30 WEEKS! Starting to feel like we are in the final stretch. It feels so close and also so far away.

Baby is now the size of:

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Sleep: Ugh, this week the pregnancy insomnia has settled in now. My acid reflux has settled down with some diet and behavior modifications but a couple nights I just can’t sleep. One night I woke up at 2 am and couldn’t fall back asleep. I was miserable just laying in bed so I got up, turned on the Olympics and started shopping online for things we “need” for the nursery.

Maternity clothes / preferred attire: 80/20 maternity vs non-maternity. Every week there are less and less regular clothing pieces that fit. I pulled a couple button down shirts out of the laundry that I had been able to wear two weeks ago, now they won’t button over the belly. It made me laugh. I am still wearing some normal athletic clothing but that is getting too tight as well. I think I will just have to start doing laundry more often for the few pieces that do work.

Symptoms: Still fighting heartburn but it seems mostly manageable. I am really starting to feel the third trimester fatigue. Physically things are difficult. Walking up the stairs leaves me gasping for air and carrying Cannon around makes me so tired. Getting up off the ground or rolling over in bed feel like ridiculous tasks.  Also baby’s movements have started to become a little uncomfortable and can be sometimes painful. Little one is getting strong.

Cravings, aversions and favorite foods:  Food has been a weird puzzle to figure out. I can’t eat too much at one time (not surprising at this point) and I am hungry and not interested in food at the same time.

Exercise: Exercise is still feeling pretty good, weekly rundown found here. I didn’t get in as much as I would have liked because of sickness running through our house. But I am still trying to fit in cardio and strength training. Everything I am doing is pretty mellow and just trying to keep moving and some strength to help with delivery.

Mood: Mood was pretty low the last week. I came down with a nasty cold and dealing with the symptoms with very little time to rest was pretty draining. It’s nothing life shattering I just need to get more rest so I can get over this stupid cold and feel as close to normal as possible.

Having a cold is always the pits but having a cold while pregnant and trying to keep up with a toddler is rough.

Missing: Exercising outside! All of my cardio has been done at the gym lately because it’s been so cold and/or icy outside. Since I almost always have Cannon with me when it’s light out and I am not working, it has to be safe conditions for him and I don’t want to risk slipping at this point either. There is great child care at the gym but you have to stay inside to gym while kids are being watched.

helping to clear the snow

Best moments: Celebrating Valentine’s Day with Cannon

Worst moments: Nothing too terrible, just not being able to sleep because I was so congested.

Buying: Making it to 30 weeks has me feeling like to we really need to get the nursery completed. We are going for a bohemian/wild flowers theme. Inspiration board found here. On one of my sleepless nights I bought a few things for the nursery.

Love Etsy!

Dreaming About: Getting to see Cannon as a big brother.

Baby is now the size of:

2.5 pounds of baby….feels more like 20 pounds. Come to think of it I have gained almost that much so far.

Sleep: Sleep is getting worse, I have had a couple nights of terrible acid reflux that keeps me up. I have to prop myself up on many pillows and try to rest for a couple hours until it calms down. It’s not fun and makes for a very tired mama the next day.

Maternity clothes / preferred attire: About the same as the last couple weeks. Mostly maternity clothes with some normal clothes mixed in but I think it’s short lived. My belly seems huge to me. My doctor reassures me that I am measuring right on track. I try to remind myself that this is temporary and getting bigger is better than not and having my sweet girl not growing enough.

Symptoms:  Lots of heartburn, some headaches, my feet hurt when I stand or walk for more than a couple hours. On days I teach my feet have started to swell a little. Also I am getting tired and my back aches after carrying Cannon around.

Lots of time spent playing inside at the Rec Center

Cravings, aversions and favorite foods:  Not too many cravings but I have to be really careful now what I eat in the evening. I can’t eat too much, or anything sugary or I will pay for it later. I also think that hot liquids don’t sit well so I won’t be able to have tea in the evenings anymore.

Exercise: I do my best to get in what I can. Everything I am doing is pretty tame right now. Walking on the treadmill and the elliptical have become my cardio staples. I have also been trying to do strength training and prenatal yoga. I am avoiding any plyometrics or exercises that have any fast movements as they do not feel good to my body.

Mood: This last week I have been pretty tired and get overwhelmed easily. I do feel good about each week that ticks by but that doesn’t make juggling work, parenting, managing our house and taking care of this pregnant body any easier. I have been doing a pretty good job of keeping all of our clothes clean, but we have been pulling clean clothes out of laundry baskets for weeks now, they never seem to get put away.

Missing: Feeling good, running and energy

Best moments: Getting to hear baby’s heart beat at my OB appointment.

Worst moments: Being up sick most of the night and trying to to function the next day.

Buying: I don’t think I bought anything for this baby/pregnancy last week. I really need to get on top of completing the nursery.

Dreaming About: Getting to meet our little girl, will it be warm or cold when we bring her home.

I am feeling so much better now that I am getting exercise in on a more consistent basis. Something that really helped me was writing out an actual plan. The plan is pretty losoe, flexible and not terribly ambitious but that is what I am comfortable with for my third trimester. Without having a plan actually written out I was hit or miss getting workouts in so I loaded a plan into training peaks and I get a lot of satisfaction turning those little squares green. It’s still not perfect execution. Sometimes I don’t feel well enough to workout, sometimes Cannon isn’t in a good place to go to day care and sometimes life gets in the way. 

*The treadmill running is often on the elliptical, that is why the milage is off.

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Monday:  I got up early to get some free-weight work done at 4:45 AM.

Cannon didn’t seem to be feeling well so we skipped going to the gym. In the afternoon it looked beautiful so we headed outside for a quick run/walk

Love being able to get out with my little man

It was really cold and windy so we didn’t get far, but it’s always good to get out in the sunshine. Running is not feeling good anymore and I am not enjoying it all. I fear that running might be done for me until after baby is here.

Tuesday: I was able to get up early and do some strength based prenatal yoga I found on YouTube. I liked it a lot but also need to include more stretchy yoga as well!

Cannon seemed to be feeling better so we went to the gym for some hill work on the treadmill for me and play time for Cannon.

Wednesday: Early morning strength training.

After breakfast Cannon and I went back to the gym where I was excited to get back on the bike

I haven’t been to spin class in so long! I finally found a class that worked with my schedule. It was great to be back on a bike but man it kicked my butt.

Thursday: I got up early for another round of yoga before Cannon got up at 5:30 then hiked some hills on the treadmill at the gym. Nothing too exciting.

Friday: Friday was an unintentional rest day. I got very little sleep overnight so I skipped my early morning session. Then we had gymnastics with Cannon before an OB appointment. I thought I might go to the gym in the afternoon but then a friend closed her finger in her car door (yikes) so we spent the afternoon/evening at Urgent Care. Some things are just more important so I am fine with missing some workouts.

Saturday: On Saturday I still wasn’t feeling great so we played in the snow and rested.

Sunday: In the morning we went swimming in the morning, I love to see how much Cannon enjoys being in the water.

Sunday Funday

I used nap time to fit in some strength training and hills on the treadmill.

I will miss running and I can’t believe it will be 16ish weeks until I am running again but I think it’s what’s best for me now and I know that I can take much longer than that off ( I basically didn’t run during my pregnancy with Cannon so that was closer to 46 weeks off) and I was able to come back.

Happy Running Everyone!

Happy Friday everyone, this week seemed to fly by! I am off to a doctors appointment this morning, wish me luck that everything with this little one is on track #feelinghuge

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Vital Proteins Collagen I was really unsure about hoping on the collagen bandwagon but I checked with my doctor and got the approval to have it while pregnant and have been adding it to my coffee for the last month. I can’t say for sure if it’s impacting my hair and nails since those are already altered by pregnancy. But it really is tasteless and I can’t tell at all when I add it to my coffee.

Billy Yang’s The Why video so well done, I just loved seeing so much of the Leadville 100 course, I watched it while walking hills on a treadmill….start where you are, right?

Cannon’s gymnastics classes at our local rec center. It’s so fun to see him throw himself into the foam pit with no fear, it’s his favorite part.

Happy Weekend everyone!

Third trimester baby! One of the best things about making it this far is that there is a good chance of this little one surviving if she had to be born now, it’s scary to think about her coming so early but everyday she is getting bigger and stronger.

Baby is now the size of:

The size of an Eggplant and over 2 pounds now. One of the best things about making

Sleep: Sleep is getting worse, I have trouble being comfortable and rolling over is getting harder.

Maternity clothes / preferred attire: I have been pulling out some of my old sweatshirts to wear over my athletic clothes lately, it’s a little comical, especially when I wear my “Marathoner” sweatshirt. Clearly no marathons are happening in the near future.

Mostly I am just looking for comfort and starting to worry about what will fit through the end of this pregnancy.

Symptoms: So much shortness of breath! Walking up the stairs, especially when carrying Cannon is seriously difficult. I even became short of breath when trying to talk too much while teaching, my poor students probably wonder  what the heck is going on.

Cravings, aversions and favorite foods: Eating has been weird and difficult this last week. My heartburn is worst in the late afternoon and evening. There are many nights that I don’t eat dinner because I am not feeling well enough ( I am getting plenty to eat earlier in the day). When I do feel well enough to eat I have been craving a lot of salads, so much better than the chocolate ice cream I couldn’t get enough of a couple weeks ago.

I told Cory I was craving a “ chef salad “ so he whipped this up for me ❤ Cannon liked it too! I am just sad that I could only eat half, baby girl is taking up all the room my stomach used to

Exercise: Feeling pretty good about getting into a better routine fitting in cardio and strength training. Workouts have been feeling pretty good and I hope to stay as active as I can safely until giving birth.

Mood: Pretty good. I get tired by the end of the day but I am relishing all the baby kicks, flips and jabs. She is so much more active than Cannon ever was! I am also trying to relish all the time I can with Cannon as an only child. His world is about to get rocked, and while he will point to my belly and say “baby” (so cute), he has no idea what is coming. I get emotional thinking about having to split my attention from Cannon but I remind myself that he is pretty independent and that he will be gaining a sister to love and a friend for life.

Missing: Wine, running on the trails, my normal clothes and breathing.

Best moments: Going to the pool with Cannon.

Worst moments: Having to take Cannon to the doctor Friday night for weird symptoms. Turns out everything is fine but it’s so easy to worry.

Buying: Finally caved and bought a pregnancy pillow after hearing how great they are.

Dreaming About: What those first few days will be like.

Baby is now the size of:

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Yay, a bunch a Kale!

Sleep: Sleep has just started to go downhill. I seem to be able to fall asleep just fine but then wake up between midnight and 2am and can’t fall back to sleep for a few hours. When Cannon wakes up between 5 and 6 am I am less than ready to get up. This week mama has been tired!

Maternity clothes / preferred attire: Yes, mostly. And days that I wear normal clothes I usually regret it by the end of the day. The bump seems to grow as the day goes on.

Symptoms: Lots of heart burn, backache and lots of baby kicks.

Cravings, aversions and favorite foods: I have been craving all of the chocolate ice cream, specifically Tillamook Mudslide.

When you aren’t sure why Mommy is all about chocolate ice cream ❤️

Exercise: Lots of time on the treadmill

And walking when the weather allows it

Mood: Mainly feeling tired and overwhelmed this week, still getting back in the groove at work, home, Cannon and exercise.

Missing: COFFEE! Well I am still drinking coffee but I am missing the caffeine.

Wishing it wasn’t decaf

Best moments: Taking Cannon to the pool and seeing him have SO MUCH FUN! He really loved the beach entry and running around in the water. Also playing in the snow.

Snow day!!! Cannon is learning to love the sled but his favorite is still the twisty slide ❄️❤️⛄️

Worst moments: Nothing too terrible this week.

Way back in June, Cory and I celebrated our 11th anniversary by running the Mueller Marathon. 

This race is put on by Mad Moose Events, I really like their events and am eyeing some of their races in Utah for late 2018/early 2019.

This race is completely held in Muller State Park near Divide, CO.

Since this is only a couple hour drive from our house we decided to spend the night at home and just get up extra early race morning. We packed Cannon up the night before and he spent his first night away from us at Grandma and Grandpa’s.

The drive to Mueller State Park was easy so early in the morning and we arrived at the race start nice and early. I was expecting the laid back atmosphere of an ultra even though this was a marathon, but I was disappointed that there was only ONE bathroom. The race didn’t bring in any additional bathrooms and the parking lot where the race started only had one pit toilet. Racers were having to jog to other parking lots to find additional bathrooms. It didn’t seem like a great start to me. I don’t need fancy VIP bathrooms at a trail race, but more than one would be nice. 

That being said the start was low key with both the marathon and 25k starting together. I could immediately notice that we were not in the low country of Denver anymore, the lack of oxygen was evident. It was all climbing and descending from the start, I don’t recall one flat section.

There were parts that were beautiful, but overall compared to other Colorado trail races I have done, but I wasn’t overly impressed.

Trail?

I think this report sounds super negative, and it really shouldn’t it wasn’t a bad race, just not a recent favorite. If I had to give it a grade it would be a B-. There were 4 aid stations total that were well stocked with fun ultra style food. The volunteers were so nice and helpful. And it was some seriously good hill training.

I enjoyed running with Cory as it had been a long time and it was a great way to celebrate our anniversary. By the time we were done we were tired and ready to get back to our little boy!