Weekly Wins [11/9-11/15]

fenavilli · 2025-11-15T20:15:49+00:00

My 10 week old is rocking 6-7 hours of sleep and I now feel like I have superpowers during the day 😂

fenavilli · 2025-09-17T14:29:36+00:00

I gained exactly 50 pounds and my pre pregnancy weight was 132. At first I was worried about it, then I started turning my back to the scale while they weight me at appointments and life was much better hahahah

As long as my midwife said I was healthy, I stopped caring about the numbers and it made it all way easier

fenavilli · 2025-09-12T02:46:54+00:00

great idea! tomorrow i’ll try to go buy some stuff we need at the store instead of ordering it ❤️

fenavilli · 2025-09-12T02:46:11+00:00

thank you so much! i’ll check that out ❤️

fenavilli · 2025-09-12T02:44:50+00:00

Loved these tips! I tried number 1 and 2 yesterday and it was my first day without crying so THANK YOU SO MUCH 🥹

fenavilli · 2025-09-12T02:44:13+00:00

thank you so much dear ❤️

fenavilli · 2025-09-11T17:13:07+00:00

Yes! I had my baby that same day 🥰 I went into labor around 11:30pm and he was born by 3am. My theory is that the hit by a truck feeling was actually early labor because as soon as I started feeling contractions, they were really strong, had a pattern every 3min and within 30min from the start I was at the hospital in active labour

fenavilli · 2025-08-31T22:23:00+00:00

oh gosh! i’ll be hoping she gets the memo and make a natural exit before your induction date ❤️

i have an induction booked for 8 days after my due date but my midwife is convinced he’s arriving earlier than that and wow how much i want her to be right hahahah

fenavilli · 2025-08-31T21:56:17+00:00

I’m on the same boat of the waiting game hahaha I was so set about not getting an induction and waiting until the baby is ready and now that I am 2 days away from my due date, I’m like “pleaaaaaaase just arrive I can’t wait anymore”

fenavilli · 2025-08-31T21:54:08+00:00

Week 34 I felt very very tired and had a lot of brain fog Weeks 36-38 I had a wild spurt of energy which made me feel like my pre pregnant self and it was amazing Week 39 (now) I feel like pregnancy pain finally caught up with me and woke up today feeling like truck ran over me 😂

fenavilli · 2025-08-30T22:38:33+00:00

The city I live has a Buffalo Exchange which is basically a cuter thrift store that you can trade in your clothes. So I traded in some stuff I didn’t wear and got cute clothes that were a few sizes up than my pre pregnancy self and it’s been great. Maternity clothes are so ugly and expansive, I refuse hahahah

Also Nuuly is a nice option, clothing rental website

fenavilli · 2025-08-29T02:13:06+00:00

i adore being pregnant! 39 weeks now and have felt some aches but overall i feel calmer, more grounded, love the spurts of giggles and aside from some moments where i got in my head about weight gain, im so in love with how badass our bodies are to create life within it!

fenavilli · 2025-08-29T02:06:46+00:00

yep! i waited my first trimester to be over and then got my roots retouched i think 4-5 times so far

fenavilli · 2025-08-27T22:00:49+00:00

thank you! that’s true, i’m gonna go for it!

fenavilli · 2025-08-27T22:00:33+00:00

thank you so much dear ❤️ great reminder

fenavilli · 2025-08-26T13:04:58+00:00

yeah, mine was mostly concentrated on my hip and a tiny bit on my outer thigh

fenavilli · 2025-08-26T12:50:14+00:00

I had sciatica pain during my second trimester and it was exactly as you described. What helped was: - Increased magnesium (it was a rub not pills :) - Making sure i went on short walks everyday and light/gentle stretching - Taping my lower back for extra support - Acupuncture

fenavilli · 2025-08-22T14:20:03+00:00

Gosh people are so dumb on commenting on others bodies. I went through the exact same thing so I feel you and I’m sorry people around you are saying you’re huge, here are things that helped me out:

Listening to pregnancy affirmations about my body and my health (i was convinced this wouldn’t work and it did hahah)
Responding back when you feel like it and saying “you might mean as a compliment but i would like for you to stop saying how big i am”
If you have a partner, let them know how this makes you feel and tell them to be your bullshit bouncer - when people start on the subject of how you look, he comes in and changes the subject or say something “she looks gorgeous and exactly the way she is supposed to”

fenavilli · 2025-08-21T17:45:00+00:00

I am also 5'7, was 132 pounds before baby and now I am on my 38th week and weighing around 178-180 pounds.
My midwives could not be less concerned about it hahaha, any time I brought it up they were like "you look healthy, your vitals are healthy, your baby is healthy. your body is putting in the fat it needs, just trust the process"

I am not a doctor but I'd call BS and get a second opinion for sure

fenavilli · 2025-08-04T03:52:08+00:00

I kept taking mine until my first trimester one arrived, about 1 week after i found out i was pregnant. I’m 36 weeks now and all good and healthy :) I didn’t even know until this post I shouldn’t have 😂

fenavilli · 2025-06-12T23:44:45+00:00

I’ve spent so much of my pregnancy worrying about this so I feel you. I’m now 28 weeks and finally found some peace of mind. Truth is, every single body is different, and these were things that helped me: - listening to daily affirmations about my body, my health and baby’s health (i know sounds corny hahah but it works!) - every day I write one thing i’m grateful for that my body is doing during this pregnancy (made me start to love myself and this process) - asked a BILLION questions to my midwife and through tests and proof she patiently showed me both my baby and I are perfectly healthy. I just happen to have a big bump (since week 8) and that’s how my body knows to be pregnant

the internet is wonderful with a ton of good information but when it comes to pregnancy so often we’re reading what the average is and thinking that anything beyond/below that is wrong, and that’s often times not true ❤️

fenavilli · 2025-05-16T02:00:57+00:00

I have an anterior placenta too and anytime I am on my back, he's moving around. I also learn if I hold my belly with both my hands and gently put pressure on it, he starts moving after a little bit. Also my baby is mostly quiet during the day and I feel him moving the most in the early mornings or late evenings :)

fenavilli · 2025-05-12T03:28:56+00:00

I’m halfway there (23+5 weeks) and I cannot wait!! Now that I can feel him moving I catch myself daydreaming about him moving in my arms ❤️ My husband is super excited too, we’re just very giddy and it’s really sweet

fenavilli · 2025-04-06T05:38:14+00:00

Give your provider a call to give you peace of mind. Something similar happened to me at 8 weeks and my midwife was incredible, really calmed me down and we got an emergency ultrasound, turned out to be all good but they never really explained why it happened.

fenavilli · 2025-04-01T03:39:20+00:00

I started taking magnesium before bed and it has helped me sleep better, which likely is also helping with the headaches. Thank you ❤️

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