Meeting with a prenatal personal trainer

At 9 weeks pregnant, I finally had a meeting with a prenatal personal trainer. The purpose of this meeting was to clarify what is considered safe and healthy amount and type of exercise during pregnancy. As I’ve mentioned, I felt quite ill and tired during my second month of pregnancy but I’m hoping to feel Read More

Can I just be full-time pregnant?

Being pregnant for the first time is absolutely huge! All the emotions and the physical changes and symptoms would be enough to occupy my thoughts. Unfortunately though, there is no such thing as being “full-time pregnant”. Life still goes on and stuff needs to get done. It’d be tempting to put everything else on hold, Read More

Fatigue, nausea and … the BABY’S HEART BEAT!

This week (week 7) I haven’t been feeling frustrated about the exercise limitations as I’ve too busy napping! I’ve been so tired… I’d heard it’s very common in the first trimester, but the reality of it still surprised me! And the napping doesn’t even seem to help and I’ve been feeling pretty lethargic. And, oh yes, Read More

5 weeks pregnant – what’s new?

It’s been an incredible week, getting used to the idea that we are pregnant – a bit of an emotional rollercoaster, but mainly just very exciting. Obviously I don’t show yet, but my body doesn’t let me forget what’s going on. I have been feeling good so far but not “normal”. I feel pregnant. My Read More

Tears of joy!

And one morning, the magical word appeared on the digital screen: “Pregnant”. <3 <3 <3 Overwhelming happiness. Disbelief. Excitement. Relief. Disbelief again. LOVE. The mixture of emotions I felt in that fleeting moment, staring at the pregnancy test. WE DID IT! Tears running down my cheeks I stare at the test, laughing and crying, receiving toothpaste-flavoured Read More