WEEK 12 ONWARDS:

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WEEK 11 – More good days than not so good

It seems like as week 11 came to an end so was my non stop nausea. I seem to be having more ok days now and less days where I’m not capable of doing anything. I still don’t feel great but I feel a hell of a lot better than I have for the past few weeks. Although the weird thing is that the better I felt the more stressed I got and week 11 was spent counting down to my 12 week scan.

FOOD:  Still not great but am trying to make a conscious effort to make better choices and force myself to eat well. The good thing is that I can finally drink lots of water again and loving it. I’ve also managed to have a coffee, not that I want to get back into that but it’s nice to be able to feel slightly human again. I am finding that if I don’t eat every three hours I’m ready to kill someone. When I’m hungry, I’M HUNGRY and nothing will stop me from eating. Cam’s learning that dinner needs to be earlier and I’ve learnt if I’m too hungry I just have something to eat on my own. 

MOOD:  Up and down, if I’m feeling sick I feel crap but as soon as I start to feel good I stress that I shouldn’t be feeling better already. I’m also struggling a bit with the extra layer that has crept on and just feeling really uncomfortable with myself.

TRAINING: As the week came to an end I managed to do a Jog/Walk up my favourite hill and one weight session and Cam and I also went for a 5km run on the esplanade. I had to end up sending Cam off on his own as I was struggling a bit and needed to slow down. I’ve discovered that my heart rate sits at about 160 now when running and it’s not because I’m dying but my resting heart rate seems to be up by about 20 beats as well. Not sure if this is normal but I feel comfortable enough and don’t feel like I’m overheating or stressing bubs out! It better get used to bouncing around as it will be doing a lot of it in the pram once it’s born!

1 x 5km Jog

1 x Hill Walk/Jog

1 x Weight Session

PHYSICAL CHANGES:  Struggling a bit with the fat creeping on. I don’t mind getting large for pregnancy but I know that the layer I’ve got right now is simply from lack of exercise and not eating well. It’s just reminded me why I love health and fitness and why I NEED to exercise. If I don’t I get fat really quickly! Now that I’m back exercising I’m feeling better although I think it’s time to get some serious running bras as I’m struggling a bit as  once I finished as they are just so sensitive (think I might need to bandage them up, he, he).

So the end of week 11 meant I had FINALLY REACHED 12 WEEKS and got to see bubs with an ultrasound. You can read about the rest of my pregnancy journey here: http://www.getactiveonline.com/blog/index.html

WHO HOO 12 WEEKS and feeling better!

It’s back!

Yesterday I felt like crap again and I think it’s my own fault. For weeks I’ve been whinging about feeling crap and the one time I start to actually feel good I whinge about that too!!!! So yesterday I felt like crap again although I think it was due to getting up at 3am for work. I’m really starting to notice that when I don’t get a good solid nights sleep the nausea is a lot worse.

Anyway Cam thinks it’s all pretty funny, although I can tell he’s just hanging for Monday and the 12 week scan as much as me, but mainly so I’ll shut up and stop stressing, he, he.

Yesterday after work Cam and I headed out and we’ve managed to finalize a lot of our renovation plans which is exciting. Now we just have to wait for it all to happen, it seems nothing happens in a hurry and I’m wishing we’d started the process a lot sooner. We also got approval from the bank to do all of our renovations and decided that we will go ahead and buy a brand new car! We’ve been discussing it all for a few weeks now and kept talking ourselves out of a new car although we’ve decided we deserve it and with the discount we get from holden (my brother-in-law is an engineer for holden so we are entitled to a discount) it will actually work out better than a lot of the 2nd hand options. SO EXCITING!!! New car and renovated house for the new addition to the family!

Anyway after a big 10 1/2 hours sleep last night I’m feeling pretty good again today. I  managed to go for a walk up the hill and jog home and even hit the gym for some weights. I feel great although I’m noticing the effects of being pregnant.  My heart rate seems to sit about 20-30 beats higher than it used to which looks like I’m working so hard when I’m training but I’m not really. Also since I haven’t done weights for a while it felt hard and I felt pretty weak. I’m hoping with some consistent sessions including from now on I should get into a good routine. I’ve gone and set myself a few goals for next week and determined to get back into a healthy routine. I’m also doing a BIG shop today and Cam and I are back onto the healthy stuff and stopping all the extras that have been creeping in.

I have noticed that other people encourage you to eat a bit of crap while pregnant. I am constantly hearing “It’s the one time you can eat whatever you want, enjoy!”. I actually find this a bit strange as isn’t it the one time you should actually pay more attention to your nutrition as a little person is relying on you solely for all it’s nutrients? I realise that it’s not a time to be strict and if I want a piece of cake I’ll have it but that doesn’t mean I need to have cake every day!  I’ve found the last 12 weeks hard enough to deal with and feel like crap because I’ve just been eating whatever I can due to the constant nausea. I can’t imagine continuing on like this now that I’m feeling a bit better as I already feel uncomfortable and know it’s not from the baby but the lack of activity and the crap food I’ve been eating.

I suppose everyone is different but for me I’d like to at least try to eat really well and actually feel good during this pregnancy rather than just fat and uncomfortable.

Anyway time to have a shower after all my activity today, I’m sure I’ll be sore tomorrow (kinda looking forward to it!)

Nervous

Geez I’m going to sound like a real whinger now!!

I’ve started to feel better over the last couple of days, it’s great I can function, head out and actually do things. Although I’m starting to get REALLY nervous, “should I be feeling better already”, “is everything alright”.

I know morning sickness can stop around now although a lot of people say it keeps going for a bit longer. On Monday (today’s Friday) I will be 12 weeks and have my scan although i’m SO BLOODY NERVOUS.

Don’t get me wrong it’s nice to feel human again and I don’t feel 100% but compared to how I was feeling its fabulous. I’m actually at work today and feeling ok, was actually hoping for a trip to Adelaide to see my little nice Chloe, although didn’t get the trip and stuck at the airport instead.

Anyway I know I should  be grateful to feel good again although I’m just so nervous as I so want everything to be ok.  Only a couple more days to go and I’ll be able to relax a bit and get to see baby doing well on the scan.

I’m actually starting to feel that good that I’m planning my exercise for next week and going to do a big shop up and get right back into the healthy eating!! I CAN’T WAIT.

Chloe Marie Maloney

Well it turns out that I didn’t have to feel so bad for not going down to the baby shower!

In the lead up to the baby shower my little sister Sarah started feeling  a bit different although thought it might have been the braxton hicks kicking in. After a couple of early visits to the hospital she was told everything was fine and just to relax.

Anyway a day later she knew something wasn’t right and went back to the hospital and it turned out she was in labour, 7 weeks early!!!

The baby shower had to be cancelled and it turned out little Chloe couldn’t wait to come out.  Fortunately everything has gone really well and Chloe was born 4 pounds 11 ounces and breathing on her own. I can’t describe how happy I am for my sister and her hubby as they have wanted this for so long.

I’m hanging to see little Chloe although as I was sick I wanted to wait until I was 100% before going near Mum or bubs.

So it’s very exciting and it’s made me realise even more than ever how much I want this baby and how exciting it all is!

I’ll put a picture up as soon as someone sends me one.

WEEK 10 – The worst week yet, sick, sick, sick

So I thought week 9 was challenging well week 10 made it look easy! After coming back from my little trip down to Adelaide I manged to bring back a nice cold with me as well.

Being pregnant and sick from morning to night isn’t nice especially with a cold thrown on top of it all. I’ve discovered you pretty much can’t take anything while you are pregnant, even though I most probably wouldn’t anyway. Also as your immune system is a bit low the colds just seem to linger on forever.

So another fun week for me, just going from the couch to computer and back to bed again, EXCITING STUFF!

FOOD:  BAD! As I was sick I really didn’t feel like eating although I felt worse when I didn’t. I ended up just eating whatever I could whenever I could. I must say Ice-cream started to creep in a bit too much and I’m actually starting to crave my good old healthy foods although when I try to eat them they just taste revolting. My favourite baby spinach just tastes like some slimy green stuff that you really wouldn’t want to eat. Oh I can’t wait for my taste buds to come back to normal!

Also I’m getting a bit annoyed with the information overload and the general panic of what you can and can’t eat. This whole Listeria thing seems to be taken to the extreme and I don’t know if all the information ends up being that beneficial. For sure you need to be careful but where is the boundary between obsessed and just common sense!

MOOD:  Feeling a bit down as i feel like I don’t leave the house much. Had to call in sick for flying again as I just couldn’t physically do it and I’m just SO BORING!  I can’t describe how much I’m hanging out to feel human, just to be able to go out for a coffee and feel like a “normal” person would be fantastic.

TRAINING: WHAT’S THAT? Is training classified as having a shower and walking to the fridge to find something that I can eat? 

Obviously I didn’t DO ANYTHING last week. I seem to get slacker and slacker by the week although I don’t feel one bit guilty as I just can’t. Don’t get me wrong I want to get out there and do things but right now I just struggle to function let alone go for a power walk or run. I’m so praying that things will start to ease up soon and I can get out there and start to do something.

PHYSICAL CHANGES:  I’m just feeling a bit more solid! The lack of exercise and good food are taking its toll and I’m expanding. I seriously don’t know how people don’t exercise and eat like this all the time. I feel disgusting!  

So week 10 was a bit of a struggle but I managed to survive it and Cam didn’t kill me. I think he actually felt sorry for me coughing and sneezing all the time on top of my usual nausea.

One week to go and it will be scan time, I can’t wait!!!

P.S sorry for the miserable post!

Need to slow down..

Not that I’ve been doing much but I think my little trip to Adelaide last weekend took it out of me and I’ve ended up with a rotten cold!

Wednesday night I had a sore throat although thought it was just because of the ginger drink I’d been trying to drink, although it turned out to be a cold. So for the last couple of days I’ve been feeling very average. It’s hard because I’ve got a cold I don’t feel very hungry although if I don’t eat I end up being close to vomiting. I’m kinda getting used to feeling like crap although getting so frustrated at the same time as I can’t seem to achieve too much and I don’t really feel like catching up with people as I’m just not myself.

I was supposed to fly to Adelaide today for my little sisters baby shower on the weekend although I’m just too sick. I feel REALLY bad as I really wanted to be there for her although I don’t really want to be around her while I’m sick either. Hopefully she understands and I’m sure she’ll have a wonderful time anyway.

So my grand plans of exercising this week are out the window and once again I seem to spend most of my time feeling ill.

I’m starting to count down the days until I reach 12 weeks and have my next scan (10 days to go!). It will just be a relief to reach that 12 week mark and have an opportunity to make sure everything is ok with bubs. We’ve told family and a few friends so far but not everyone as we’ve been a bit more cautious this time and just feel a bit more comfortable waiting until we reach the 12 mark until we tell the world. It’s funny as everyone hangs out for this special 12 week mark although reality is that anything can happen at any time and you just have to stay positive and hope for the best. I suppose I’m just a bit impatient and want to start buying stuff and once I reach the 12 week mark I feel like I can.

Also been getting lots of quotes for the house renovations as we want a few things done before bub arrives. I’ve also had to put my fav car up for Sale as a two door celica isn’t really an ideal baby car.

Anyway enough from me, not much exciting stuff to report today, just trying to rest up and get better.

Trying everything possible….

Today I’ve been feeling BAD, felt sick when I woke up and it’s just got worse as the day progresses. On top of it all I feel fat and bloated from the lack of good food and just a bit worse for wear.

The good news is there is still a bub growing inside me but I’m not really liking what it’s doing to me. I have been getting lots of sleep, last night I went to bed at 8:30 (that’s about the longest I can stay awake) and slept through until about 5:30, then had another 40 minute snooze at lunch.

This arvo I was just so over feeling like I was going to vomit but knew I wouldn’t (I hardly EVER throw up, just feel like I’m going to which I think is worse). So I headed to the Chemist to get some Sea Sickness bands and anything else I could find. I managed to also get some ginger and lime syrup you mix with soda water. It seems to be full of sugar but has a fair bit of ginger in it so I thought I’d give it a go. I’m hoping if I load up on ginger (which I don’t actually like but willing to try anything) along with my accupressure bands I might feel a smidgen better.

Obviously no training for me today it was just a huge effort to go to the shops…

Anyway enough whinging for one day, just thought I’d get it out before Cam got home and the poor luv had to put up with it all.

5km run feels like a marathon!

After spending the weekend around baby mad people. My little sister Sarah is pregnant (due in July) and my best friend is just a few weeks behind me, I’m now really excited about this whole journey. Not that I wasn’t before but I was still getting a bit stressed about things, now I’m just excited.

I also managed to finish my book “Running During Pregnancy” on the flight home and I’m motivated to get out there and give it a go again. I’m still feeling like crap but I’m going to continue to feel like this so I might as well just see what I can do.

This morning I woke up early, chomped on my muesli bar in bed (it was ok although too sweet, anything with dried fruit, sweeteners or sugar in it isn’t the best at the moment). Then I tried to go back to bed for a while as it was only 4am and finally got up about 6. I was determined to go for a run this morning, regardless of how I was feeling. So I got up and chomped on a few almonds (still wasn’t feeling great) and put on my running gear and headed out. The plan was to just run for 5km. In the past a 5km run would have been a treat as I was used to running between 8-12km easily. Today was a different story my 5km run felt like a marathon.

Running during the early stages of pregnancy can be hard due to feeling a bit breathless, increased heart rate, tiredness and nausea.  Today I felt most of those things (expect tiredness as I went to bed aq 7:30pm last night!). I am so proud of myself for doing my jog though, it was hard (not huffing and puffing hard but I just don’t feel quite normal right now) but I did it. It took me 35minutes which is pretty slow for me but I jogged the whole thing and feel like I haven’t completely lost it. The best part of it all (you might want to stop reading now!) was that I got home and finally got to go to the toilet!!!! Yehaa! I don’t know if you know but it’s common to suffer from constipation during pregnancy and because of my average diet and lack of exercise it’s hit me bad. So if anything is going to get me out there and running knowing it will help me go to the loo is a big bonus.

So anyway the plan is for the hill walk tomorrow and to continue to try to do one thing each morning.

Anyway I’m off for a nap now, feeling a bit tired and the nausea starts to get worse.

WEEK 9 – Nausea does come and go!

After having such a great week last week, I was actually starting to worry as I wasn’t sure if morning sickness could come and go but after reading a few blogs and forums it seems it does. Last week during the week i felt great then the weekend came and Cam came home and I felt very average again. I think it was because we ate a bit of junk on the weekend and it really didn’t agree with me. So after having a few days of feeling good I went the other extreme and felt TERRIBLE.

By Tuesday I was feeling that bad that by 3am I had to get up (couldn’t sleep) and call in sick for the 3 day trip I was suppose to do. There was just no way I could fathom going on a trip when I was struggling to have a shower. Most days saw me getting motvated by about 4pm to have a shower so at least when Cam came home from work I didn’t look like a complete sloth.

So week 9 has most probably been my most challenging yet and I’m just counting down the days until the magical 12 week mark!

FOOD:  Again I don’t know what to eat, everything makes me feel like crap, even chicken isn’t that appealing this week. It’s hard because you have to eat or you feel worse but nothing I eat makes me feel good. I’ve been trying everything even bought a ginger, well what I thought was a ginger but turns out to be a little funny looking potato (geez, I scare myself at the moment). Anyway I went back to the supermarket and bought a ginger and have tried slicing this in hot water, really not that appealing and don’t think it helped so I ditched that idea as well. 

Poor cam is getting fat as I’m constantly making/baking things just hoping that something will be good and I’ll actually feel good for eating it. Although most of the time I just have a bit and end up giving everything else to Cam. The one good thing is that while I’m actually eating the food is taste ok but as soon as I stop I feel dodgy again. Oh well just got to survive this phase and hopefully it stops soon.  

MOOD:  Felt like CRAP, tired, really sick and struggled to acheive anything. The most I would do each day is my Online Personal Training work and that’s it! I also seem to be getting a bit grumpy as i’m so frustrated and I just hate feeling like this. I think Cam’s ready to move house and thankful that he has the house to himself this weekend.

TRAINING: Again I started the week with great plans but just managed a walk and one weight session. I’m starting to get a bit worried as I don’t want to let everything go to crap but right now i struggle to get off the couch so I don’t think I’ve got any other option. I have realised that if I want to exercise the mornings are the best as usually once the day progresses so does the nausea.

Training for the week:

1 x 50 minute Hill Power walk (5.3km)

1 x Full Body Weight workouts

PHYSICAL CHANGES:  My boobs are definatley growing but so is the layer of fat around my belly!! Hanging out to get a baby belly……… (not just a fat belly) 

Week 9 actually finished off ok as by Thursday i wasn’t feeling too bad and decided to head to Adealide to watch my sister run a 5km in the Barossa Half Marathon. A while back I had planned to do the 10km run although after finding out I was pregnant decided a race wasn’t the best idea. I did want to support my sister though as Lucy has been training for 8 weeks and managed to complete her 5km race in just under 28minutes (a huge effort considering she wasn’t running at all before).

I also got to catch up with my whole family and go baby shopping with my sisters and Mum (my little sister is due in early July). It was great seeing my sisters little baby bump and she looked sensational. She’s one of those pregnant ladies who just has a basketball out the front and not much else, so cute.

The baby shopping was a real eye opener as there are so many things you can buy and some of them are SO EXPENSIVE. I’m actually quite happy with some hand me downs and don’t really need all the fancy stuff, although I do need some of those funky swings and things that help amuze the baby!

So another week down, I arrived home yesterday feeling rather exhausted and am hoping this week is a quite one as I’m suppose to be flying back down to Adealaide again for my sisters baby shower. After that I’ll be looking foward to a few quiet weekends at home.