We’ve kept a baby alive for three months! And actually had a really lovely time while doing it. While pregnancy is split into three trimesters of three months each, some baby experts also define the first three months of a baby’s life as the fourth trimester. It’s a period of massive change for your baby,…
Post-Pregnancy Marathon Plans
Race entry deadlines force you to make decisions months ahead of your intended races. So, just three months after having Stanley I’m starting to think about post-partum marathon plans. I started doing gentle exercise at six weeks post-partum, and began running again this week, ten weeks after Stanley’s birth. I had thought I might want to…
Returning to Running and Exercise after Pregnancy
Before starting back running after baby Stanley’s birth, I went to see Rob White at Challenge Physio to get the all clear for starting to train again. I’ve really missed running since I gave it up at 7 months pregnant, and I wanted to make sure that I remain injury free once I do start up again. I…
Enjoying my Second Trimester
A friend described the three trimesters in order as ‘dreary, cheery and weary’, and I certainly found the middle one a lot happier than the first (though I’m still feeling great in the third too). Now that I’m most definitely into my third and final stretch, I thought I’d give a little round up of…
Women’s Running 10K Race Report – 6 Months Pregnant
“It’s going to be super muddy tomorrow – you do have trail shoes, don’t you?” said Mum, the night before our Women’s Running 10K race, a trail race that we’ve have been ambassadors for for about six months. Hmm. Well, yes, I did HAVE them, in the sense that I own trail shoes. Several pairs…
Can being pregnant make you run faster?
All of a sudden, as I began my second trimester of pregnancy, my running started to get much faster and feel easier than it had for years. The advice, quite rightly, is to not focus on PBs while pregnant, and just enjoy being active for as long as you can. But I’ve suddenly found myself…
Surviving my First Trimester
My first trimester lasted about a year. The calendar said it was 13 weeks, but my body felt each week like a season. I was super thrilled to be pregnant, and cautiously excited about the baby, but massively thrown off my equilibrium and days seemed to stretch into weeks. A lot was to do with…
Marathon Running Baby on the Way!
It was at about mile 17 of London Marathon that it dawned on me that I was possibly pregnant. Everything was fine, my energy levels were good and my legs felt strong, but one thing felt off – my energy blocks just didn’t taste right. Every time I tried to swallow one, they smelled different…