Moving through my life one repetition at a time.

Saturday, April 25, 2015

I ran and jumped rope for the first time in 4 months!

I ran! I ran for the first time since the beginning of my journey 4 months ago and I could not be happier! I also did double unders! Never did I imagine I’d be so excited to run and jump rope. Even up the dreaded hill that we have from the main street to our street and house. I was really curious on the heart rate when running and I’m happy to report at my normal pace I’m right under 15-155bpm.

First run was about 2 miles at a 9:30 – 10 min pace and I’m perfectly okay with that performance. That is all I need! I cannot wait to get some more running in around my neighborhood ! 

Friday, April 24, 2015

12.5 weeks

At 12.5 weeks we had our first encounter with our new ob/gyn practice. We choose the practice due to a recommendation by our RE doctor and the proximity of the office to the hospital we intended to deliver at. There are five doctors at this practice so we will see all five during the time before delivery since when I deliver the doctor we have will depend on who is on call that day.

The first appointment was good but a little longer than anticipated. Up until this point I had been able to avoid the dreading pee in the cup and regular well women checks. Well this practice was not letting me slip away from that anymore. First we had an ultrasound and got to see our little plum. (We have a name each week based on the size of the baby according to the bump app). It seemed to be either sucking its thumb or trying to hide its face as its hands were constantly moving to and from the face. We also got to hear the heartbeat which once again was pretty cool.

We next met with one of the doctors. She asked if I had any questions and of course the first thing on my mind was her suggestions on exercise and activity. She said she recommends women to do no more than what they were doing prior to pregnancy. So I told her my history and that I had been limiting myself to working up to 140bpm and avoiding running and jumping. I asked if I could raise that heart rate a little more and add some running and jumping into my routine. She said if you feel well enough to do so, go for it. The main goal was to not over exhaust yourself and make sure you can breathe during the exercise.

I decided that I would self-impose a heartbeat limit on myself of 160bpm or so. I knew this would be far enough on the heart rate scale for me to really get in some better exercise that didn’t make me want to go to sleep as one of my friends stated. I was so excited to be able to run and jump rope again. I was getting really sick of rowing all the time at such a slow pace!

Overall, the appointment went well. I was sent off with a bag full of paperwork and information to read. I of course got through the material fairly quickly and realized this is what normal women get earlier on rather than having to rely on Google to answer pregnancy questions. 



Friday, April 10, 2015

Graduation day at 10 weeks!

When we were 10.5 weeks we went in for the anticipated last appointment with the RE doctor. We officially graduated onto the regular ob/gyn office! We got to see our little nugget on the big screen and was even waving. We also got to hear the heartbeat for the first time which was pretty cool. After our ultrasound and a clean bill of health from the doctor we go our parting gift – pregnancy magazines and form to fill out once the baby is born so they know what we had and the name. And of course a big congratulations and good luck from all the staff. Although we will miss the great staff at the RE office we could not be more happy to moving onto the next step of our baby journey. As I said when we left, our baby graduated before it even made it out of the womb!