{"id":103,"date":"2017-04-14T23:58:27","date_gmt":"2017-04-14T23:58:27","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/michelleadekolu.com\/index.php\/2017\/04\/14\/2017414bsx-my-first-trimester-pt-1\/"},"modified":"2017-11-30T15:28:02","modified_gmt":"2017-11-30T20:28:02","slug":"2017414bsx-my-first-trimester-pt-1","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mikkisoxtra.com\/index.php\/2017\/04\/14\/2017414bsx-my-first-trimester-pt-1\/","title":{"rendered":"BSX | My First Trimester pt 1"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"text-align-center\" style=\"text-align: center;\">Pregnancy was quite a journey. Full of Ups, downs and funny stories. I\u2019m sharing bits,\u00a0pieces and tips in this series&#8230;<\/p>\n<p class=\"text-align-center\" style=\"text-align: center;\">BabySoXtra (BSX) | Pregnancy and Motherhood.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Let me tell you about my first trimester guys. OMG. I mean they tell you what to expect but then they don\u2019t really tell you. I started experiencing Morning Sickness (MS) about a week or so after I found out I was pregnant. \u00a0It hit me like a ton of bricks. I was nauseous and the relief one would normally have after throwing up would not come because I just couldn\u2019t. \u00a0I had MS pretty much all day. But I will share some things I discovered:<!--more--><\/p>\n<ol>\n<li>It\u2019s usually worse in the morning because your body is just coming out of a period of fasting i.e. no food or drink.<\/li>\n<li>It is usually relieved by eating something bland as soon as you wake up. I had toast and saltines by the bed- always.<\/li>\n<li>Your sense of taste changes.. I found myself over-salting (and sometimes under-salting) food. Engr (husband) became the official food taster in the house.<\/li>\n<li>Since taste and smell are related, your sense of smell changes. I found myself more sensitive to smells and certain foods no matter how good they tasted before, I could not eat because of the smell. One particular smell I hated was the combination of smoked turkey and crayfish. This combo is very common in Nigerian recipes.<\/li>\n<li>Altered taste buds had me drinking only bottled water. Not just any type of water, It had to either be Nestle Pure, Voss or SmartWater. Thank God for Sam&#8217;s Club.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p><strong>Short story\u2026. <\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Case of The Sausage\/What\u2019s That Smell?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Before pregnancy, I bought this bulk pack of chicken sausage from Sam\u2019s Club. It tasted pretty good and I liked to use it for pasta. When the MS hit\u2026 I couldn\u2019t stand the smell and because the pack was already opened, I couldn&#8217;t open the fridge\/freezer without getting a concentrated whiff. I would literally gag every time I opened it. To help matters, I decided to put the opened pack inside a zip-loc which resolved a bit of the problem. I told Engr about it and explained why I couldn&#8217;t cook it for him. The whole house would smell vile (to me) lol. One day, I was doing my hair in the basement and when I came upstairs, I immediately gagged. Guess what Engr. cooked for himself?\u2026 That\u2019s right. Chicken Sausage. About a month later, Engr was looking through the freezer and called out that he couldn\u2019t find the sausage. I said, \u201cI know\u201d&#8230;. Silence, then a few minutes later \u201cWhat do you mean, you know?\u201d&#8230;.<\/p>\n<p>I Trashed It. LOL<\/p>\n<p>Believe me\u2026 the story is funny now. \u00a0\ud83d\ude09<\/p>\n<p>So much more happened during the first trimester but I will share a few of them both here and on my YouTube channel. Don&#8217;t miss when the video drops.\u00a0Subscribe to my channel <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/subscription_center?add_user=mikkisoxtra\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/static1.squarespace.com\/static\/56bbeb9e01dbae5c2ad53bc0\/56bbedafb654f965b7c9a424\/58f12e23e6f2e13ee37b6ef9\/1492201243052\/mikkisoxtra.jpgmikkisoxtra?format=original\" alt=\"When my face was starting to fill out but no one could tell... :-)\" width=\"770\" height=\"1046\" \/><\/p>\n<p>When my face was starting to fill out but no one could tell&#8230; \ud83d\ude42<\/p>\n<p>Until then\u2026 XO<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/static1.squarespace.com\/static\/56bbeb9e01dbae5c2ad53bc0\/56bbedafb654f965b7c9a424\/58f16520e58c6290e6092d46\/1492215086935\/babysoxtra+pregnancy.pngbabysoxtra+pregnancy?format=original\" alt=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Pregnancy was quite a journey. 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