32 Weeks

It definitely feels like summer is here and my pregnant body does not like it! These 90 degree temperatures have quickly become my

biggest enemy. It doesn't seem to matter what I do, anytime I'm somewhere that the temp is higher than the mid 70's, my fingers start turning into sausages and my knuckles stiffen up. My feet feel like they are on fire too! Luckily the swelling doesn't seem to be in my ankles, but I'm afraid that its going to get worse and worse as these last weeks pass by. Part of me wishes that I could spend every weekend from now until baby comes floating in a pool. I really want to soak up some rays and float around in the water, but I'm afraid I would overheat too easily and of course, I have so much going on, I don't even know if I have time to visit a pool! Not to mention, I do not have a maternity swim suit and I don't think anyone wants to see this big ol belly!

 I was having trouble last week feeling super impatient... I just couldn't wait for baby to be here, but I think that its starting to fade a way a little bit as I try to find other things to focus on. I have baby showers coming up, and hopefully somewhere on the horizon, I will have my first completely free weekend in almost 2 months!!! I don't want to jinx it though... there's still plenty of time for something to pop up!

I had to work on Sunday afternoon, which I was pretty bummed about. My feet hurt soooo bad by the time I was done that I just wanted to cry the entire drive home. It also upset me that the one pair of maternity shorts I bought myself are too tight in the legs. So annoying. Anyway, when I got home, I walked back to the bedroom to change clothes and my jaw dropped. My husband and his dad had picked up the baby furniture while I was at work and set up the room! The crib was assembled and everything looked even prettier than I remembered when we ordered the pieces!

Monday the WOD at the gym was 3x7 strict press. We worked on finding our 3 rep max. I made it up to 63lbs which is just 12 lbs less than my 1 rep max, so I was pretty proud of that. I think I could have gone heavier, but with an already arched back, I didn't want to push it and wreck myself! The cash out was a prowler push, but I sat that out since the weight on the prowler was a little heavy (15lbs per person in class) and there would be more sprinting than I think my little lungs could handle.

Wednesday I didn't make it to the gym, I had another bout of exhaustion hit me again. I've seriously never felt this tired in my entire life!!!

Friday was the Hero WOD "Jack". As many rounds as possible in 20 minutes of 10 push press, 10 kettle bell swings, 10 box jumps. I scaled my push press to 53lbs, used a 25lb kb and of course did step ups on the box. I managed 8 rounds plus 10 push presses and 2 kettle bell swings. I found myself taking a LOT of breaks. It was pretty warm and I was still fighting off some leftover tiredness.

Saturday rehab was pretty much all cardio. I was a little freaked out about it at first because cardio has quickly become super difficult for me. (As I'm sure it would be for anyone who magically packed on 30 extra pounds in their midsection!) I run out of breath doing the simplest things! We did 3 rounds of 75 ft burpee broad jumps, 75 ft walking lunges, 75 ft bear crawl and 225 ft of sprinting. I took a few breaks when I felt like my body needed it, but still managed to finish this workout in 9:37, which is much faster than I imagined :-)

I've been trying hard to up my water intake since the summer heat is upon us, but I'm having a hard time. I definitely don't have much room for food anymore, so I find myself just eating smaller amounts throughout the day. It gets old some times because I will eat, feel satisfied and then starving again 30-45 minutes later!

Now that I have less than 2 months remaining in this pregnancy, I'm strangely looking forward to labor. I know its going to be painful and its not going to be fun, but I think the body is amazing and I am excited to finally meet this little baby. I am certainly not planning on being able to handle this without an epidural though! I've been watching episodes of "A Baby Story" and some of these ladies make me laugh. Others are a little scary and some are exactly what I hope to be when I'm in labor. I am really hoping that continuing to exercise throughout my pregnancy will make labor and delivery much easier on me. Mostly, I'm scared of getting too tired, but I think that's where the CrossFit mentality will help me tremendously.

If anyone has any tips for making it through these last few weeks without losing my sanity, I'd surely appreciate it :-)

31 Weeks!

My weekly countdown is into the single digits and I couldn't be more excited!!

 I only made it to the gym twice last week.Third trimester tiredness hit me pretty badly last week! I woke up on Monday and felt like I had been run over by a train! I immediately went back to bed and hoped that it would get better quickly. The extra hour of sleep helped, but I still felt like a zombie all day. Tuesday and Wednesday were repeats of Monday. However, I started to feel more like my "normal" self by Wednesday afternoon.

This week was workouts from the regional competition. Friday's workout was the snatch ladder. The workout was 10 rounds of 1 minute of work and 30 seconds to change weight. In each minute, you had to complete 20 double unders and 1 snatch, increasing the weight with each round. I did a hang snatch instead of power snatch because I don't want to hit my baby bump with the bar. I started at 43 lbs and worked up to 83 lbs! And YES! I CAN STILL DO DOUBLE UNDERS! I was very excited because the first half i was easily getting 20 double under's in a row!

Saturday's rehab was regional WOD #6. 3RFT of 7 dead lifts/7 muscle ups, 3RFT of 21 wall balls/ 21 TTB and finished with 100ft farmers walk/ 28 burpee box jumps /100ft farmers walk/ 3 muscle ups. I had to do a lot of scaling for this one! The weight on the deadlifts was 165, which I scaled down to 95, I subbed 1 pull up + 1 push up for each muscle up. Instead of toes to bar, I made the sad mistake of doing air squats. TOO MUCH SQUATTING. I used 35lb dumbbells for my farmer's walks and did step ups and baby burpees for the burpee box jumps. I thought this workout would take me forever! I finished in 23:14 and was so sore by Saturday afternoon!

I've started getting a lot of comments from people asking when I'm due etc. But a few people have told me "You look like you are ready to pop!" or "are you due any day now?" I think to myself "Oh my goodness.... I still have two months of this left!" Everyone says the last two months will fly by, but time still hasn't sped up for me. I'm stuck in slow motion just like I was last week! Pair that with other mommies to be having their babies and it makes me one impatient girl!

My poor feet are not happy if I have to stand on them for more than about 30-45 minutes. They just ache and ache. A group of us from work went to the cardinals game on Tuesday the 15th and tailgated. We didn't make it into the game until the 7th inning, which was probably a good thing for me. After sitting in the direct sun for innings 7 and 8, my hands had swelled enough that I couldn't get off my wedding ring. Ouch! Luckily after sitting in the AC on the ride home and with some water chugging, my hands were nearly back to normal a few hours later.

I'm pretty concerned about what the heat related swelling means... I work outside periodically through the summer so this is going to be a bit of an issue for me. I have a hard time also making myself stop and rest. I feel like I should still be able to work like I did last summer and I think its going to be quite a challenge to get myself to take a step back because that is definitely not possible!

The impending heat has me dreading the month of June. Temperature predictions higher than usual (multiple 100 degree days) mixed with me being so pregnant equals one miserable Megan.

I do have some things to look forward to in the coming weeks though: family gatherings, a four day weekend for memorial day, two baby showers and some fun get-togethers with friends. I'm sure that this will make the weeks start to fly by as we get closer and closer to D-Day!