Trying to eat right and exercise and drink plenty of water! The hardest, I think, is eating right. I do prenatal exercise dvds about 4 times a week. According to my records, I’ve gained 9 pounds so far. I believe this is right at the top of the average recommended weight gain for my starting weight. I keep track at whattoexpect.com about once a week. Starting to show!

15 Weeks

Most of the first trimester discomforts have subsided. I no longer feel as tired and nauseated as I did the first 10 weeks or so. I was extra exhausted for a week in December and again in the beginning of January when I caught colds. And it seems that most of the nausea was from the timing of taking my prenatal vitamin.

When I took the vitamin in the morning I would sometimes get so sick I couldn’t keep breakfast down and lost my appetite for the rest of the day. When I took it a night (with a prescribed full glass of water and a trip to the bathroom at 4am) I felt bad in the morning. If I took it really late at night, I couldn’t keep it down at all.

Andy read from a forum of people who take the same vitamin have much of the same side effects. One suggestion on this board was to take it after lunch. I have taken my vitamin after lunch for about a week and have felt much better. Most days I believe it gives me a headache in the afternoon, but to me that’s better than the other side effects I was dealing with.

Thanks to Andy who looks after my wellbeing!