What It's Like To Be 16 Weeks Pregnant! ⧸⧸ + Thrifting, decluttering makeup...
Episode Stats
Words per Minute
176.07413
Summary
In today's vlog, I talk about how the first trimester is going so far and what it means to be 16 weeks along in your pregnancy. I also talk about the first time I felt movement from the baby and how it's so exciting!
Transcript
00:00:00.000
The reason that I started doing vlogs on my channel was so that I could start doing
00:00:04.180
pregnancy vlogs. Declutter the house a little bit tomorrow. This is where we're at. So this
00:00:09.160
is going to be sort of like a maternity haul from Goodwill, but the clothes that I got,
00:00:13.000
none of them are maternity. Good morning friends and welcome to the vlog. I wanted to share with
00:00:23.520
you guys the milk I've been using. It's actually oat milk creamer that I've been putting in my
00:00:28.700
coffee and it is pumpkin spice flavored. I've really been enjoying it and because I've been
00:00:33.780
trying to get off dairy, this has been a really good option. So this is most of my breakfast today.
00:00:41.720
I have three eggs and three little tomatoes. I cut them up and I just fry them up because I'm trying
00:00:47.600
to get enough protein while I'm pregnant. So I want to make sure I'm eating enough that will
00:00:53.300
kind of nourish the baby and eggs are a really good source of protein. And then I'm also probably
00:00:59.200
going to have a few just crackers and cream cheese just to fill it out in case I'm still hungry.
00:01:23.300
So I'm preparing lunch and I'm just having some steel cut oats. Steel cut oats are a good addition to my diet
00:01:52.520
because they're really filling and they have a lot of good things in them. Nothing bad for
00:01:56.540
you, which again, good for pregnancy. So that's what I'm eating now.
00:02:05.260
Hi guys and welcome to today's vlog. This is my first pregnancy vlog. So I mentioned on my channel
00:02:12.500
that the reason that I started doing vlogs on my channel was so that I could start doing pregnancy
00:02:17.600
vlogs and following along with the pregnancy. So we are at week 16 when I'm recording this
00:02:24.560
and it is so exciting. I'm so grateful for all of the wonderful kind comments that you guys shared
00:02:33.240
on Instagram, on Twitter, here on YouTube. It meant so much to us. We just can't wait to share all of
00:02:40.200
this with you guys. It's such a cool experience. And the first trimester is kind of hard because you
00:02:46.780
can't tell anyone about anything that you're going through. And then the rest of the pregnancy,
00:02:51.580
you want to share everything. So I'm so excited to share everything with you guys. I'm excited to do
00:02:57.240
Q&As and try on clothes and talk about products that I'm liking that are good for pregnancy
00:03:03.780
and things that we've been doing to help and exercises and all that stuff. Like I just want to
00:03:09.160
talk about all stuff pregnancy motherhood related. So I'm really looking forward to doing that
00:03:15.340
here on my channel here in the vlogs. And so let's start off with talking about what 16 weeks really
00:03:21.940
means. So I use the Pregnancy Plus app. So this is what the baby looks like right now. You can see
00:03:31.060
it's incredible. It's so amazing to see how developed the baby is already. And I'm so excited.
00:03:41.580
So according to the app, what's going on with the baby is that the veins that have been showing
00:03:47.580
through your baby's skin are becoming less obvious as fat formation begins. Even though your baby has
00:03:53.400
had taste buds for quite some time, it is only now that it can really make out differences in flavor.
00:04:00.380
So cute. Your baby is now around the same size as the placenta. And the little heart is busy pumping
00:04:06.360
25 quarts of blood a day. Your baby's brain is communicating constantly with the nervous system
00:04:12.280
and muscles and you are more likely to feel the movements now. So speaking of that, I think we did
00:04:18.160
feel the movements last night. I was lying in bed and they say that early on in the pregnancy,
00:04:24.380
the baby sleeps most of the time. It's only awake for like six hours a day. And if the baby's going to
00:04:30.640
wake up, it's going to be when you're resting because walking, moving around rocks the baby to sleep.
00:04:35.560
So when you lie down and you're resting, the baby wakes up. So last night when I went to sleep,
00:04:42.340
I could feel little twitches and it didn't feel like gas or anything because it felt very,
00:04:50.920
it felt, it didn't feel so random. It felt like it was happening all at once. And it was really cool.
00:04:58.200
Jacob put his hand on my, on my belly and really focused and he said he could feel some stuff.
00:05:03.440
So I think he felt it too. So that's, I'm like so excited. I can't wait to feel more. I can't wait
00:05:10.360
to feel little baby kicks. I'm so, I'm so looking forward to it. I can't decide whether I've like
00:05:16.160
popped yet. I don't really know what it means to pop in the sense of, I think I've sort of started
00:05:23.000
to pop, but like if I wore the right clothes, you wouldn't be able to tell. But if I'm wearing
00:05:28.080
something really fitted, you can tell. I mean, in the pictures that I posted on Instagram and on
00:05:32.820
Twitter, you can sort of see a little bump, but it's because I'm wearing something really fitted.
00:05:37.980
So I don't know. You guys tell me at the end of this, I will show you a bump update, a bump date.
00:05:47.060
I am not planning on showing my actual stomach online. I'm not planning on showing that anywhere
00:05:53.400
really. That's, that doesn't follow my modesty rules, but I will just show you with my clothes
00:05:58.240
so you can tell me what you guys see. But I'm just, I'm so looking forward to going along with
00:06:04.000
you guys and showing you week by week how I'm feeling, what the baby's doing. So update about
00:06:09.220
my symptoms. I've been getting some round ligament pain. I think I've had that a little bit throughout
00:06:17.080
the pregnancy, but now it's like more intense. Oh my gosh, this morning I sneezed and it was so
00:06:22.220
painful. And I immediately looked it up online and it was like, no, no, no, that's round ligament
00:06:26.200
pain. That's totally normal, which calmed me down. Um, but I have had that. I'm hungry all the time
00:06:34.440
now. Like no matter what I eat, I don't feel full when I'm finished. So I could like keep eating
00:06:41.500
forever. I feel like, but if I ate too much too fast, I would feel sick. So that's kind of a funny,
00:06:47.440
weird thing. Um, I'm drinking a lot of water. I'm thirsty, but not in like a, a dangerous way,
00:06:54.040
but I'm just like thirsty. I need to drink a lot. What else? I get tired really easily at the end
00:07:00.400
of the day. So once it hits around 8 45, I'm starting to feel tired and I like need to go to
00:07:07.560
sleep. 10 30, it's really late for me, but that has been lessening up a bit. I've noticed that the
00:07:12.760
last like three or four days, I've actually been able to stay up to like 11, 11 30, which is nice
00:07:18.480
because my husband is a night owl. So he likes to be able to stay up late with me, but that's it
00:07:24.260
really as far as the pregnancy update. I did want to mention that I'm using another new lens. So I got
00:07:31.460
a lens. I returned that lens. I got another lens and I still have that one for photography. And then I
00:07:36.320
got this lens to do videos like this that I can do chatting to the camera, but have like a nice blown
00:07:42.520
out background. So I'm excited about that. But as far as the rest of today, I'm planning on going
00:07:50.420
to Goodwill. So when I did that Goodwill haul, I didn't tell you why I was going to Goodwill and
00:07:55.800
why I'm shopping for clothes right now. And it's because my clothes don't fit. So I'm going to
00:08:01.220
Goodwill. I also sometimes shop at TJ Maxx. As you guys know, I love TJ Maxx to look for kind of
00:08:06.460
maternity clothes, but I have to go to Goodwill because I bought some things there that I returned
00:08:10.780
because they didn't fit. And I needed to use my credit in the next 30 days. So I have to go back
00:08:17.100
and find something today or at least try on some things. They don't allow us to try on things in
00:08:23.420
store right now. So it's kind of a silly system though, because you have to bring it home to try
00:08:28.180
on which fine, fair enough. But then when you bring it back to return, the return process is like very
00:08:34.120
complicated. So instead of just letting us try things on there so that we don't have to do the
00:08:39.940
return process, they still make you buy it and then return it. It's kind of annoying, kind of
00:08:44.220
frustrating, but you know, it's Goodwill. So I'm glad I'm giving money to a good program. But yeah,
00:08:49.500
so I'm looking for some maternity clothes. I find that Goodwill is like best for sweaters.
00:08:56.740
Problem is I have a lot of sweaters. So I'm going to go look for dresses and see if I can find anything.
00:09:01.560
I'm always on the lookout for skirts to see if they have anything. We're going to see what I can come
00:09:06.640
across. Maybe I'll find some good, some good things to add to the wardrobe. I don't plan on
00:09:12.460
buying anything for baby just yet. Orthodox Jews don't generally buy a lot of stuff early on in
00:09:17.440
the pregnancy. We usually wait a little bit just to make sure everything is okay. And we just want
00:09:22.720
to be like careful about that. So I'm not really looking for anything for the baby today, mostly
00:09:26.840
just for me, for what I can wear. We will have to think about though, things that we need for the
00:09:34.040
nursery soon because there's shortages of all this stuff everywhere. Like the delivery times
00:09:39.660
are super long. So I don't want to wait too long to order a crib or like a changing table
00:09:45.420
or maybe even a stroller because all that stuff, it needs to be here by the end of March. So
00:09:51.920
theoretically, that's enough time. But with all the shipping delays, you never know. So I want to
00:09:58.100
make sure we do stay on top of that probably in the next, probably after the anatomy scan,
00:10:03.940
which would be like at 20 weeks. I would feel good about making the registry and trying to order some
00:10:10.360
of that stuff. But I'm also planning on going to the grocery store. I need to change out our soda
00:10:14.480
stream canister. So we have a soda stream and we need to change out the canister when it runs out of
00:10:19.060
carbon dioxide. I think it is. It's the thing that makes the bubbles in the water so that you can have
00:10:25.300
seltzer. You need to change that out as soon as it runs out. So a lot of stores have a program where
00:10:29.600
you bring in an old canister and you get half off a new canister. So I'm going to be doing that. I
00:10:33.720
need to get some fruit too because I go through fruit like crazy now that I'm pregnant. I love fruit
00:10:39.040
and I crave it like all the time. So grapes, strawberries, nectarines, all that stuff. It's delicious.
00:10:46.020
So I need to go pick up some stuff. And then I also need to return some Amazon purchases.
00:10:50.940
I'll tell you why. Because I ordered some bras, some nursing bras. I need to get new bras because
00:11:00.860
when you're pregnant everything grows. So my bras don't fit me anymore. So I needed to buy new bras
00:11:07.900
but they're very expensive. So I ordered them on Amazon just so I can try them in the comfort of my
00:11:12.700
home. I got two that didn't fit and then I have one that I'm actually wearing and that is very
00:11:17.600
comfortable. And also because it's a nursing bra I can wear it after the baby's born. So that's
00:11:21.900
awesome. So I have to go return those. If we have any extra time today I want to do some decluttering
00:11:28.300
of maybe like a closet. We have to get rid of stuff you guys. My house is so full of stuff and we have
00:11:35.640
no storage. So there's really no place to put baby stuff and that's stressing me out. I want to get rid
00:11:42.780
of some of my stuff. Some of Jacob's stuff so that we have room. Because we have four closets in this
00:11:47.740
house. And when I say four closets I mean like four small closets throughout the house. Jacob has his
00:11:53.760
closet. It's rather small. I have a closet because we can't share one because it's small. And then we
00:12:01.000
don't the two downstairs bedrooms don't have closets. So the other two closets are like a coat closet and
00:12:07.020
a pantry basically. We do have a closet in a bedroom but it's more like a storage space for
00:12:13.800
like boxes. So we can't like hang clothes in there. It's very stressful. So we need to get rid of some
00:12:20.080
stuff and we're gonna go through it and try and declutter. I don't know if we're gonna get to it
00:12:24.420
today though. So let's run to some stores. Let's see what we can find. And yeah. Okay I almost forgot
00:12:32.900
to do the bump date. I literally walked away from the camera, was like about to change the lens,
00:12:39.500
and then realized I needed to do this. Okay so let's see. I'm trying to tuck in my top a little
00:12:46.700
bit more. Okay so this is where we're at. If I put my hand underneath, this is the bump. This is,
00:12:57.200
you can see, it's like a little bit. It's like there when I like pull in my skirt. But I don't think
00:13:04.780
you can like totally see it yet. Maybe a little bit. So yeah, that's where we're at.
00:13:27.200
So I returned my stuff to Amazon which was pretty easy. And then we went to Goodwill and I had some
00:13:53.220
success. So I ended up only buying dresses and then one tie wrap top. So I was hoping to find
00:14:01.080
a like wrap sweater. I didn't find a wrap sweater. But I did find this interesting wrap top that is
00:14:07.540
very nice quality. So we're gonna see if everything fits. Maybe we'll do a try on haul. I think this
00:14:14.580
vlog might end up kind of being like two days. I might do a little bit of vlogging tomorrow. I might
00:14:20.400
declutter the house a little bit tomorrow and do a little try on haul for you guys.
00:14:25.300
But that worked out. So I'm excited because I did find some good stuff. And now I'm heading into
00:14:31.960
the grocery store to switch out my seltzer soda stream tank. And also I'm going to get that fruit.
00:14:40.980
But I don't think I'm gonna sign off tonight because like I said I think I'm going to see
00:14:45.840
you guys tomorrow. So see you in the morning. Good morning friends. It's the next day. I'm excited
00:14:54.900
to try on the stuff that I got from Goodwill. And I was thinking about what I want to declutter. And I
00:15:00.320
think I'm going to try decluttering a little bit of my desk so I can get through some of my makeup.
00:15:06.500
I used to be a huge makeup collector. I used to love getting new palettes. I still really like it.
00:15:14.200
But I try to avoid doing it because I know it's wasteful. And so I think today would be a good
00:15:19.580
time to start sorting through that stuff. Whittle down my collection so I have more room in my drawers
00:15:24.120
for different things. And I think that there's stuff in there that I don't need. So I definitely
00:15:28.900
want to go through that. So this is going to be sort of like a maternity haul from Goodwill. But the
00:15:33.680
clothes that I got none of them are maternity. So you can probably get inspiration from them even if
00:15:37.920
you're not pregnant. I just wanted to choose some things that would fit over a bump for the next few
00:15:42.080
months. Now I recognize I don't really need to be in maternity clothes yet. But I'm starting to stock
00:15:48.080
up on the things that I would like to have for the next few months that would feel comfortable. I will
00:15:53.220
say also a lot of my clothes don't fit. So better for me to have more options. And when I say that they
00:15:59.940
don't fit, I don't mean that it's like horrible. I just mean that it's uncomfortable. And I don't
00:16:04.000
personally want to be uncomfortable. I like to wear clothing that feels comfortable but also
00:16:08.160
accentuates the bump because that's fun. Okay so this is the first thing I got. This little wrap
00:16:13.940
top. I've been looking for a wrap top because I have dresses that I would like to put something over
00:16:21.040
but that would still define my waist. So this is a good example of that kind of a dress. This is a
00:16:26.360
sleeveless racerback dress but in the fall I'd like to be able to cover up a little bit more. I mean
00:16:32.200
this color combo, I don't know how I feel. Let me know in the comments what you guys think.
00:16:35.680
But I wanted to get something that would kind of cinch in at the waist and above the bump which is
00:16:41.620
definitely sticking out more in this outfit because it is tighter. But I really like this
00:16:48.320
actually. I'm surprised. It's Charter Club so that means it's pretty nice. It's I think 100% silk
00:16:52.920
and I think it was $6. Now I just noticed that this is sticking out. Putting that back down. I think
00:17:00.200
this is a really cute, a cute find. Yay! Next up I found this little dress. It's just a really
00:17:06.220
simple cotton stripey dress with the cabbage hem. Is that what that's called? These kind of like
00:17:12.960
ruffly hems. I know that's very in but I really liked the neckline. I liked the sleeves and I got
00:17:19.060
some advice following Mrs. Midwest that even though this technically looked a little bit older because
00:17:25.320
of the tag on the back. The fabric has no pilling. It has no issues. It has no stretching. And she said
00:17:32.220
like that's something to look out for when you're thrifting. So I thought even though theoretically this
00:17:36.880
might be a little bit like of an older piece, it's actually in good condition. So I could totally get it.
00:17:43.640
And it's really stretchy so it'll definitely grow with the bump. But I think it's really cute.
00:17:48.420
Okay so next up I found this dress top tunic from Rachel Roy which is a really nice company. Fabric
00:17:57.440
is amazing. So good for a bump. It'll be perfect. And it's like slightly more on the dressy side and
00:18:04.120
it makes me feel very classy. I'm wearing it with just like leggings underneath. But I thought this
00:18:10.220
would be really cute. Maybe I want to belt it but here is my idea for how I would style this. I thought
00:18:16.360
throwing on a cute little jacket on top would just make it really cute. But I do I do like it. I mean
00:18:22.300
I think it definitely has potential. I have to figure out exactly how to style it. I could almost see it
00:18:26.940
with like a gold chain link belt. Let me know in the comments what you guys think about this one
00:18:31.760
because I think it's like a little bit unique and different. And I think it's really nice for a
00:18:37.820
growing baby bump. Okay next up I found this sweater dress thing from Boohoo from Goodwill.
00:18:47.420
I'm flopping it around because it has like a slit here. This is not my skin. I'm wearing a t-shirt
00:18:53.720
underneath or an undershirt. But I just thought this would be good for a growing belly. And it's still
00:19:00.060
long enough where it covers my leggings. I could also wear it with jeans if I was uncomfortable wearing
00:19:04.680
this with leggings. But I like I like the sleeves a lot. I like the color. I like the fit. And I and I
00:19:10.920
do like that this has like a slit on the side. I wish it was a little lower. I wish the slit was like
00:19:16.560
here. But I kind of like the look of it. Maybe could belt it. I don't know. I just like it. It's
00:19:24.340
another good find. If you can hear a sound outside it's someone mowing their lawn. So I can't control
00:19:29.480
that. Okay so this is the last piece I got. It's a dress from BB. And it seems to be in really good
00:19:35.340
condition. The quality is great. I really like this like metal thing on the side. Wrap dresses tend to
00:19:41.940
be a good look for my figure. And especially because as I get more pregnant theoretically I'm still going
00:19:48.580
to stay a little bit thin through here. So I still want to like accentuate my shape sometimes. Not
00:19:56.240
always but sometimes. Even as the bump gets big. And this is a dress that's definitely going to
00:20:01.300
stretch. So I thought this would be a good dress to wear for like cocktail events or anything else
00:20:06.660
that we might be attending in the fall or the winter. Okay so that's it as far as the haul.
00:20:13.600
Everything I got I really like. Let me know in the comments what you guys think. Which were your
00:20:17.900
favorites. If there was something that you were like Abby don't like that. I'd like to know your
00:20:23.760
thoughts. So let me know. And now I'm gonna do just some quick decluttering. I'll just do a little
00:21:09.180
So this is everything that I am going to give away.
00:21:33.440
Um yeah I had a lot of stuff that I wasn't really using and that was old so I should
00:21:41.080
I'm also getting rid of all of my my foundations that have chemical SPF in them because I'm
00:21:47.400
not gonna be able to wear them for six months and then probably after when I'm breastfeeding
00:21:50.920
so I might as well get rid of them because they'll expire.
00:21:53.860
But this is what I'm working with now as far as my kind of main drawer.
00:22:00.160
It has some like interesting palettes that I like to use and then this is just like
00:22:07.700
I like to be able to pull it out and put it on my counter here.
00:22:17.340
I know I still have a lot but way less than I used to and I went through the colors that
00:22:23.440
I don't wear like crazy bright purples anymore or anything like that.
00:22:27.220
So I just kept the colors that I really like and the ones that I will keep wearing.
00:22:33.140
I do have a lot of eyeshadow palettes and I recognize that but I really love doing eyeshadow
00:22:39.600
Not every day so it's not always a thing that I'm like using and reaching for but when
00:22:43.860
I do do my eyeshadow it's like something I really enjoy.
00:22:46.940
So I have a bunch of palettes here and it's making me realize I should not buy any more
00:22:54.000
Next up I have highlighters, bronzers, and blushes.
00:22:58.240
So this has been really whittled down and there's just a few things in here.
00:23:01.780
And now we just have an empty drawer which is the very nice thing about decluttering.
00:23:05.900
So I can figure out what I want to put in here which is awesome.
00:23:09.440
Honestly this whole thing I don't just collect makeup because I like it.
00:23:13.020
I was collecting makeup because I wanted to review it for you guys on my channel.
00:23:15.940
So I don't feel horrible about having the amount of makeup that I did.
00:23:19.580
But now that my channel is a lot less makeup based it doesn't make sense for me to have
00:23:32.040
If you would like to continue to follow along with the pregnancy updates just along with my
00:23:36.800
channel make sure to subscribe and hit that notification bell and make sure to subscribe
00:23:41.380
to my Substack newsletter so you can get access to a ton of exclusive content.
00:23:45.040
I'm so excited to continue sharing all about the pregnancy with you guys and just sharing