Well, our rower has relinquished its prime spot upstairs to the crib and has made its way to this stunning spot in the basement. But it’s (totally randomly) been in the single digits here in Denver so that limits my outdoor walking, and I really needed to get some sweat in this morning.
Rowed a 2k warm-up, then 8 sets of 2 minutes on, 1 minute off.
More or less equivalent to jogging about 3.75 miles, but much easier on my pregnant belly. Running isn’t the funnest thing right now! I’m really excited to get back into rowing though, and prepare for the annual Concept 2 Rowing Challenge. This will be our second year doing the challenge, but it should be a lot easier with a rower at home!!!
Row and/or ski 100,000 meters or 200,000 meters from November 27 to 11:59 p.m. ET December 24. You can sign up on the Concept 2 website here and log your meters.
The row workout warmed me up just enough for a half mile walk with Pippa. Trying to get as much sunshine as possible!!!!
And then you have Boyd Bear who absolutely THRIVES in the snow.
Funny jostling puppy booties. Pippa still hates getting her paws wet and wants DESPERATELY to jump into bed immediately when we let her inside so she can clean them off on our sheets. We have to guard the door!!!
Baby Updates!!!
Today was the Big Day for my glucose challenge test. Haha. It’s the test for gestational diabetes, but at the midwifery they use these lovely organic juice boxes. Ugh. They were gross. And I had to try to chug them both in 5 minutes, but it could be worse. I’d rather have a Starbucks sweet drink!!! Or gummy bears!! But I drank them and didn’t cry when they took blood so it was a good day. My blood pressure was fine again today so that’s good also.
- Kevin felt the baby kick for the first time last night!! Hooray!! I can’t remember if I’ve mentioned it, but I have an anterior placenta. Basically, because of the placement of the placenta, I can’t feel the baby move as early or as often. I try not to worry about it, but it’s a little disconcerting when I feel nothing for a few days in a row. I wouldn’t mind feeling him a little bit more as he gets bigger.
- We started our Natural Childbirth classes last weekend. Scary!!! I don’t know why this is the first thing they teach you, but we talked about how to deliver the baby if he comes rapidly (like, in the car). Nothing like breaking us in!!!!
- I know this might sound ridiculous if you don’t have rambunctious dogs, but I’ve been thinking a lot about how to prepare them for the baby. I know the whole dog smelling thing, and I’m not concerned about that. I’m more concerned about them knocking me over while extremely pregnant or (accidentally) jumping on the baby when they get a little too frisky in the house. I know everyone says that they will adjust naturally, but this is going to be a very tiny human and Boyd is very bull-in-the-china-shop!!!!! And Pippa is miss velcro dog who wants to sleep in bed. I don’t want this to turn into Lady & the Tramp. Haha. <3
- Still CrossFitting, of course. I’m down to3-4x a week due to a combination of bad weather (I have to walk there if I want to go to daytime classes) and the fact that we have baby classes on Saturday mornings now. Pretty much holding steady with things, butburpees & push-ups are definitely on the outs. I did my push-ups this week with anabmat so my stomach wouldn’t hit the ground first.
- Honestly, I’ve given up on pull-ups. I know, I usually never give up on anything. But the bar gets too cold to practice at home, and it’s just not a big enough priority right now. It makes me sad, but I’ll get them back. I could probably do one strict pull-up if my life depended on it… but it doesn’t.
- On the plus side, every weight feels SOOOO light right now. I know pregnant women with barbells always look shocking to people who aren’t used to it, but I’ve literally been having to check my bar to make sure I have right weight on it because it feels light. I did a ton of power cleans @ 95lbs on Monday and repeatedly would accidentally just muscle it up because it felt so light even halfway through the workout.
- On a similar note, I’ve felt almost guilty that I’ve sort of accidentally hit a few pr’s lately. Some I wouldn’t consider true pr’s, for example, I hadn’t tested my back squat in over 6 mos and hit 205 last week. I did 2 reps of front squats 180 last night without even going close to failure. If you’re not familiar with testing 1/2 rep maxes, usually if you are truly hitting your max, you’ll fail a weight and have to bail. I’m not really interested in doing that right now (although I could do so safely) so I choose to do only lifts I know I can get. And I always have someone watch me when I get anywhere past like 75% to make sure I’m not doing any weird compensations. I also hit 145lb push jerk, and it felt great. Slowing down and being super careful has actually helped some of my lifts because I’m extra conscious of what I’m doing. Push jerk in particular, I’d always mentally struggled with, but I think I’m finally starting to get it. So basically overhead and squats feel great. Snatches and cleans, I’m totally backing down because they are my sloppiest to begin with and they both present more balance/belly/barbell path issues (for me). Double unders are still my jam. They are pretty much the easiest for me… practice paid off!
- Again, my midwives are extremely supportive of this. In fact, they have it on my chart and ask me about it each time I go in.
- The baby particularly loves front squats!!! Haha. I’m totally kidding but he was super active later that evening (a good sign that he wasn’t in distress at all), and that’s how Kevin actually got to feel him.
Here’s a timely article from BirthFit on pr’s in pregnancy.
- I just have to say that this pregnancy is going so fast for me!!! While I don’t love the whole huge belly thing, I (almost) want it to slow down. Especially since it’s the holidays, then the baby can come anytime after January 17. Technically, he could come before, but I have to make it till the 17th if I want to delivery at the midwifery so I’m going to try to keep him in there!! It’s getting more realistic every day, and while I still love girl stuff, I am pretty excited to have a little baby boy. It took me a few months to adjust to the whole idea, but I already have a fierce love for that kid. <3 Super Mama Bear. And also totally emotional… I cried through most of last week’s childbirth for no reason whatsoever. Just kept on tearing up. Haha. Poor Kevin. Now if only I had a name…. I had another bad night of sleep worrying about that!! Haha.
Time for some half-caff afternoon coffee. Lots of Thursday piano students, but they are my fave!!! :)
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