Let's do a little 9 and 10 week pregnancy update. I have been doing this every single week of my pregnancy. I just forgot to do it last week. So I'm just combining nine and 10 weeks into one video. I'm gonna update you on my symptoms, what's been going on, what I've been feeling, what's been happening over here in week nine and 10. The things I experienced, it was like, at the beginning of week nine, was this really weird, like, painful, like, stretching, itching sensation, just like, right here at the top of my stomach, this one localized area. It's still kinda tender to the touch a little bit, honestly, but it doesn't hurt like it did, but if I, like, moved in a certain way, I think it was my stomach, like, stretching and, like, starting to get bigger because, like, I already have a belly, which we'll get into next. And it felt like a Charlie horse is what it felt like. But, like, you know, if you get a Charlie horse in your foot or in your leg, you stretch it out to, like, there's no way to stretch it out. It would just, like, cramp. Like this crampy, weird. I have no idea what it was, and, like, kind of then itchy on my skin. I don't think it was actually itchy. It was more just, like, I don't know, the painful sensation made it itch like it was. So weird. And then, like I said, I have a belly. It's crazy. I am now currently 11 weeks with, uh, this is my third. Okay. It's like, not showing up that much. Today it's not as bad, but, like, by the end of the day, there's a full blown belly. It's just embarrassing because it's like, I'm only 11 weeks. Nine weeks. 11 weeks. Nine weeks. I took a picture at the end of the day one day. I'd also, like, eaten a huge dinner. I sent it to my sister in law. She was like, oh my gosh. Okay, that's insane. I'll insert it here. Literally a full blown belly at nine weeks, which is just like, makes you feel fat and bad about yourself cause you're like, I'm only nine weeks. I know you show up, uh, belly show up earlier in subsequent pregnancies, but it's just kind of insane. And like, I'm already at that place where I just feel, like, fat and ugly because it's not like an obvious baby belly yet. And like, things already don't fit. Like, none of my shorts, Jean shorts fit. But, like, I'm not big enough for maternity stuff and I'm only nine weeks at this point, and that sucks. But another contributing factor, let me say, I think, to my belly is the fact that I'm not pooping. Zofran always constipates me, and I've always thought it's worth it because it helps with my con or helps with my nausea, but the constipation is so bad. Spoiler alert in Week 11, I've stopped taking my Zofran because it got so bad. In Week nine and 10, I went six days and then I went seven days without using the restroom. I'm not taking Zofran anymore. And I during week 10, I started taking colace 3. Colace every single day and two doses of Miralax every single day. And that helps a little bit, but the bottom line is I cannot take the Zofran. It is not worth it. And I think the constipation, like not pooping is like making me more nauseous, cause like after 7 days not using the restroom, you're literally not to be TMI. Yeah, it was making me nauseous. Like it was adding to the nausea and, like, adding to the belly because just like, oh my gosh, like so uncomfortable. Little update 2 from previous weeks. I'm still crying at literally everything. I am so emotional. Anything makes me cry. And I did write down a note in week nine that says at this point the exhaustion is 10 times worse than the nausea. That's what I had written down. I can't think I even agree with that anymore. But I think week nine, like peak, peak exhaustion and I was just, I couldn't even function throughout the day because of how tired I was. And it was like even worse than the nausea, cause at that point I was like, I can push through the nausea a little bit. So friend helps, eating helps, like little things here and there, but, like, I could not push through this exhaustion. I'm still exhausted and I'm still nauseous. But two weeks later, I don't know that I agree with that anymore, but that's how it felt at the time. So stay tuned if you wanna feel more updates. That's what's going on week nine and 10. The long story short, it's miserable. I'm miserable. I'm so thankful to be pregnant. I wouldn't change it for the world. But, man, sick at the first trimester, not being productive, not getting things done, just trying to survive, truly trying to survive. And the reason I'm surviving is my husband. Let me just be clear. My husband is carrying this house, this family on his back while I lay around all day and try not to die.
