Staying outdoors and active while expecting
Biking is a great sport for preggos as it’s low impact and doesn’t have any inherent risks to a pregnant body, such as overheating or getting hit in the belly. However, there is one major hurdle that you may encounter in the second or third trimester: your belly’s too big to reach the handlebars! Fear…
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I’m finally in my last month of pregnancy. I feel big, tired, and ready to not be pregnant. Like just about any preggo in her ninth month. Ha! Many of my favorite sports I’ve put on hold for now, or else slowed waaay down: – Bouldering: stopped at two months (doctor’s orders) – Aerials: stopped…
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This morning, just two weeks shy of my third trimester, I had my best preggo bike ride yet: a six-mile commute into work! There’s a beautiful bike path that covers about 4.5 miles of that, a paved, tree-lined route running along a small creek. Pre-preggo days I would race down it, each morning pushing my…
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Adventures of a Preggo 