Lucid Dreaming !

This whole journey of pregnancy is totally dreamlike and a tempest of sentiments. The irony is we struggle with an emotional commotion and still stay ecstatic :) :)

Thanks to this holy mess of hormones, excitements, fear, joy, passion, love, and god knows what, we get sometimes bizarre, but definitely colorful and dramatic dreams during pregnancy.

In my case, at times these dreams are too disturbing, like screwing-up with feeding or choking the kid with too many clothes or the kid slipping from my grip so on and so forth. The most annoying part of this whole situation is, I remember all this even after waking up. And not only the dreams but the memories of dreams would haunt me for days and at times for weeks :( :(

Some times these dreams leave me exhilarated, the other day I actually composed a poetry in my dream for my brother's birthday, lyrics of which I still remember in part :D :D

Therefore, attributing to the fact that it is my first experience of carrying a baby, it was all crazy for me to manage - nausea, morning sickness, mood swings, tiredness and now the dreams. But after talking to my contemporaries and the new mommys it became apparent that I am not the special one ;)
We all get into such kind of situation someway or the other.

Thence, the lesson I learnt here is, to be patient and to have faith in oneself.
Motherhood is inbuilt in our genes and it comes natural, no matter it is our first time or tenth, do not worry about the fine-prints, the outcome is worth it :) :) 

Losing Weight In First Trimester !?

Aversion to food, morning sickness, throwing up all the time can be the reasons for losing weight in first trimester. But don't worry, it is natural, unless you lose it like crazy, and if you do go see your doc.

Although you do expect your weight to go up once you discover that you're expecting, but losing weight in early pregnancy is quite normal, especially if you have a bad case of morning sickness and/or nausea. Having said that, it is quite a challenge to eat blandest of the foods and keep it down. But as long as weight loss is in the range of 10% of your body weight, don't worry, it won't affect your baby's development.

And any which ways, you are not supposed to put on a lot, in an ideal situation, you should gain 1-2 kg in the entire trimester. And if you are losing out on your weight, trust me, you'll quickly gain it too, once this nausea and morning sickness and aversion to food wears of.

So, Mommys to be, don't worry about the weight loss at all, its just normal.

Wishing you a happy and healthy pregnancy !!

The Mood Swings

One fine day after lunch in office, I felt like crying, for no reason whatsoever !
I called up my husband and thrashed him, spoke rude with colleagues and didn't call my family that day. When husband came home from work (thankfully not angry on me for what I did), I cried, like badly.

Then the other day, I felt like I am going to be the worst mom ever, I'd get nightmares like screwing up feeding, and making the baby wear too many clothes that she'd choke, and not holding her in proper positions that she'd slip out, and what not :( :(

But "A Big Thanks" to Google, that I could figure out what was wrong with me, and it was nothing but mood swings !
We all suffer from it one way or another but the ones you get while you are pregnant are too bad and pretty hard to handle, specially when everybody asks you to stay Happy.

Mood Swings are as inevitable as morning sickness in pregnancy. They can be majorly attributed to changing hormones, or fatigue, or sad metabolism causing heartburn and constipation, or worrying about parenting specially if its your first pregnancy. They are pretty much uncontrollable, but there are some ways you can sort it out !!
The commandments to mellow the mood swings -

• Cry if you feel like it, laugh if you feel like it, don't hold it to yourself and let go.
• Talk to your partner/husband/closest friend/mother or whoever you feel like, opening up really helps !
  
• Take some time out to read what you always wanted to, watch movies, or dance (not too wild), or sing or wander or visit some place you like, see some old friends, distract yourself with good things, the things that keep you engaged in a better way !
• Exercise, yoga, meditation - do whatever suits you, it is not only a great energy booster but it also makes you much calmer.
• Educate yourself not only on mood swings, but on other nuances of being pregnant.
• Don't scare yourself much about taking care part of the baby, it comes naturally to mother.
• And if you really think that your feelings are much severe and you just can't handle it, go see you doctor ASAP.