Staying outdoors and active while expecting
Guess what my husband surprised me with? A full-body climbing harness! We tried it out at the gym and it was AMAZING. First off you will notice there’s nothing that goes across your belly. My regular harness was becoming uncomfortable, and I started to feel unsafe because I couldn’t tighten it very well anymore. With…
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I’m definitely feeling slower and more lethargic than normal, but overall my body still feels great running!
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I’m flyyyyyying!
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Outdoor rock climbing! Still wearing my pre-pregnant harness and it’s getting tight. Not really able to tighten it anymore. Will need to get a full-body harness soon. This belly’s getting big! The climbing felt great. My muscles are definitely weaker (no more one-legged squats, heh), but I still got up a tricky route! Also squeezed…
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This envelope here is…. … … *drum roll, please!* … … The gender of our baby! We are both SO excited. I think we will go out somewhere the two of us and open it. Richard thinks it’s a boy. I don’t know! My sis-in-law is having a boy a month before me so it’d…
Read MoreToday I’m feeling very proud of myself. I ran a 10 kilometer trail race! 🙂 Well, six miles used to be a piece of cake for me. Six months ago I ran the same distance and placed first in my age group. Today I ran about 20 min slower (that’s about 3 extra minutes per…
Read MoreI’ve just found my new favorite preggo activity. Prenatal yoga classes! Don’t get me wrong, I’ve been doing my own yoga at home. Ya know, a few poses here and there, a little bit of extra stretching when I get home. Maybe some extra downward dog when I feel tension rising in my shoulders. I…
Read MoreBaby is kicking!!!! 😀 I’ve felt little “bubbles” popping on the inside of my tummy for a few days-ish. I think. Have to be really still to feel them! But it’s just like what Aunt Jenna described. It’s so little! I think of my tiny little guy (or gal!) moving around in there. Are they…
Read MoreI need to write! It’s been 13 weeks and 3 days and I’m finally out of the first trimester. Whew! SO much is changing. Everything is making sense and my entire personality is shifting. Everything is becoming clearer, the important and the irrelevant. My emotions are RIGHT HERE. No hiding or faking anything; doing so…
Read MoreA lot of preggos go into their baby-making adventure expecting their body to change… and not necessarily for the better. It’s a known sacrifice. I know I’m going to lose my abs and put on weight in the butt/hip/thigh area. I may get stretch marks and vericose veins. My ankles will swell and my feet…
Read MoreLook, being pregnant has made me start to believe in souls. Because sometimes I just feel this inexplicable presence, like my baby’s here with me. The first time it happened was four days after I ovulated. I was standing at a computer doing nothing in particular (maybe cruising BUZZFEED for example) when I suddenly felt…Continue reading
Read MoreI had a dream last night. It was about the baby. The details weren’t nearly as relevant as the decorations in the room: the cards everyone had gotten me, the balloons, the clothing, the paint color. Everything was pink! That’s right, I dreamed I was having a girl. OBVIOUSLY the first thing I did this…
Read MoreI’m here today to talk about BOOBS! They’re squishy. They jiggle. They mainly don’t do anything…. except attract mates 😛 And now, ladies and gentlemen… drum roll, please …mine are growing milk ducts! Tragically, it’s not as pleasant or enjoyable as one might hope (though still frickin’ awesome!). The ladies are basically sore 24/7. And…
Read MoreI’m having trouble tonight. It’s about 10:30 pm and I can’t sleep. I’m too exhausted. I’m in a stranger’s home, the third airbnb since I’ve been in Boulder. It’s Sunday night so I haven’t figured out where the nearest cafes and grocery stores are for the week. I tried to go to Walgreen’s for one…
Read MoreSo, obs as I am a barely even five weeks pregnant, we are not announcing it to anyone. At eight weeks I’ll have an ultrasound. If they see a good heartbeat (over 140 bpm), there is less than a 10% chance of miscarriage. That seems like a good time to start telling immediate family. Not…
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Adventures of a Preggo 