I HAD A BLOG! Haha…I wrote about things like:

Racing

Working out

Random pictures of myself

My latest crock pot adventures

My various adventures

And those sort of things…

And then…I got pregnant.

Things changed on the blog (and certainly in life). I think i only blogged a handful of times over the course of my pregnancy; sometimes about recipes like this good one, and sometimes about maintaining my fitness. ANYWAY…now I’m baaaaack! So, since I’ve been gone so long, I thought I’d dedicate this post to a FAQ-like format. BUT, I have lost my many three followers so I have brainstormed the questions you MIGHT have wanted answered 😉 hehe.

PREGNANCY:

When did you find out you were pregnant and how did it go?

I found out I was pregnant in August and my due date was April 10, 2012. I found out I was having a BOY mid-point and was thrilled.

Overall I think I had a pretty average pregnancy. It was filled will ups and downs 😉 but I think overall the norm. For the first 7 weeks I continued to eat as normal although my appetite was up about 200%,

sleep and run…(though with a heart rate monitor)

BUT, from about 7 weeks thru month 4 I was ill. And I mean really ill. I took it all as a good sign although I needed medication to keep away from praying to the porcelain God twenty times a day. I was clearly unable to work out anymore but I will get into that later. The rest of my pregnancy was pretty “text-book” until “d-day.” hehe I will get into that later as well.

So, did you exercise while pregnant?

Well, after I was able to keep my lunch in post 4 months. I picked up my fitness routine again. I did a post on exercising while pregnant here, but to sum it up, I ran for a few weeks until it got REALLY uncomfortable. I then resorted to the elliptical, spinning,

and running laps in the pool.

I was pretty hard core with this from months 6-9 and would spend up to 1.25 hours in the pool daily. During the last month or so of my pregnancy I walked 4 miles daily to try to “walk the baby down.” haha more on that later 😉

Speaking of walking the baby down for delivery…

How was your delivery?

Ha! Funny “you” should ask 🙂 I had planned for a (hopefully) “natural” childbirth and had procured a doula for this purpose (a labor coach). Well, just like life, things did not go as planned…at all. I was one day post date and went to the doctor for a routine check-up. I was in the doctor’s office at 4 pm and in the OR at 5:13 pm for an emergency c-section. YUP. Anyway, alls well that ends well because a half an hour later, at 5:46, Zachary was born!

Coming up: part two (Zachary’s first ten weeks)