Sometimes I ask a mom “did you do that during pregnancy?” and she can’t remember, so I thought I’d make a list of things I did and didn’t do during my first pregnancy so that I know for my next pregnancy (if I want to).
- I made the pregnancy test the day after I missed my period, and before that I drank alcohol daily (because I was on vacation)
- I drank one, sometimes two cups of coffee with lots of milk every day, non decaf
- I had my first OB appointment at 6 weeks 1 day pregnant – baby’s heart was beating
- I didn’t drink one sip of alcohol during my pregnancy
- I didn’t eat cake or sauces or candy which contained alcohol
- When going out to eat I did eat the Bavarian “Schweinsbraten in Dunkelbiersauce” though
- I ate sushi but none with raw fish or meat
- I did eat feta cheese (rarely)
- I ate parmesan cheese
- I didn’t eat salami
- I only bought and ate cooked ham
- I didn’t eat sweets the first three months of my pregnancy
- I ate my regular amount of sweet things the rest of my pregnancy
- I stopped jogging completely
- I tried to go to the gym regularly until week 31 (when my OB said I’m not allowed anymore)
- Baby’s daddy and I hardly got romantic in the bedroom
- We stopped making love at week 35 – it just felt too weird (this time for me too)
- I tried to eat less / watch my weight until the day the OB said my urine shows a lack of Ketone and my weight is too low. I started eating more carbs then because I was scared the baby would come early due to my eating habits.
- I took a prenatal class
- Starting my 34th week, I made perineum massage daily or every other day – 5 minutes
- I drank pregnancy tea in my third trimester
- Starting my 34th week, I drank red raspberry leave tea to losen my pelvis
- Starting my 37th week, I went to get a prenatal acupuncture weekly to shorten labor
- Starting my 37th week, I started with pregnancy yoga twice a week
- Starting my 38th week, I made a weekly hayflower-steam-bath for 20 minutes
- I did grow a huge gross and ugly mutant-mole on my right breast
- When the weather got warm and sunny I sat on the balcony for hours to tan. I covered my belly though. I let my belly tan the first day for about ten minutes and it got so red – the sun and the very thin skin on my huge bump were just too much.
- I didn’t take a bath anymore a few weeks before my due date
- I took 150mg of Magnesium and stopped one or two weeks before my due date (didn’t know I should have stopped earlier)
- I drove the car until the end
- After my due date passed I made yoga daily and took baths again
That is a really great idea to keep a list like this and I am sure it will be helpful if you become pregnant again, or might be useful to other people that art. 🙂