3 Trimesters

1st TRIMESTER
START BUMP MEASUREMENT: 34 inches

SYMPTOMS: all day nausea, stretching/cramping, exhaustion, mood swings.
CRAVING: milk, anything with melted cheese & sweets, especially fruit.
AVERSIONS: Chinese food and mushroom soup (two that I loved very much pre-pregnancy), poutines (at first, I craved them but since mid 1st trimester, the thought makes me incredibly nauseous) coffee and some seafood (neither of which I liked before but the smell never bothered me until now)
MILESTONES: finding out with Dyl, sharing the news with our families, seeing our healthy baby at 8wks, hearing the heartbeat at 9wks.

2nd TRIMESTER
START BUMP MEASUREMENT: 37.5 inches

SYMPTOMS: hip and lower back pain, round ligament pain, stuffy/runny nose, emotional
CRAVINGS: olives, cottage cheese, chocolate, hot chocolate, sweets, milk
AVERSIONS: still poutines and mushroom soup
MILESTONES: making it to the second trimester, feeling movement, daddy feels movement, finding out our baby is a girl!, reaching and passing viability.

3rd TRIMESTER
START BUMP MEASUREMENT: 43inches

SYMPTOMS: Round ligament pains, aches, stuffy nose
CRAVINGS: Cereal with milk, milk, peanut butter granola bars and fruit
AVERSIONS: still poutines, mint

MILESTONES: scheduling our c-section, making the third trimester, 30 weeks, making it to full term, holding our baby girl!

END MEASUREMENTS

BUMP: 49 inches, 15 inches total

WEIGHT: 40lbs total

xo, Anne