Before I knew I was pregnant I had symptoms and didn't even know it. One night I went to bed and began cramping. I believed that I was getting ready to start my period since it had been days past when I should have started. But, I never did. The next night around the same time, cramping again, but still no period. On the third night it was getting ridiculous and I took some ibuprofen. After that I had no more cramping. Later on I discovered that this was implantation.
My second sign was the increase sense of smell. I was walking my dog around the neighborhood and all of sudden I got a scent of something that was awful. I thought it was going to make me sick. I had no idea where the smell was coming from, but it was out there. I learned later that this sense is extremely heightened during pregnancy.
After we found out we were having a baby, around 7 weeks, the normal symptoms began to kick in. My breast were so sore and enlarged. I never had this problem with my periods, so I had no idea how bad it got until I became pregnant. This lasted for around 3 months.
I have never thrown up. But, I did have nausea everyday for a month straight. I believe a lot of the reason for this was my increased smell. I would go to the grocery and it was torture! All the different foods mixed with the odor of different people. My husband also made some homemade salsa with fresh cilantro. It still makes me cringe thinking about it.
I did have my bouts of being emotional I'm sure, but I don't believe it was to bad. My husband may differ on that, but in my opinion I wasn't horrible. Overall, my first trimester has been a pretty easy one compared to others. My total weight gain was 4lbs.
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