First Trimester Exercise Summary

In attempt to keep myself accountable and to keep moving throughout this pregnancy (despite the fact that I am not able to run the way I once was and that I've got depression and feelings of grief ebbing and flowing...) I'm going to attempt to get back to blogging week to week recaps the way I did with Maebels pregnancy. Shorter versions of updates will be shared on my instagram, but I figure there are still people that find this blog (and then find me on instagram) every day with questions about CECS and PAES, that I just want to keep it current and then hopefully.... on the other side of this pregnancy, I can have the most epic comeback story of all time... (though nothing may ever beat running Boston but TBD) So here is the First Trimester. All running miles have been done on the Lever System, the botox is not active anymore so Im just doing the best I can until I can get more botox. 

Fit(ish) Pregnancy Week 1
Anyone that has been pregnant before knows that you get a few weeks free. The first two weeks you actually aren't pregnant yet however the my body has already started prepping for pregnancy... even though technically at this time I was miscarrying... my body had already recognized the drop in hormones and got my cycle right back on track preparing to release an egg. I ran during my June-August pregnancy... but then felt so fragile during the August-September Pregnancy... and then I miscarried. I decided that the next pregnancy I would get back to working out and would try to not worry as much. The worry part I failed at but the working out has gone pretty well.  I didn't workout at all during Week 1 because I was unfortunately bleeding and still processing it all. 

Fit(ish) Pregnancy, Week 2

Technically my week doesn't start on Monday, but I always log my workouts Monday through Sunday and babies never come exactly on time, so for the remainder of updates my weekly recaps will be off by a handful of days. 
September 26-October 2
Monday- Off
Tuesday- 3 miles/ 32:00
Wednesday-3 miles/ 31:00
Thursday- 3 miles/ 29:42
Friday- 3 miles/ 30:00
Saturday -3 miles/ 30:23
Sunday- Rest

Total: 15 miles

Fit(ish) Pregnancy, Week 3
Increased the distance a bit this week, and this is the first time I've run 6 consecutive days since I was 37 weeks pregnant with Maebel (and the last) 
October 3-October 9
Monday- 3.1
Tuesday- 3.1 miles
Wednesday-3.1miles
Thursday- 3.1 miles
Friday- 3.2 miles
Saturday -3.2 miles
Sunday- Rest

Total: 18.79 Miles

Fit(ish) Pregnancy, Week 4
Increased the distance a bit this week, and this is the first time I've run 6 consecutive days since I was 35 weeks pregnant with Maebel (and the last) 
October 10-October 16
Monday- 3.1
Tuesday- 3.2 miles
Wednesday-3.4 miles
Thursday- 3.2 miles
Friday- 3.2 miles
Saturday -Rest
Sunday- Rest

Total: 16.09

Fit(ish) Pregnancy, Week 5
I stubbornly ran 6 days in a row just to see if I could. But it was clear that my legs were not going to continue to thrive or be tolerant to daily exercise if I didn't take a few days off so di just got back to that... but I did try to increase the mileage to "make up" for the day off. . 
October 17-October 23
Monday- 3.4 miles
Tuesday- 3.6 miles
Wednesday-4 miles
Thursday- 4 miles
Friday- 4 miles
Saturday -Rest
Sunday- Rest

Total: 18.99

Fit(ish) Pregnancy, Week 6
I increased miles run this week but added cycling since I got a Peloton. I know that as I get heavier I definitely wont be running (since I'm so dependent on the lever taking weight off and the botox is totally worn off now) that I know I need to work other exercises in. 
October 24-October 30
Monday- 3.3
Tuesday- 4 miles
Wednesday-4miles
Thursday- 4.4 miles
Friday- Rest
Saturday -Rest
Sunday- 6.4 miles Spin

Total: Combining running and biking: 22.09

Fit(ish) Pregnancy, Week 7
Tried a new approach to see if running every other day I can still get in the same mileage of running but add in biking. 
October 31- November 6
Monday- 4 miles Run
Tuesday- 10.2 Spin
Wednesday-4 miles Run
Thursday- 10.5 miles Spin
Friday- 6.6 miles Run
Saturday -Rest
Sunday- 14 miles Spin

Total combined mileage: 49.51

Fit(ish) Pregnancy, Week 8
My husband was gone this entire week and I was trying to just do it all... and I succeeded! I ran I biked I cooked I cleaned. I got up early if I needed to... I did it all! It felt really good! 
November 7-November 13
Monday- 5 miles Run
Tuesday- 11.3 miles Spin
Wednesday-3.5 miles Run
Thursday- 9 miles Spin
Friday- 6.6 miles Run
Saturday -Rest
Sunday- Rest

​Total Combined Mileage: 35.46

Fit(ish) Pregnancy, Weeks 9-11

November 14-December 4
Matt came home this week and I was so tired I decided to take the week off... I was struggling to eat and I was a level of fatigue I had never quite felt. I didn't know at the time, but my daughter had Covid and though I had no symptoms, I think that the reason I was as tired as I was for week 9 was because I was already fighting it off. 

Week 10, on my birthday, I tested positive and I needed to get Remdesivir to protect me from hospitalization... the first 5 days or so I wasn't so bad... and so I told Matt it was okay for him to go on a trip for work and he went... and then for week 11 I got Really sick.  Both girls were now testing negative thought so I was driving to and from school every day (40 minutes one way) and doing all the school and dinner myself... it was TOUGH! I turned a corner and tested negative on December 3rd. 

Total: ZERO

Fit(ish) Pregnancy, Week 12-14ish
December 5-December 25
At this point I was still feeling pretty sick for about another week... so December 5-December 11 I didn't do anything and then by December 11 the Christmas crazies began so I just packed it in until Christmas. We had our Nt Ultrasound on December 22 and it was so nice to see everything! Hands feet, kicking, and so much movement! It felt really good. We were able to announce to our family (and our girls!) on Christmas morning. Initially it increased my anxiety, but it has been a relief.  

Fit(ish) Pregnancy, Week 14ish
I'm confusing myself on the exact week count, (am I starting 14 or ending 14 or something in between) so trying to correct it a bit for the rest of my week by week recaps. Now that Christmas is over I got back to it but decided to eliminate running completely for now because I just can't deal with the anxiety of if my legs will cramp or "pull". 
December 26- January 1
Monday- Rest
Tuesday- Rest
Wednesday-10 minute prenatal Strength
Thursday- Rest
Friday- 15 minute Strength
Saturday -10 minute strength
Sunday- 3.8 mile spin

​Total: 3.81

Stay tuned for more detailed week to week recaps to come and find me on instagram for more updates if I fall behind here.