Since I'm nearing the end, not only of this pregnancy, our 3rd, but also the end of pregnancies in general, I've been trying to think of how different and/or alike my pregnancies have been. Overall, being pregnant with a boy was different. Being pregnant this time was very different, although there are some similarities. I just wanted to get them down as I was thinking of them.
Pregnancy #1:
-Positive pregnancy test at 3 weeks 1 day.
-First time we heard the heartbeat was the first time we tried at 13 weeks.
-Random bleeding at 13 weeks.
-First ultrasound at 14 weeks. Others: 20 weeks and 3 ultrasounds after my water broke.
-First bout of morning sickness: 12 weeks. Little hints of nausea before, but full on morning sickness hit at 12-13 weeks.
-Nausea: Lasted from 12 weeks to 16 weeks just at night. At 16 weeks, the nausea started all day. It lasted until 34 weeks.
-Random pains: Achy back that I treated every day at work with a heating pad on low. I was also freezing all of the time, so the heating pad helped that too.
-Cravings: Steak & potatoes in the 1st trimester. Cheesy gordita crunches the whole time. Anything sweet like brownies or zebra cakes in the middle of the day. Orange juice. White grape juice.
-Weird cravings: 3rd trimester, raw hamburger meat always looked appealing.
-Aversions: Any type of raw meat in the 1st and 2nd trimester made me want to throw up. Hot foods usually made my nausea worse.
-Labor pains: Not a single one. No Braxton Hicks contractions, nothing.
-Labor started: Water broke at 33 weeks 4 days. Real labor started at 34 weeks exactly.
Pregnancy #2:
-Positive pregnancy test at 3 weeks 2 days.
-First time we heard the heartbeat (not on ultrasound, but on Doppler) was at 12 weeks.
-Ultrasounds: 6 weeks, 8 weeks, 9 weeks, 13 weeks, 20 weeks.
-Some slight spotting in the first trimester, 2 or 3 times.
-First bout of morning sickness: 6 weeks. Ended at 8 1/2 weeks.
-Nausea: After 9 weeks, nausea would only show up once in a while, depending on what was eaten.
-Random pains: Extreme hip pain. Probably caused from creating too much of a certain hormone that caused them to move around too much in the sockets. Which then caused horrible back and knee pain, to the point of painful walking.
-Cravings: Chili- chili cheese burritos, Steak n Shake chili, Wendy's chili, anything with chili! Mexican food. Orange juice. White grape juice. Anything sweet in the middle of the day.
-Aversions: Vegetables, especially green ones. Once, I was driving down the road and read green beans on a food stand sign and started gagging. The thought, sight, or smell of cooked green beans, broccoli, peas, etc. made me sick. Chinese food made me sick.
-Labor pains: Contractions at 31 weeks that would continue on throughout the entire pregnancy, even coming at 5 minutes apart several hours a week.
-Labor started: I thought it was starting the week before my scheduled c-section when I was dilated to a 2, but it never did and I made it to my c-section date of July 5th!
Pregnancy #3:
-Positive pregnancy test at 5 weeks.
-First time we heard the heartbeat: 10 1/2 weeks
-Ultrasounds: 13 weeks, elective at 16 weeks to find out what we were having, 20 weeks, elective at 28 weeks for 3D/4D ultrasound.
-No spotting or bleeding.
-First bout of morning sickness: 7 weeks and ended at 7 weeks.
-Nausea: Very rarely ever. Only toward the end with certain foods.
-Random pains: Back pain. Very very achy back. A lot of tail bone pressure towards the end. I also have a random bout of constant stuffy noses, sinus infections in the beginning, and asthma (I had to get an inhaler prescribed for me this time).
-Cravings: Mexican food. Homestyle cooking (like mashed potatoes, roasts, roasted chicken, etc.). Salads. Fruit. PB&J sandwiches. Chinese food.
-Aversions: Not many. Everything, if eaten in moderation, sounds good.
-Labor pains: At 34 weeks, started having consistent Braxton Hicks contractions. At 36 weeks, dilated to 1 with more consistent contractions. At 37 weeks, tail bone pressure from baby moving down. At 38 weeks, real contractions starting in back and moving around.
-Labor started: Well, it hasn't yet, but I'm ready any day, although I'm okay with waiting until our scheduled c-section on November 1st!
