Two people have actually told me that they are waiting for part II of the pregnancy story... so i must keep my myriad of fans happy! :)
I just opened my training log from my first trimester to make sure that i remember accurately how i felt and how bad it was! I remember that i felt nauseous ALL the time, but never puked. I remember reading that many women get some respite from feeling ill, but i didnt. I also know that it gets a lot worse for some women, i have a friend who was hospitalized because she couldnt eat or drink. I also know that many women "get away with it", like my sister who actually started an exercise program when she found out she was pregnant, and said quote, "i was a little tired in the 1st trimester". A LITTLE TIRED!! Some days i could barely get up to walk the dog or write a program for an athlete.
So, here are some numbers from April and May. My weekly training volumes were as follows:
2h55, 3h, 55mins (lol), 4h40, 5h10, 2h30, 4h10, 3h20, 5h.
Some quotes from my training diary:
"2 long naps, feel worse than after Ironman"
next day; "worst run ever"
2 days later: "well, at least i swam"
And a week or so later: "worst run ever, had to walk home", followed but 6 days completely off.
Besides the nausea and fatigue, my blood pressure was up and down. One Sunday morning, Clint, Zoey and I went on a 10k run that took us almost an hour!! Half way through my blood pressure plummeted and i didnt know if i would make it back to the car. I remember swimming for an hour one morning and then requiring a 4h recovery nap while my mother-in-law was busy cleaning our house, vacuuming and all, i slept though it!
And, i just have to make a comment about so-called cravings... Cravings? I wish! A craving is almost a nice feeling, you desire a certain food and when you have it, its so satisfying! What i had was anti-cravings. The complete opposite to cravings. In the first trimester i was STARVING but could not imagine eating. I would stand in the kitchen and look through the fridge and every cupboard until i could find something i could actually imagine getting down my gob. Often, i failed and would end up in the supermarket, going isle to isle, trying to find something, anything to squelch my raging hunger. Frequently, the answer would be citrus fruit, oranges, grapefruit, or even lemon. If that failed it was oatmeal chocolate chip cookies. On a number of occasions during this time i bought food that went bad before i could handle eating it. We ate out a lot, since dealing with a menu was often the best option, sometimes i ordered a burger and and fries and could only eat the burger, or only the fries, depending on the day. I could only handle vegetables sometimes, so when i could handle them, that was my opportunity to get some good nutrition to my little alien!
During this time, it was not difficult to not be training since i felt so sick, i was just surviving day to day. Its much more difficult now that i am feeling better, not really with regards to training as i can now do enough exercise to keep me happy, but to not be RACING! With each race that i go to watch and cheer, it gets harder and harder... but thats another story, part III i guess!!
Here are some recent photos:
Clint and I at dinner after IM Couer D'Alene.
Here I am watching the bike during IM Couer D'Alene. I wish i had some better photos of the alien bump, but in every photo, i seem to just look chubby!!That's all for now!
Happy training!
S.
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