausea Bloatedness Constant exhaustion So far, I didn’t vomit. Thank God! It’s just that the lurking background nauseous sensation kept me from feeling normal. Chewing on a few pieces of<\/p>\n

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