Overall I'm still pretty lucky, not a lot of symptoms - the only thing bothering me is the round ligament pain - that's sharp pains that hit the side of my uterus - one or the other - when I stand up or sometimes just sitting. And the heartburn, of course...and slow digestion. But I have only gained 4 lbs in the first half of my pregnancy! The ( Read more... )

So, no sooner did I start complaining about things being the same than things changed, of course. Well, I think.

Mike has been saying for  a couple weeks that he sees a bump, and I haven't believed him because my pants size hasn't changed. But I was in the gym Friday and I noticed, he's right! The top of my belly has a definite slope to it that ( Read more... )

So, there's this interesting thing that happens. After you leave the first trimester behind, you leave the morning sickness, the extreme fatigue, the sharp smells, the growing chest...you enter the "babymoon" period. The second trimester is known for being so easy everyone wishes they could be in it the whole time. You have increased circulation so ( Read more... )

OK, so another fun thing about being pregnant is all the tests you take! Once you've passed the pregnancy stick test, then you take a blood test just to make sure. Then, every time you come in to your doctor's office, you have to give them a sample of urine to test proteins. I also took an early glucose test, which consists of drinking a very sweet ( Read more... )

OK, I decided I'm going to give it a try, changing this blog into a maternity blog. I'm not big into the LJ community and I'm not going to send my blog address to folks anymore (my TNT coach and mentor used to check it to make sure I was doing my training), so I guess it's mostly for my own posterity. But since I don't really want to put this stuff ( Read more... )

I've trained for 5 months and hiked in more than 15 different state parks for a total of more than 125 miles. Meanwhile, my best friend completed 7 chemotherapy treatments and has been pronounced cancer-free ( Read more... )

Wow, hard to believe it's finally here - by the time I post again I'll be talking about the Yosemite hike ( Read more... )

Last weekend Melissa and I hiked in Big Basin - we actually chose, of our own volition, to hike up around 350 feet, then down about 1100, then back up the way we came. So overall it was around 1500' elevation change, but hiking down first, which I'm not a big fan of, to say the least. But luckily the weather was perfect! Blue sky with a few clouds ( Read more... )

So today we hiked at Purisima Open Space Preserve. A bit of history - I hiked Purisima several years ago...I'm going to say in 2003 - when I was actually in better shape overall. I was doing more pushups, situps and overall toning back then. But when we hiked it last time, I remember it being so hard coming back uphill at the end I almost cried, ( Read more... )

First of all, I wanted to say that I have officially reached my fundraising minimum of $3200!! (well, technically I'm at $3195, but I'm gonna party). I definitely had doubts that I could do it, so I'm very happy. And I have to be amazed at how many supportive friends I have who have really reached into their pockets at a difficult time ( Read more... )