First Trimester Recap | Symptoms, Nausea, Food Cravings & Aversions | Pregnancy After Infertility

[@marygarcia2814]

Mac!!! I am pregnant! I found out a week ago!! You have given me so much hope ❤ I am so stoked that I'm pregnant the same time as you :) 4 weeks 3 days

[@KaraMarieCC]

just clicked, havent watched yet, but i know this is my favorite video

[@amylennox6394]

Breast tenderness is the worst for me! And the Back pain. I also got HG so hoping this time round ill be better. So glad your feeling better. You deserve the world 👣👶🏼

[@macdingle]

Thank you 🥹💕 Hoping these ease up for you soon mama!

[@aro4781]

So happy for you PASP !!! Chili cheese fries and lemonade were go to in first trimester with my rainbow baby.

[@trishr2081]

Happy for you to be experiencing all those Firsts. It’s crazy but you waited so long for this. I don’t want you to miss a thing. Hugs from Houston ❤Formerly Maine😂

[@kerryshepherd5676]

Its so great to see you smiling and looking great, cannot wait to hear more about your pregnancy. Its always good to write things down in the moment so you can look back and remember. Sending love ❤ x

[@macdingle]

Thank you Kerry! ❤️

[@jennifermedeiros5937]

Nauseous watching this at 9w6d😂 pregnancy is so wild! Glad you’re feeling better!❤❤

[@marydavis2059]

How did you combat pregnancy anxiety? and did you do NIPT testing?

[@bebe6804]

You got the glow girl! Looking good!

[@ashleymarie6585]

Whew I’m nearing the end of my second trimester now and my nipples be BUUUUURNING. Like has me in tears

[@macdingle]

GIRL the burning is THE WORST! It only happens sometimes for me in certain clothes but I cannot sit still or think of anything else while it's happening

[@susancrawford8213]

I'm so happy for you Mac. I definitely know about the Nausea. It was pretty bad. When I got to my second trimester it got better. God bless your family 🙏 Love you guys ♥️

[@michelleswaggerty1479]

Just wanted you to know I had my 5th transfer this morning everything went well so please pray this little bean sticks and 🙏 that my other few embryos I have make it to freeze to use if this transfer fails. Hope your doing well baby too

[@TravelingKristin]

That’s so great you recorded all that. I need to put them in her baby book. I remember in the first trimester I only wanted a salad for lunch and particularly Caesar dressing. Snacks were plentiful. But luckily I only had one day of morning sickness, right at six weeks. I had to take a half day sick day and took a nap, which I never nap. Also sour candy. I never had any aversions my whole pregnancy. But cravings changed throughout the pregnancy. I really got into sparkling red grape juice in the third trimester. I appreciate you sharing your experience and it so good to see your beautiful smiling face!

[@macdingle]

yes to salads! as soon as I started being able to stomach more nutritious foods I loved the idea of fresh cold salads! ❤️

[@TravelingKristin]

@@macdingle I also was obsessed with pineapple most of my pregnancy. I was reminded of that when you mentioned oranges.

[@krismay6]

So happy to see your smiling face and to hear you’re feeling much better!! The time will go by in a flash so good you are jotting down notes about how everything is going! You’ll treasure them as much as you will treasure each and every day of your pregnancy! ❤

[@macdingle]

Thank you! ❤️

[@ritahertzberg5762]

Yes to soda crackers all day long. Yes to vivid dreams. Yes to exceptional afternoon fatigue. No to eating and/or smelling all meats.

[@macdingle]

Meat is just a no go 🤢

[@pearlthomas9614]

Hi june happy to see you once again it is a joy watching you progress please stay calm and always trust the lord he is able and he will see you through stay strong and peaceful blessings

[@jofinney9543]

So happy and excited for you ! Thanks for sharing ❤

[@macdingle]

Thank you! ❤️❤️

[@heatherkroll2828]

Pregnancy is wild! I’m glad you’re doing well now. I remember my pregnancy between my son and my daughter were so different. But what was similar is the no coffee, no chicken and craving sweets!

[@macdingle]

That is too funny! I remember wondering how I was going to ween myself off down to a smaller amount of coffee, but baby was like "I gotchu" 😂

[@louisebourne5779]

Hi Mac glad you are better, it’s so good to document every stage. I remember for the first 3 months of pregnancy being very tired 🥱 and a little nausea but nothing too bad. The only cravings I had was a McDonald’s. I was glad to reach the 2nd trimester as everything settled down and those first movements were just magical little flutters amazing!!. I’m so pleased everything is going well for you and I’m so excited for you and Jack xxx 💗

[@macdingle]

McDonald's will always fix everything 😂

[@sarahsmith3112]

Am happy for you in my first trimester January I can only take sprite

[@beingbonnie4079]

For sure soda crackers beside my bed to start snacking on as I lay there as movement made me queasy when I woke up. I didn’t crave sweets but I craved starches like crazy! And I always hated cabbage rolls but craved them big time when I was pregnant.

[@macdingle]

I always had something by my bed! Now it's Tums 😂

[@alimueller2514]

Yes to a chicken aversion!! Omg. The worst. Also pork aversion. Yes to sweets even though I used to like savory. Nausea let up for me around 10 weeks. Happy to see you back and everything is going well. ❤

[@macdingle]

I was convinced I'd never be able to look at another piece of chicken ever again 😂

[@tiffanysmith7590]

Love! May I ask when you returned to working out/your normal exercise routine or how, if at all, that changed during your first trimester?

[@macdingle]

I was in the gym but going easy for those early weeks because I just didn't feel great, and then when my nausea started lightening up I was back at it probably around 8 weeks! But then my SCH put a halt to the consistency and types of workouts I do, but if it weren't for that I'd be doing all the stuff I normally did pre-pregnancy if my body felt up to it 🥰

[@tiffanysmith7590]

@@macdingle thanks for sharing. My FET is scheduled for the end of the month and I’ve been super anxious about how my exercise routine will be impacted aka how my anxiety will tell me I possibly can’t move my body. So I appreciate you being an example to challenge the nonsense that is my anxiety 🤦🏿‍♀️ 😆

[@NonStopParis]

Havent had coffee since I got pregnant 😅 this is very weird to me as I’m a big coffee person with my fancy machine and bean grinder. My dreams were WILD. In terms of cravings I’ve wanted eggs and Greek yoghurt. But mostly, I’ve found that I want something random, and I won’t stop thinking about that thing until I have it. One week it was a hot dog, right now it’s a doughnut. And my tap water has tasted gross to me so I’ve had to get bottled water, which I’m usually really against. I’ve had zero sickness or nausea, but spotting and extreme fatigue. It’s wild how everyone’s pregnancy is so different !

[@macdingle]

Yes! I feel like I see food on TV or somewhere and all of a sudden I can't stop thinking about it until I eat it 😂

[@FLGoodson]

I found that Chick-fil-a lemonade settled my stomach in the mornings.

[@macdingle]

Honestly Chick-fil-a lemonade solves a lot of my problems 😍

[@mackenziebaglione]

When did you stop taking at home pregnancy tests to see line progression? I am currently 5 weeks and 2 days after infertility for 2 years. Second transfer and I have been testing like crazy. Today I feel like the line is fainter than it’s been, even though any other month if I saw a line this dark I would be over the moon. Did your anxiety ever subside? I want to enjoy this and be happy but I am so overcome by fear that this is too good to be true.

[@macdingle]

I totally know the feeling love! I was super anxious to test in general because of our first failed transfer heartbreak that we didn't test until 9dpt. After that I knew myself and how anxious I would be with line progression so I told myself I'd stop testing when I got dye stealers on each of the brands ❤️

[@mackenziebaglione]

@@macdingle the anxiety is real!!! My HCG levels were great both times I went in but I’m so stuck on the lines on the home test!

[@danielatsvetkova4631]

You guys are lucky, I have nothing as symptoms exept extreme sex drive since day one and going to the rest room many times A day. Everything else is just as it was before I got pregnant. Im almost 16 weeks now and not even sure if that baby even alive? Nex doctor appointment is in 10 days and just wonder if my little human is ok or alive or anything. God bless and be safe.

[@southernskywoman]

I don't even like grapefruit but when I was pregnant I HAD TO HAVE a pink grapefruit every single day for lunch. I also had to have a can of orange crush soft drink. I have not had a grapefruit since I had my daughter 30 years ago lol.

[@macdingle]

I never ate oranges as an adult and all of a sudden I NEED them lol

[@southernskywoman]

@@macdingle Yes! Our bodies tell us what we need and apparently you and I need Vitamin C to grow babies lol

[@AwlaboutTee]

Did you notice any change in how you felt after stopping estrace/PIO?

[@macdingle]

Just that my bloating went down! ❤️

[@emelineesquivel5041]

Congratulations I about to start my second retrieval we have 2 embryos waiting for us but we want more in case we need I am 37 hoping to have my baby boy soon

[@macdingle]

Sending all the positive thoughts for your 2nd retrieval! ❤️

[@mpcasey]

I was nauseous from week 5 to week 14, by which point I was so so done with it. Things peaked between weeks 8 and 12 which made for a very long month. I have emetophobia (and didn't think that being actually sick would help me unlike with food poisoning or other ilness) so i was just laying down completely still for HOURS as it was either that or vomiting and I was determined not to. First trimester is the only time I have craved and eaten only plain rice, which was hilarious to me as I am normally not a rice eater. I also had an aversion to sweets which was also amusing as I normally have a huge sweet tooth (its back now at 16 weeks). I also HAD to have certain foods, like the day when i needed a seaweed salad and sushi, which are not things I was eating with regularity, because the thought of eating literally anything else made me feel like i was going to be ill. I went out and got an avocado roll and tomago and it was the most satisfying meal. Its so interesting how everyone has such a different experience of these things!

[@macdingle]

Pregnancy is so wild!! ❤️

[@cindyheyman5452]

Just started watching you guys.❤ U

[@karalewis8654]

I loved cheese and carbs, then got onto eating cantaloupe, which I normally don't like. I couldn't stand chicken, garlic, or things with too much flavor. I couldn't eat chocolate. It gave me the worst heartburn. I had all day nasea from weeks 7-15. It felt like having the stomach flu for 2 months, plus I was exhausted and had brain fog. In the second trimester, I was still pretty tired. Usually, I took a nap from 1:30-3:30pm still.

[@macdingle]

Pregnancy AND the stomach flu! Gosh you are a trooper! ❤️

[@dailydosofdoster3600]

Where did you get your tan jumper?

[@macdingle]

bit.ly/43nnROx - It's seriously the best! I have it in two colors and I see pregnant women wearing it all the way through pregnancy!

[@dailydosofdoster3600]

@@macdingle thank you so much 🩷

[@Learningeveryday27]

I had / have hypermesis gravidium in the first trimester I couldn’t even keep down water for weeks and was puking 8 times a day. I tried everything ginger ,crackers, all the nausea foods that are supposed to help. The doctor said it was normal if you are in the same boat please please please find a doctor to take you seriously. I lost 8 pounds and looked so sick I ended up in the hospital and had to be put on IV fluids and they sent me home with meds. They worked amazing I am now 34 weeks pregnant and still puke some mornings but don’t want to keep taking the meds.

[@macdingle]

Nooooo no no I'm so sorry you went through that! So happy to hear you got the help you needed and deserved ❤️

[@emilylemoine6269]

Big yes to oranges

[@macdingle]

SO GOOD

[@massagesfrombeyond8498]

When I was pregnant I hated the smell of frozen vegetables and stake grossed me out and also the smell of apples and cinnamon

[@ofblueandgrey_x]

I pretty much only ate mac & cheese and chicken nuggets my first trimester. So much so that I kept posting about it on fb and that is how my entire family became suspicious that I was pregnant. Later on in my pregnancy I would drink almost a whole gallon of milk a day (🤢). That baby is now 10 and he loooooooves milk 😂

[@macdingle]

And now I want mac & cheese 😂❤️

[@karenwarton1440]

I had nausea with all my pregnancies, worse for my girls. Cravings were very weird. The first girl was maltezers with coke, and gerkins on top of chocolate biscuits, my son was chinese food, and I cant remember my last girl as I wasnt working with her as the other 2 children were 4 and 3

[@macdingle]

That is too funny! Pickles are always so so good ❤️

[@justynakwiatkowska4016]

OH I love coffee,but during my pregnancy the smell of coffee I hate it😢😢,now having two children I know that if I would get pregnant third time that is the sure thing that I would know and it comes really early like around 5/6 weeks.😂😂

[@macdingle]

I love that that's a for sure sign 😂❤️

[@520seelias]

We’ve had the same exact cravings and I’m having a boy sooooo maybe you are too!😂

[@macdingle]

Honestly I was girl in the beginning but I'm starting to question things 😂

[@amyferrill770]

I craved fruit with my daughter and pizza with my son. I was so tired I thought I would fall over. It was nice to finally have huge boobs. LOL You're doing good Momma!!!

[@macdingle]

Fruit is just SO GOOD lol

[@weelinzi]

Hey hun x

[@hayleyblake3311]

It’s interesting so many people have chicken aversions when pregnant and literally all I wanted first trimester when I was the most nauseous was fried chicken!

[@macdingle]

I've worked my way up to fried chicken 😂

[@daughterofaking5297]

Pickles and Nutella

[@macdingle]

YUM

[@aims1625]

Is a boy or girl

[@alanaadam9067]

I will be sooo shocked if you aren't having a girl ❤ Will you be finding out the gender?

[@macdingle]

You and Jack both 😂 we will and we can't wait! ❤️