Before I take a look back in detail about what happened since I found out, I'd just like to go over the first trimester in general, the things I've learned, and the changes...
As much as pregnancy is a thing most women go through in life, it is always different from person to person. This doesn't mean that the books that we can find cannot help at all. What I'm trying to say is that it may be different but somehow the same.
Confused?
Case in point: My wife.
We all know "morning sickness" where we see pregnant women feeling awful vomiting, running to the nearest sink and all. Not Bernice. She has evening sickness and it's really something.
She's well all throughout the day normally but when the sun sets, let's just say it's a test of patience for both of us :)
She feels nauseous but she never blows at all but she feels so weak and sickly. She's a bit cranky and she really feels bad. She hardly eats anything! I'll explain in detail later.
One funny thing: (Well,before, it wasn't) is that in the middle of anything (even while she's sleeping or half asleep), she'll shout "babe!" like there's a real emergency and when I ask what's wrong, she NEVER answers. It's like nothing happened. It would be nice if she said something but most of the time, it's like she never said anything and it's like I never asked what was wrong hehehe It actually became too frequent I had to tell her to stop it because I wouldn't know which one would be the real emergency if she keeps on doing it.
One thing to note to all you fathers for the first trisem is that women really tend not to eat a lot and lose their appetite in that period. At first I didn't know this and I always somehow tried to force my wife to eat in the form of jokes making her feel guilty that she's now feeding two people and she's not eating anything. I'd like to say that this is normal. Our doctor even mentioned to just accept that our wives are like that for that period. During this time, they will eat veeery little but quite often in very small servings. After that, we'll even be the ones trying to STOP them from eating because her appetite is back by then in full swing! This, my friends, is where I am now. Just a few days ago, my wife suddenly felt better and her appetite's back. It's not only back but she's ALWAYS hungry now. Now I don't know which is worse, the always hungry or the doesn't eat at all hehe
My friend actually mentioned getting his wife to write down all that she wants to eat and he tried to get them so that she can eat whenever she has any cravings. I might just do that soon since I'm getting groceries in a few days.
Oh yeah, I don't know if it's that too early to tell. But for Bernice, she doesn't have any particular food craving like we see and hear like for example, when wives tend to gravitate toward a particular type of food. For Berns, she craves anything under the sun depending on what she wants at that very moment. For a time, Shakey's Mojos and Dip came popping up but after 2 times, she gave it up and didn't even feel like eating them when I ordered one for her. Maybe soon, she'll be more specific but for now, it's anything goes.
Good luck to me :)
Cy
Actually, it's not called "morning sickness" because it happens only in the morning. Some women go through it ALL DAY and NIGHT (like with my sister). Thankfully I never experienced it. What really knocked me out is the exhaustion of pregnancy. When she reaches her 7th month she'll start slowing down on appetite as well. Praying for a safe pregnancy for Bernice!:)
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