reclaiming me

To keep things less confusing for myself, I’m going to start tracking my weeks on the same timing my OB is using. We’ll just expect that little one might happen to arrive late. Point is, I’m jumping from 8 weeks last Wednesday to 10 weeks today. Cool how time flies, huh?

I’m not measuring today, but I did measure on Sunday for the monthly check-in for the Tappin’ Tinis (was the 60-day challenge support group). Here’s how things looked as of Sunday:

Since I did effectively ZERO workouts between Wednesday and Sunday, this was quite a shocker to me. Maybe my body needed a break? Or, likely, the addition of Virgin Coconut Oil to my diet is having some sort of effect. I definitely know that I’m warmer — especially immediately after meals. My energy levels have been good, especially early in the day (I still get the early-pregnancy sleepies in the afternoons) — I’ve just had issues with timing for getting workouts in.

I’ll measure again for week 11, and do photos with the measurements again when we hit week 12.

Off to do Ladybug Standing…or as much of it as I can tolerate, anyway!

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Actually, I saw my ob’s office on Friday, and according to them, I’m 9 weeks, 1 day. But, since I’ve charted my cycles, I know better — I ovulated late. Whatever — they say I’m due 11Mar08. I say I’m due 19Mar08. Suffice it to say, sometime in March, I’ll have a baby.

This was a much better week, workout-wise than I’d expected it had been. Funny what happens when I actually take a look at the calendar! I’m slowly working back up to a total workout with T-Tapp. Until then, I’m thrilled when I can get Basic+ done, as I did twice this week. Step it to the Max fit in for an extra day of cardio. Considering that I woke up on Friday with the worst stitch in my neck I’ve had…oh, ever…it’s all good.

This week’s measures:

Week 8

I’m up 1/2″ to 1″ all across the torso including (unfortunately) across the hips. BUT…my upper thighs stayed level, my lower thighs pulled in a bit, and my arms are toning back up. That’s encouraging.

Just to demonstrate the wacky nature of pregnancy, I’m putting my current pics next to my mid-challenge photos. Sure, some of this might be vacation spread…but seriously, people? Not all of it is. The instant inch gain has been simply amazing, enough so that I can just sit back and laugh. Oh, and hope that my hips don’t grow much more; I’d like to be able to still wear the same size maternity clothing at the end! Delusional? Guess we’ll see.

Pictures below the fold.

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Whew. Got through Instructional 1, and now I think I might have to go puke. First trimester is such fun.

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Woo-hoo, yes, it really has been more than 1-1/2 months since I posted last. Oopsies.

I kept getting workouts in — though of course, not as often as I’d like — while I was in Japan, then Colorado, then Oregon, then Colorado. When I returned to Santa Fe for a single night on July 6, I used a pregnancy test on a whim (totally expecting no result, since it was only nine days post ovulation), and whadyaknow? I’m pregnant. The next trip (Bisbee, AZ followed by Tucson and Scottsdale) saw me bursting out of my clothing at the waist and abdomen — enough so that I had to start buying nice, stretchy, maternity clothing. Oh, and new bras.

This time, it’s sticking, and my body is once again exploding outward (as it did in late May), but even more so. Seriously, if it weren’t that I have ZERO gut feeling about twins, I’d really think I had two in there. My body has just changed so much, so fast!

Today marks gestation week 7 (ie, 5 weeks post-ovulation), and here are my measurements as of today. Oh, should I warn that I gained about 10 pounds *instantly*? Maybe that 10 pounds has more to do with traveling and eating out, but who knows for sure? I’m tracking weight now in addition to measures because…well, that’s what you do when you’re pregnant. They want to know.

Week 7

Weight 165.5 pounds

Bust 40
Ribs 33
Waist 35.25
Abdomen 40.5
Hips 45
L Upper Thigh 25.5
R Upper Thigh 25.5
L Lower Thigh 18
R Lower Thigh 18
L Calf 14
R Calf 14.25
L Upper Arm 11.75
R Upper Arm 12

All of those measurements are higher. Every single one of them. I feel puffy, but I also feel somewhat sexy, Rubenesque, and fully of life. Mike tells me I look wonderful, and whether he means it (I think he does), or whether he’s just afraid of what I’d do to him if he said I looked like a cow, he’s being supportive. Nausea comes and goes, and T-Tapping seems to help limit it. Then again, so does eating a big, big pile of starch. Ah, macaroni. You are my friend.

I’m napping a lot. And, now that I’m home from all of our summer travel, I hope to work out daily also.

First doc’s appointment is Friday, and I’m hopeful they’ll do an ultrasound, if nothing else, to reassure me that there’s really only one critter sucking the life out of me in there. Boy, this is different having a husband and child around!

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