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!
