End of Week 7

Tomorrow will mark 7 Weeks, 6 days. Each day closer to the end of the first trimester brings me hope that my nausea will begin to lessen and I will get back to a normal life. I still have little to no energy and find it hard to do much other than sit or sleep due to nausea. Kyle and I went on a 1.6 mile walk yesterday to Manoa Falls. It felt good to get out and stretch my legs - even if I had to move in slow motion. My goal is to walk at least 1 mile every day, despite the nausea. I haven't gone for my walk yet today, but my nausea seems to improve slightly in the afternoon/evening, so I'm waiting until then to go.

I've really noticed a difference in my skin the last 2 weeks; I am much more prone to breaking out now. This doesn't really surprise me, however, as I always had breakouts during the week leading up to my period. Since all my hormones are extremely high right now, it makes sense. I've noticed a few other changes physically the past 2 weeks, as well. They are all subtle - but all indicate a normal, healthy level of pregnancy hormones. So no complaining! (Or at least, that's what I keep trying to tell myself.)

This AM I made the mistake of taking ginger and B6 on an empty stomach. Kyle came downstairs this morning to find me in tears due to the severity of my nausea (I still can't throw-up, though!). Kyle got me to eat something and I started feeling a lot better. I'm supposed to be eating fruits and vegetables - but to be honest, bland starchy foods is about all that tastes good right now. I do enjoy apples, but eating vegetables right now sounds terrible! I'm going to try and eat some this afternoon anyways. I also bought some rice cakes and have been eating those with cream cheese on them. So I'm getting the calories down. Taking a good vitamin is really important during the 1st trimester since the amount of nutrient dense foods I'm consuming is limited. Everything I've read states that the baby uses the body's reserves during the trimester anyways, so not to worry too much. That changes, however, in the 2nd and 3rd trimester where nutrition is most important.