What is normal?

During pregnancy, especially your first, there are tons of changes you are going to experience. With most of them you will wonder "Is this normal?"

I do not believe in the word "normal" in the traditional since. I believe everybody has their own normal, particularly when it comes to pregnancy. No two people are the same and therefore no two pregnancies will be the same.

So far for me normal has been way different than normal has been for any of  my friends who are also expecting. 

I am currently 22 weeks along and I just started noticeably "showing" about a week and a half ago. Two other girls I know were "showing" around 12 weeks, both of these are NORMAL.

A coworker of mine did not experience any "morning sickness" at all, I was sick every night between weeks 4 and 12. Yet again both of these are NORMAL

I am the only one I know who has had constant migraine's as a side effect of pregnancy, even though I can't say I know anybody else who is or has experienced this it is still "NORMAL."

There will be tons of changes within your body as you go through the pregnancy experience. I can almost promise you, THEY ARE ALL NORMAL. Most of the time you will KNOW without a doubt if there is something truly wrong. The best way to know whether or not something is normal is to take the time to educate yourself. We are lucky enough to live in the time of GOOGLE where the answer to any question you have is only a few clicks away. 

I personally do not have many questions regarding pregnancy and all the changes that are happening to me, because I have always had a strange infatuation with pregnancy and what happens during it. My favorite classes were sex ed and other health classed that taught about pregnancy. I also took a lot of time to self educate while my sister was pregnant. All of those pamphlets they have at the doctors office can really teach a lot if you actually take the time to read them (yes I am one of those people who read pamphlets just because I am bored).