channel this is going to be my first
trimester must-haves a lot of you guys
know that I recently became a mom I
didn't post anything about it for the
whole nine months but I have tons of
tips and tricks I want to share with you
guys so if you're expecting or you're in
your first trimester this is the video
for you two tips if you're new to my
channel my name is Jen I post new videos
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let's get started first let's talk about
health one of the main things that an OB
or a midwife or a doctor will tell you
is to make sure you have your prenatals
and your DHA these are the ones that I
use I use them still today even for
breastfeeding because it's really
important to keep those vitamins up and
if you're not feeling well especially in
the first trimester if you're nauseous
or you just don't really have an
appetite make sure you're getting in
your vitamins two things you want to
make sure you have a lot of in your diet
its folic acid and calcium folic acid is
usually in your prenatals and calcium
which you can get from yogurt you can
get from your supplement and if you
don't feel like you have enough of that
make sure you ask your doctor and see
how you can get more folic acid and
calcium into your diet if you're feeling
nauseous or have morning sickness which
I don't really know why they call it
morning sickness because you literally
feel like you're sick all throughout the
day so if you are like that try
something ginger tea and don't drink
ginger tea on an empty stomach have some
toast or crack or something really easy
on the stomach and then have ginger tea
afterwards that really helps me because
if I drank ginger tea at the beginning
of the day and just had an empty stomach
it wouldn't make it worse I also like to
have bars on hand especially if I don't
feel like having a meal I love the keto
bars they're good to go bars are my
recent favorites and I kind of wish I
had these bars back Monday because
they're lower in carbs and sugars more
protein which is good when you need to
be full one of the things that was
really tough for me during the first
trimester was cutting out coffee you
guys I could not even function in the
first trimester there are research
studies saying that you can have up to
200 milligrams of caffeine for me I
wanted to cut out a bit of caffeine
because I felt like I was dependent on
it
so I was just weaning myself off of it
slowly and then I started drinking decaf
coffee and also decaf Earl Grey which I
had for the most of my pregnancy and I
was totally fine exercising is super
important throughout all three
trimesters even when I was feeling
nauseous the only thing that would
really help make me feel better is
ginger tea and walking or exercising I
went to spin class up until probably the
first week of the third trimester and it
helped me so much but really exercise
does help even if you're feeling
nauseous or gross go outside for a walk
do some stretches it really does help
I'm also going to link a few YouTube
videos that I did throughout all three
trimesters one is a prenatal yoga one it
has like millions of views on YouTube
and I loved it I did it almost every
other day basically for the whole nine
months it was so calming and relaxing
and it made me just feel really good and
confident as well and some other ones
from PopSugar fitness that I did just 15
minute workouts that are easy on the
body low-impact so it's not like you're
lifting heavy weights or you're you know
going for sprints it's nothing like that
they're perfectly fine for pregnancy one
of the other exercises you might want to
start doing is pelvic floor exercises
and you can google on how to do this but
just imagine trying to stop a stream of
pee those are the muscles you're trying
to help strengthen your pelvic floor
it's what's going to help push out a
baby if you have strong muscles there
you're going to do yourself a favor when
it comes time to deliver you guys if
you're gonna take anything from this
video you must get a pregnancy pillow
you must you must you must I ordered
this off of Amazon and honestly I have
used it every single trimester I still
use it now for a different purpose but
I'll tell you that afterwards this is
great especially in the first trimester
trying to get your body used to it
because let me tell you by the time you
start showing and by the time your back
starts to hurt you're gonna want a
pillow that supports your entire body
move it adjust it if you want to sit up
if you want to lie down if you want to
go for a nap it's just amazing because
it helps your spine stay straight and
gives you support on your back which is
really helpful and on your front where
then your tummy is big you have
something underneath I like everything
that I talked about down below so if
want to go check it out you can next up
I want to talk about reading material I
know a lot of people probably read what
to Expect When You're Expecting I have
that book but I don't want to recommend
it because I find that it was a little
bit too scientific and almost too scary
to read there were things in there that
did not apply to my pregnancy at all and
I just read them and I thought oh my
gosh I'm gonna get this or this could
happen and then I felt anxiety inside so
really that wasn't the best book for me
but for some people that might be a
really good book I read so many books in
the first trimester I think I
overstimulated myself and just gave
myself anxiety because I read so much
and thinking what should I do
I was just totally out of my mind I
wanted everything to be perfect I wanted
things to work I didn't want anything
wrong or bad to happen during my
pregnancy and I think that in itself was
harming me I'm gonna link to below one
is a cookbook it's called the whole
nine-months and I found it really easy
to read it's a cookbook basically for
each trimester and you can try these
really healthy recipes it's also written
by a doctor called dr. Jennifer Lange
and has a foreword by Jessica Alba so I
thought you know what it was good and
the recipes are really easy to make
you'll also want to make sure you have a
good water bottle I have two that I
switched between when I got off Amazon
which I like because it comes with a
straw and it's more just easy just at
night time to grab and drink instead of
having like a bottle where you have to
like flip open the lid but I do use the
blender bottle every single day I still
use it they're great for smoothies are
great for just water because it packs a
lot and it's just easy to drink out of
the spout nothing fancy but it works so
these are the two bottles that I use for
clothing during the first trimester I
basically lived in yoga pants my
favorites are the align pants from
Lululemon I have probably like five
pairs of them they're great for the gym
and they suck in in the first trimester
you're probably feeling very bloated
gassy so having something that flattens
the stomach gives you support will be
very helpful and they'll feel a lot
better
following that you'll also want to
invest in a maternity bra I didn't
really feel too much fullness during the
first trimester it more so happened in
the second and third for me but in the
first trimester if you are experiencing
sore breasts or like you
it's getting more full get something
that's going to support it one of my
favorite and this might also work better
with women with smaller breasts I love
the Muji bra it's seamless there are no
lines it's just this very soft fabric
you can sleep in it it just feels like
you're wearing nothing and I absolutely
totally recommend it I still wear it
today from my first trimester until
postpartum and that's how amazing this
prize is the next I'm going to show you
is something that I use for my entire
pregnancy and it's a waistband which
helps secure a growing belly this and
the pregnancy pillow we're basically the
two things that I use in the entire nine
months I highly highly recommend this
because it's going to help alleviate
back pain it's also gonna make your
clothes look more flattering it's also
going to make you feel like you have
more security in your belly area now
let's talk about skin care because I
know a lot of you guys will be wondering
about this I did not go full-throttle
there wasn't anything special or crazy
that I did for my pregnancy I actually
if anything dialed it way back I try to
put on as least amount of lotions
potions creams body moisturizers even
cleansers I try to really limit it I
just basically went naked just naked
skin but of course I still did use
things that or pregnancy safe a few
notable products that I did use were a
lot of code Elysee products which I know
a big part of their collection is
pregnancy safe and also natural I just
loved it I just had a lot of their
products on hand so I just used them for
body moisturizers I absolutely love the
lush dream cream I used probably three
full-size bottles of them I loved how it
was just so nourishing my skin never
felt dry it was just a nice thing to do
to relax my body after a shower the
other thing I used from lush that I
probably went through like four bars up
is the massage bar the massage bar is
great to use over your growing belly it
helps with stretch marks it helps with
easing itchy skin because let me tell
you in the
and of my pregnancy my tummy was super
like hot and itchy and the only thing
that really calmed it was the lush dream
cream and this massage part my last tip
I'm going to give to you is about
stretch marks I worried about this and
I'm sure a lot of you guys watching if
it's your first time or your fifth time
you're worried about stretch marks and
sometimes it cannot be avoided because
they're genetic but there's no harm in
trying
another mom actually recommended this
product to me and I absolutely loved it
I started using it in the first
trimester I didn't even show really any
was using it as a preventative measure
and I think that really does help
because right now I can barely see a lot
of my stretch marks that I thought we're
gonna be there for a long time this is
what I attribute it to the sage tummy
oil is specifically made for stretch
marks you guys it's honestly one of my
favorite products that I use during my
entire pregnancy and I hope you guys
check it out because it really helped me
and that's all for today I hope you guys
enjoyed watching my first trimester
must-have I have a lot of tips for you
guys if you want to see my second and
third trimester must-have make sure you
comment below and let me know and for
mamas out there I'm cheering for you I
hope you do well I hope you relax take
care of yourself especially during this
crazy time make sure you look out for
yourself and your little one and if
anything in this video helped you I am
glad that it did and if you have any
tips to share with other moms out there
make sure you comment below and let us
all know sharing is caring thank you
guys so much
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