I know I’ve had radio silence on this blog for quite a while now. We have just made our public announcement, and so now I can share with you all what I’ve been wanting to spend the last month writing about. After almost 3 years of “trying”, we are expecting a baby to join our family next March. This has all been met with a slew of emotions, and part of me still is holding back from getting “too” excited.
We decided to announce earlier this time around, at the 9-week mark. I would have announced even sooner, but we wanted to put together something cute for the baby to have when (s)he gets older. I have been open and transparent with you about our struggles with infertility, and honestly I covet prayers at this time for a healthy pregnancy. The irony is I got pregnant literally after having just gone in for fertility testing during my last cycle.
So far, this pregnancy has been night and day different from my one with Elliot. Apart from the typical first trimester symptoms of frequent peeing and exhaustion, I felt next to nothing with him. I never felt sick, and my strength stayed pretty consistent. This time around, I have felt…icky. I’ve been fortunate to not physically have gotten sick, but I’ve spent a good amount of time laying on the couch feeling miserable.
That part has made it an extra level of frustrating. While I understand it’s important to rest and take care of myself for this tiny human, it’s hard not to be discouraged losing my fitness progress.
I did finally make my way back to the gym this morning. I fought my way tooth and nail to get there. Even after I started, I still wasn’t feeling great. I only stayed for about a half hour, but it was something.
I’m working on being kind to myself, something I think we all can have trouble doing. Yes, the sink might be full of dishes, we are almost out of clean clothes, and there are toys all over the floor, but it can wait. I’m not sure how long this icky feeling will last, maybe a few more weeks, maybe the entire pregnancy, but I still will keep trying to find ways to take care of myself and not lose my sanity in the process.
I’ll warn you that the next 6 or so months will likely be filled with posts directly or indirectly dealing with my pregnancy and how I’m trying to maintain health throughout it. Thanks for riding along with me on this journey!
A Work in Progress 