hey guys it's Jen and today I wanted to share with you my first trimester pregnancy must-haves I feel
like a lot of times your pregnancy symptoms change so very much from trimester to trimester that it
might be helpful to sort of break it down into three different segments what you need in first
trimester what you need in second trimester and what you need in third so I wanted to kick it off
with letting you guys know what helped me get through the first trimester I'm saying these
things at the time absolute must-haves I could not live without these and now I'm gonna share
it with you first I wanted to talk about prenatal vitamins as a very well researched mother I wanted
to get a very quality prenatal vitamin that's very food based that is going to digest well and have
as many nutrients as possible absorbing into my bloodstream I recommend this one is called rainbow
light prenatal one these pills are ginormous it's good for the reasons I just mentioned before it's
bad because they're like horse pills they are really hard to swallow they kind of have a little
bit of a funky smell they're not the most pleasant things in the world I had that for as long as
I could handle it and then when my nausea really kicked in I wasn't gonna take those the next thing
I tried to take are these prenatal DHA s this one is from Nordic Naturals I bought all of them from
Amazon so if you want links I will leave those down below this is really good because DHA is a
type of fish oil omega-3 where it really helps to develop the baby's brain and make them all smart
and happy and stuff but again in the throes of morning sickness could take you it would make me
so nauseous sometimes you gotta do what you gotta do and for me that was during those weeks where
I felt so horrible and wanted to puke up whatever did not feel right I didn't end up doing that but
heaven knows my body was rejecting those things so that I just did a gummy vitamin this one is
the viola a few prenatal I got this at my local grocery store but I think you can also find this
on Amazon and it says it has DHA folic acid and is a multivitamin gummy so these taste delicious and
I could take them every single day without feeling super guilty that I was skipping prenatal vitamins
altogether if you're feeling really sick just do what you gotta do take some gummy vitamins
they're way easier to take and you won't feel a sick you don't have to swallow a giant horse
pill take whatever you can handle right now I'm actually back to taking the bigger vitamins on
days or I don't want to sometimes I just do the gummy and it's all okay it's all good no judgement
here the next project I wanted to mention that was such a lifesaver to me now and also many times in
the past are these see bands I'm somebody who tends to get carsick just normally in life but
definitely during pregnancy it's so much worse I feel like these little acupressure bands that go
on your wrists they have a little nubbins on them that pushed sort of on the inside of your wrists
like this it doesn't make nausea that exists go away but whatever status you're at it'll keep
you from getting worse if I know I have to go on a car ride I would put these on before the
car ride and I could get through without feeling even more sick and then on the days where I just
felt really terrible I would try to put them on if I was feeling a little bit better and then it
would just keep me from feeling worse so that's a few many many times and I definitely had days
where I wore this for the majority of the day definitely especially if it's car ride that's
more than 15 minutes these were such a lifesaver and like I said I always keep them in my purse
because I never know what I'm gonna feel carsick or not anyway so I just highly recommend these
to anybody who has the potential to have any kind of nausea or car sickness next another must-have
that helped me so much when I was definitely having a lot of morning sickness our ginger
candies and if ginger is a little bit too spicy for you I found this one to be pretty tasty this
is a full-flavored these are gin gins chewy ginger candy they do get a little bit stuck in your teeth
if you're not careful cuz they are quite chewy but they taste really good and they definitely
helped calm down the nausea this is something I mentioned a bit in my week 17 pregnancy vlog but
I had a couple of weeks there where everything in my mouth tasted super metallic it's almost like
my tongue started getting this white coating of yucky flavor and because I was just so much more
sensitive to tastes and smells a tongue scraper really really really saved me and I'm sure it's
something that nobody would say to pregnant women oh you should try it scraping your tongue but for
me it really made a big difference if you're having food aversions if you're just smelling a
lot of the things I feel like it just helped me so much because I swear to you I couldn't even stand
my own morning breath and this really really saved me and it's also weirdly satisfying to like get
all the gunk off of your tongue and then see how nice and clean it looks and tastes I know first
trimester might seem like jumping the gun a little early if you're going into maternity clothing
but I feel like the earlier you get the maternity pants in the pregnancy the more times you're gonna
wear them the more cost per wear you're gonna get and the more worth it it is in the long run so I
really found that under the belly maternity jeans were such a great item to have granted I already
had purchased these from my first pregnancy but man when I was really early in pregnancy I'm
talking about like week nine or ten when I pulled these out and put these babies on I was like oh
why doesn't everybody just wear maternity pants why don't we all just always wear pants that you
just slide on no zippers no buttons it's just easy they're like pull ups except pants but I love them
I found them to be so much more comfortable when you're in that he bloated stage I think honestly
I had a few times not gonna lie that I have worn these when I wasn't pregnant and I just felt kind
of burrito baby no judgment okay the under the belly ones it's the perfect time to wear them
because your belly's not so big that they're gonna slide down or anything they put such an ease on
the lower part of your stomach that feels pukey and congested when you're in that first trimester
I don't love them for third trimester but definitely for first they're amazing next I wanted
to talk about my electric heating pad I personally was so cold my first trimester yes for me it was
like wintertime but I think my body just goes through a weird immune system thing where I just
feel really freezing all the time so I found that having this electric heating pad really helped me
generally it's totally safe to use on your stomach during pregnancy I did lots of research on it but
I would actually have it under my back and just have it on for a little bit before I would fall
asleep at night because it just helped me to relax warm my body up and make me a lot more comfortable
I've been using it every single night yes it has an auto shutoff function so I'm not afraid of it
burning me up all night and it doesn't raise my core body temperature anything so it doesn't do
anything to the baby but I couldn't live without my electric little heating pad here it's so nice
for those days where you feel really bloated and crampy and I also would use it like every time
I was on my period as well when you're pregnant sometimes it just feels like you're on a constant
period now I know a lot of people say that the only way they got through first trimester was
having carbs by your bedside amen to that my last pregnancy I tried oystamato and saltines and to
me they just both tasted really gross this time I tried Ritz crackers and I loved them they were so
much easier to eat the buttery taste didn't have any weird aftertaste or weird flavors in my mouth
and they're just delicious this is a family size of Ritz crackers and you can better believe it's
almost empty I wasn't a huge like Ritz crackers person before this pregnancy but this saved me
so many Midnight's of not wanting to go to the kitchen late at night just being able to have a
package of these next to my bedside it just got me through some of the worst nauseous nights and
uncomfortable first trimester morning sickness speaking of nights one of the things I found to
be so so super helpful was having just an extra pillow I started having congestion like nasal
sinus congestion during my first trimester so just having two pillows under my head and
shoulders really helped alternately I could also stick this between my legs if I wanted to lay on
my side or underneath my knees if I wanted to lay on my back during the first trimester your
stomach's not really large enough where you're gonna have a lot of uncomfortable positions
when you're sleeping but I found that when I pulled out my pregnancy pillow it just wasn't
comfortable yet because I didn't have the extra stomach to support but just having two pillows
really helped the congestion not to be a problem if I kept my head and shoulders a little more
elevated it's just a little more comfortable I mean I love sleeping with two pillows whether or
not I'm pregnant but especially when I'm pregnant it was just a lifesaver finally lest but very not
least I recommend everybody who is pregnant or if you're not check out the squatty potty I just
think squatty potty's are amazing not to get too TMI but when you're pregnant things just start to
slow down a little bit so any help you can get to make that a faster easier more comfortable process
it's so helpful whether you're in first trimester or literally through the entire pregnancy and post
pregnancy process get you a squatty potty it makes a big difference I know it sounds like a gimmick
I swear to you it's so so helpful so that is it for my first trimester must-haves I'll come back
to you guys very soon with us second trimester must-haves video which things are gonna be very
very different things are such a huge shift in the universe once you get past 14 week 15 week 16 week
stage for me things got a lot easier but you know that's why you have this arsenal of things to help
you out during that temporary period of time if you're struggling through first trimester gosh
you know I feel yeah I'm sorry I'm here with you I hear you and if you have any things that really
really really helped during your first trimester let me know that down in the comments so that we
can all benefit from the knowledge and wisdom from other women who have gone through the process to
you I love you guys so much thank you for watching if you found this video helpful don't forget to
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