https://boards.hellobee.com/ Pregnancy, Baby and Parenting blog, by Hellobee en Thu, 20 Aug 2026 22:47:53 +0000 https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/getting-through-the-first-trimester#post-2057045 Fri, 06 Feb 2015 08:25:49 +0000 looch 2057045@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I worked a lot (desk job, so not strenuous) and I filled up my weekends with light activities (my first tri was March/April/May) outside. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/getting-through-the-first-trimester#post-2056958 Fri, 06 Feb 2015 07:03:37 +0000 MrsBananaGrabber 2056958@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I know it's nearly impossible, but not focusing on the pregnancy has helped make the time go by faster. At first it was all I could think about, and when I thought about how tired or sick I felt it only made it worse, and it seemed to take FOREVER to get to each new week on my pregnancy app. Then, I had a big trial to prepare for at work, and while I still took my vitamins, ate right, etc., I wasn't JUST thinking about the pregnancy, and that helped a lot. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/getting-through-the-first-trimester#post-2056901 Fri, 06 Feb 2015 03:05:18 +0000 Pumuckl 2056901@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Mrs. Oatmeal: Congratulations!</p> <p>@Leialou: Do you get early u/s? It helped me to think from u/s to u/s instead of thinking in (pregnancy) weeks. Some at least ;-) </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/getting-through-the-first-trimester#post-2056895 Fri, 06 Feb 2015 02:48:12 +0000 birdofafeather 2056895@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Mrs. Oatmeal: Congrats!</p> <p>I was bad at this because the beginning days, I counted it all. But then life gets back going and you swing through it. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/getting-through-the-first-trimester#post-2056818 Thu, 05 Feb 2015 23:29:56 +0000 simplyfelicity 2056818@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Leialou: After a couple losses, I was in denial for a while and then I got so sick that one day just bled into the other. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/getting-through-the-first-trimester#post-2056675 Thu, 05 Feb 2015 21:19:57 +0000 hellobeeboston 2056675@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Mrs. Oatmeal: hey congrats! I'm 8 weeks Monday!!</p> <p>So, first time I remember the first tri taking forreevvverrrr. This time it already seems to be going fast-ish except the nausea just hit last week and it's been tough to get through the day, I'm spending a lot of time eating to keep it at bay. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/getting-through-the-first-trimester#post-2056598 Thu, 05 Feb 2015 20:38:33 +0000 spaniellove 2056598@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Something I had to do anyway - I was keeping a spreadsheet for each day to track my PIO, numbers, dr visits, phone calls, etc. It was helpful to be able to log something every day and see that the days were adding up and then weeks and then magically it was adding up to a whole trimester and I got to start a new spreadsheet. The weeks really do start going by faster after a while even though they seem like they won't! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/getting-through-the-first-trimester#post-2056594 Thu, 05 Feb 2015 20:37:02 +0000 LBee 2056594@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Mrs. Oatmeal: oh my gosh! Congrats!! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/getting-through-the-first-trimester#post-2056585 Thu, 05 Feb 2015 20:31:02 +0000 Mrs. Oatmeal 2056585@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@lawbee11: @twodoghouse: thank you! I realized I hadnt 'announced' it lol- just being sneaky popping in on the boards. There's a blog post about it coming soon! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/getting-through-the-first-trimester#post-2056578 Thu, 05 Feb 2015 20:25:04 +0000 Rockies11 2056578@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I just find the whole darn thing drags for me endlessly. This is my second, and I have never lost count of how long I have been pregnant for. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/getting-through-the-first-trimester#post-2056577 Thu, 05 Feb 2015 20:24:09 +0000 mrsjyw 2056577@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Same as @buttermilk: I tried to countdown to milestones instead of focusing on weeks. Doc appts also made it fly by. After the first appt, the weeks between appts seemed to go by fast. </p> <p>I was also sick and sleeping a lot after six weeks. So I just tried to focus on being healthy, etc. work and toddler craze helped w distraction too. </p> <p>And of course commiserating on hb is always good! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/getting-through-the-first-trimester#post-2056528 Thu, 05 Feb 2015 20:05:59 +0000 lawbee11 2056528@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@twodoghouse: Same. I basically slept my way through the first tri. </p> <p>@Mrs. Oatmeal: You're pregnant?!?! Congrats!! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/getting-through-the-first-trimester#post-2056495 Thu, 05 Feb 2015 19:55:23 +0000 twodoghouse 2056495@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Mrs. Oatmeal: Hey congrats lady!!! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/getting-through-the-first-trimester#post-2056491 Thu, 05 Feb 2015 19:54:37 +0000 T.H.O.U. 2056491@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I tried to focus on good pregnancy healthy eating. I was lucky though with no m/s. It helped me focus on something prefnancy related without going too crazy researching and shipping for stuff. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/getting-through-the-first-trimester#post-2056471 Thu, 05 Feb 2015 19:47:58 +0000 Mrs. Oatmeal 2056471@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I'm going through this now! I'm 8 weeks today, and just feel like it's going so so slowly! Trying to enjoy it, but I just want this hesitant phase go be over. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/getting-through-the-first-trimester#post-2056463 Thu, 05 Feb 2015 19:44:32 +0000 buttermilk 2056463@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I'm 13.5 Wks now and have just been trying to focus on each milestone rather than the whole 9 months. Like x days until we tell our parents, x days until first appointment, first ultrasound, going public, etc.</p> <p>I'm now focusing on the beginnings of a real bump, and counting the weeks until our anatomy scan. </p> <p>I also started working on our registry early on to give me something to focus my energy on since it's too early to buy anything. </p> <p>Maybe join a prenatal yoga class too? </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/getting-through-the-first-trimester#post-2056461 Thu, 05 Feb 2015 19:43:54 +0000 youboots 2056461@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Reading Expecting Better by Emily Oster really helped me mentally feel good about the pregnancy in the beginning. Not sure if it will be your jam, but I find statistics soothing. I referred a friend to it and she said it stressed her out and had to revisit it later in the pregnancy. Being able to cut out the worrying really was helpful. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/getting-through-the-first-trimester#post-2056456 Thu, 05 Feb 2015 19:41:18 +0000 twodoghouse 2056456@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I just slept as much as possible. My biggest symptom was exhaustion and I literally came home from work and fell asleep. My husband would wake me up to eat dinner and then I'd fall asleep again. Things flew by like that, haha! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/getting-through-the-first-trimester#post-2056450 Thu, 05 Feb 2015 19:39:36 +0000 Ms. RV 2056450@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I was like this, too. Around week 8 or 9 everything started to go so fast. I'm 13w now and I could swear I was just 9w yesterday. Just give it some time to not feel so new. :happy: </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/getting-through-the-first-trimester#post-2056090 Thu, 05 Feb 2015 19:30:00 +0000 Mrs. Pickle 2056090@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I feel like the days are really long right now. I'm ready to be past the risky phase and into the second tri, but I'm only 5w2d! Did you do anything to help the first tri pass by quickly? </p>