I've noticed that I'm leaving the cute pregnant stage and have entered the creepy pregnant stage. Lots of other weird body things are happening as I continue to grow. It's pretty gross.
My energy level seems to be dropping again (similar to the first trimester), where drying my hair at night is now an exhausting task. I'm not sure if it's temporary or here to stay for the next 10 weeks.
In CrossFit, lifting my own body weight (squats, ring rows, dips) is now nearly impossible (I'm up +27 lbs from my original weight). Who needs to add plates when you bring your own extra weight to each work-out!
I was recently "kicked off the bar" because I couldn't clear it over my belly during a Power Clean. I was restricted to dumbbells which are just plain annoying to use.
They key to my continued activity level has been massage therapy that I utilize once every two weeks. It used to be enough to help ward off soreness and injury, but now I could use it more frequently. Unfortunately, that's not an option. I would highly recommend that any women who choose to stay active during pregnancy book out appointments in advance (if economically possible). It could really help extend how long / well you exercise into your pregnancy.
Lastly, I've been thinking a lot about postpartum fitness and how I want to handle that transition. Planning is difficult because I have no idea how I'll feel after giving birth, but I have some pipe dreams. I was planning to run a 5k or 10k in early October - but that might not be possible since the recommended wait time to resume exercise is 6 weeks after giving birth. At first I thought that was nonsense ("because you're tired") when the real reason is because other parts of your body are healing (think major surgery, bleeding, etc). I'm still hoping I bounce back quicker than 6 weeks, but it probably won't be as ambitious as I had originally planned. Getting back to running might not happen before that race.
The other component to think about is whether I choose to breastfeed and how that affects when/how I "diet" to start losing the extra weight. I hate to use that dirty word, but essentially it would be some form of dieting. That's a topic for another day.
#babywhale #parasite #alien
at 26 weeks (though I'm 30 weeks now)
