My Second Trimester: Symptoms & More

This Wednesday marks 27 weeks pregnant so I am now into my third trimester. I shared what happened during my first trimester, now I’m sharing moments from my second trimester including what we’re having, how I’m feeling and symptoms I dealt with during what is supposed to be the honeymoon period (yeah, right) of pregnancy. 

It’s a Girl!

We had a small get-together for our families (pictured above) as we found out if we were having a boy or a girl and, just like I thought, it’s a girl! Arielle is very excited to have a baby sister on the way, as she also believed it would be a girl. She is my little empath, so I am not surprised that she figured it out on her own. 

I’ve Finally Popped

I went from looking slightly bloated to looking full-on pregnant within a few weeks and it’s been hard to get used to, especially as we work on preparations for this new addition. This definitely is different from my pregnancy with Arielle where I didn’t actually “look pregnant” until I was well into my third trimester. It’s been an adjustment and we still have so much to do, so I am just taking it step by step. Fingers crossed we get it all done in time!

Symptoms

Just like my pregnancy with Arielle, I have dealt with hyperemesis gravidarum or what is known as severe morning sickness. This started in the middle of October and I don’t feel like I stopped having daily episodes of nausea until I was about 23 weeks along. If I let myself get super hungry I still get nauseous and now I’ve been dealing with terrible heartburn. Luckily I wasn’t as tired in trimester #2 which allowed me to get a lot of the groundwork laid not just in preparing for this little one, but also for maternity leave. 

How I’m Doing Mentally

Even this far into my pregnancy I still have thoughts like, “What if this fails again? What if I fail again?” But with each passing week, each little kick that I feel, I do a little celebratory dance. This is really happening and I pray every day that this June we’ll be holding our little girl safely in our arms. 

I am so grateful to the staff and my wonderful OBGYN at Beth Israel for taking such great care of me through this pregnancy. Here’s to the final stretch!