Classically Abby - What It's Like To Be 16 Weeks Pregnant! ⧸⧸ + Thrifting, decluttering makeup...

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 0.99

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 0.87

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 0.96

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 0.99

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 1.00

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

00:20:29.540 speed through of it. And that's it.

00:20:53.760 So let's go.

00:21:03.500 Hmm.

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

00:21:40.060 definitely get rid of it.

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.

00:21:58.440 It has my brushes.

00:21:59.280 It has some hair stuff.

00:22:00.160 It has some like interesting palettes that I like to use and then this is just like

00:22:05.940 my bin that I use every single day.

00:22:07.700 I like to be able to pull it out and put it on my counter here.

00:22:10.160 So I put like my favorite products in here.

00:22:13.060 My everyday products.

00:22:14.740 I went through a ton of my lipsticks.

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

00:22:22.640 I just don't wear.

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.

00:22:31.240 Here are the rest of my palettes.

00:22:33.140 I do have a lot of eyeshadow palettes and I recognize that but I really love doing eyeshadow

00:22:39.260 looks.

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

00:22:51.960 at all.

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

00:23:23.220 as much stuff.

00:23:24.460 So that is it for today's vlog.

00:23:27.160 Thank you guys so much for joining me.

00:23:29.480 I feel like we got a lot of good stuff done.

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

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00:23:45.040 I'm so excited to continue sharing all about the pregnancy with you guys and just sharing

00:23:49.720 my life.

00:23:50.580 So I will see you guys in my next one.

00:23:52.680 Bye!

00:23:53.120 Bye!

00:23:53.160 Bye!

Classically Abby - October 11, 2021

What It's Like To Be 16 Weeks Pregnant! ⧸⧸ + Thrifting, decluttering makeup...

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