I had these perfect plans of eating super healthy and staying really fit during pregnancy. I was going to work out, swim, do yoga. I was going to eat super healthy and stay strong and healthy and skinny, as in baby bump but no baby fat.

Then reality happened.

I’ve been so nauseated and had strong food aversions. From my normal low carb diet, eggs for breakfast and grilled chicken and salad at least 3 times a week, I went to eggs smelling rotten and the thought of meat making my skin crawl. All I could eat for the past three weeks was fruit smoothies, bread, rice, beans, salads on the good days. Hello sugar in all it’s forms!!! I put on 4 pound of pure fat, I’ve never looked this swollen. Feel like a blob.

Enter the exhaustion. Most mornings I can barely shower, much less get to the gym. I work 50 to 60h per week running my own company, and currently it feel like I just sleep the rest of the time. Yoga? Yeah right...

I’m super disappointed in myself, worried that I’ll put on too much weight and develop pregnancy diabetes, worried my husband will feel left out and stop being attracted to me. 😑

Someone tell me it gets better at some point...