Updates!

Well, today was the big day! Viability scan #2! I am 7 weeks, 5 days. Baby measured 7 weeks, 1 day with a heartbeat of 159! One thing my husband and I both noticed right away was how much bigger the gestational sac is this time. Compared to my first pregnancy, it's a world of difference. The sac in my first was small and somewhat irregular. I remember seeing other people's ultrasounds and being worried about how little space it looked like the baby had, but they didn't say anything about it during the scan, so I figured it was okay. I should have trusted my gut, I guess. This time, the sac is nice and round and baby has lots of room to grow. Hoping this is a good sign. Definitely makes me feel more at ease, though. They did spot a small SCH, which could explain my spotting. They didn't seem concerned about that, thankfully. My next appointment is in 2 weeks and it will be my first visit with the doctor.

As far as working out, I haven't been. I've been so scared. Although, I did do a 20 minute prenatal yoga session yesterday though. Didn't think I'd like it, but I'd probably do it again.  For everyone else that CAN workout,, here's my workout of the day:

5 rounds:

15 kb swings (35 lb)
15 butlers
15 butterfly sit ups

Pooped!

3 more days until my second ultrasound! Already nervous! The good news is, my symptoms definitely ramped up this week. I've been incredibly tired lately. Like, don't want to do anything but lay in bed, can't muster up the energy to clean my house, just leave me here to sleep tired. Also, WAY more nauseous since I hit week 7. Only threw up once, though. But no food sounds good and I constantly feel bleh. But, if this means a healthy pregnancy, I'll take all the symptoms!

Trying to get myself together enough to go for a walk today. Trying is the key word there, haha!

If you're up for a workout, here's my idea for today:

10 rounds

5 push up
10 box jumps or alternating step ups
15 butterfly sit ups
20 air squats

Oh, hey

Obviously, I've been a little MIA.  I haven't been doing any workouts.  My spotting has been pretty consistent over the past few days, except for today.  Just as before, it only happens when I go to the bathroom and it is very light pink/brownish.  This is, according to Dr. Google, considered somewhat "normal," but it's still incredibly scary when you lost your last pregnancy.  I've been walking around my lake in place of any workouts and will probably continue to do so until my appointment next Tuesday, at least.

Obviously, I'm a little upset because I really wanted to be able continue on with what I was doing before, but it's really just not worth the "what-ifs" if something does go wrong.  I know I would beat myself up for doing too much and not listening to my body.  Hopefully, everything is okay and I can start doing more stuff again during the second trimester.

Anyway, here's my workout idea for today:

5 rounds-

5 burpees
10 box jumps or alternating step ups <--- use a coffee table or your couch if you don't have a box to jump on!
15 hand release push ups
20 air squats
25 lunges (per leg)

Let's Try This Again

I decided to start back up with WODs again today.  Went to bed feeling awful, woke up feeling queasy, but not quite as terrible.  Spotting seems to have let up for now, so what better time to start again, right?!

I wanted to do something that sounded manageable and would get me moving.  Just walking is definitely not enough for my body.  My back was starting to get like stiff and ache from lack of movement.  I felt this this workout hit all the major muscle groups without being too much for my ever-spotting cervix.  Where's the eye roll emoji when you need it??

So, here's what I did:

3 rounds-

10 hand release push ups
20 butterfly sit ups
30 air squats
20 lunges (10 per leg)
80 jumping jacks
60 second wall sit

I finished in 18:45, which is slower than I thought it would take, but.. pregnancy. :P

Happy Friday!

Well, I'm still taking a break from WODs.  My spotting has stopped, but I want to give it one more day just to be sure.  I've been doing walks around my lake to keep somewhat active, but it's definitely not the same.

I'm not gonna lie- I was getting pretty nervous the past two days.  My boobs were still sore, but I felt good otherwise.  Not really as tired and no nausea at all during the day.  Last time that happened, the baby had died and I didn't know it yet.  However, the burning stomach came back today before lunch and hasn't let up yet.  Who knew I'd ever welcome feeling crappy??

Anyway, here's a WOD idea for today, if you're up for it-

21 minute AMRAP (as many rounds as possible)

7 burpees
21 air squats
7 butterfly sit ups

One More Day!

Tomorrow is the big day!  Our first ultrasound!  I will be 5 weeks, 6 days.  I know it's early and that we probably won't see much.  I don't really expect to see a heartbeat because I know that usually happens in week 6.  All I can do is hope that baby is where it's supposed to be and is measuring correctly.

I don't feel as nervous as I thought I would feel, which is nice.  After my miscarriage, I really struggled with whether or not I would be ready to try again after my first cycle.  One day, my husband and I had a frank discussion and I told him how I was feeling.  I was worried that my miscarriage would make me worry about every little thing.  If we didn't get pregnant the first month, would I feel like something was wrong with me?  If and when I did get pregnant again, would I be able to enjoy it?  Would I just feel like I was just constantly waiting for bad news again?  It was the first time I really said it out loud.  I was scared.  After we talked, I had a revelation of sorts.  When will I ever feel ready?  The truth is, I don't think I would have ever felt like I was ready.  My insecurities and worries are always going to be there.  My innocence was robbed.  I know what it feels like to lose a baby.  But.. I also know I survived it and that was important to remember, too.  So, we tried again as soon as we could and here we are today. :)

In other news, I have been feeling super nauseous at least once a day since I hit 5 weeks.  As I write this, my stomach is a burny, unhappy mess.  If nausea is any indication of a happy, healthy baby though, I'm more than willing to deal with the nausea every day.

As far as working out, I managed a 2.5 mile walk today around our lake.  If I can get my butt in gear by the end of the day, I also plan on doing the following:

10 rounds-

10 burpees
10 butterfly sit ups

Updates to come, tomorrow after my ultrasound!

Hello, Pregnancy Symptoms!

Really trying to keep up with working out over here, but it's been tough.  Today marks 5 weeks, 3 days pregnant and I've already had a bunch of symptoms that I never had last time.  First of all, I'm pooped as soon as I wake up.  I keep waking up at 2-3 AM and am WIDE awake, so I'm sure that doesn't help any.  That whole bit I can deal with, though.  

However, two nights ago, I started getting this intense burning sensation in my stomach, which is what usually happens when I'm going to throw up.  I laid in bed for about an hour and it eventually subsided.  I thought maybe I had just eaten too much for dinner or just eaten too fast.  However, yesterday, it came back with a vengeance and lasted ALL day.  So, I did what I could yesterday.  I took a 2 mile walk around my lake and called it a day.

The good news is I saw my endocrinologist yesterday and my thyroid levels look great!  Super happy about that!  Last time, I didn't realize I was supposed to be getting them checked so early on.  By the time I did get them checked, I was 7 weeks and they were all way off.  I attribute that to my miscarriage, and I want to make sure I'm doing everything right this time.

Anyway, so far this morning, my stomach is okay.  I'm going to see how I feel after eating something and try to make it to the gym.  I'd really like to get some lifting in and do a template day.  This is the plan for today:

Medium grip bench press 3 x 55 lbs

Seated DB shoulder press 3 x 20 lb DBs

Assisted dips 3 sets

Barbell bent row 3 x 70 lbs

Barbell face pull 3 x 25 lbs

Lying leg curl 3 x 50 lbs

Back squat 3 x 115 lbs

Slant board sit-up 4 x 30 lbs

If that doesn't work out, my plan is to attempt the following at home:

5 rounds

20 air squats

10 burpees

20 butterfly sit-ups

Summer!

Happy first day of summer!!  And last day of work for me!  So incredibly ready for a few weeks off after a super crappy year.  Thankful for time to recharge my batteries and grow this little poppy seed into an apple (per BabyCenter's baby sizing, haha)!

I decided to do some supersets today and boooooy can I tell I'm pregnant again.  Getting out of breath at the drop of the hat!  Never ceases to amaze me how that happens.  For that reason, I tried to take it slow today.  I wear a FitBit now, so I was watching my heart rate.  If it got too high, I took a little break to let it come back down.  There were 3 supersets total.  I completed the first in total, took a 60 second break, completed the second, took a 60 second break (that turned into more of a 2 min break because it took longer to get my heart rate down), and then completed the third.  

Here's what I did:

Superset #1

5 rounds-

10 goblet squats (35 lb kettlebell)

10 burpees

Superset #2

5 rounds-

10 goblet lunges (5 per leg, 35 lb kettlebell)

10 kettlebell swings (35 lb)

Superset #3

5 rounds-

10 alternating single leg step ups (on a coffee table)

30 second plank

I finished all 3 supersets in 23:13, including breaks.

This Eggo is Officially Preggo Again!

Wooooo!  The relief I feel is AMAZING!

I went and got my blood work done on Saturday and yesterday (Monday).  They called me last night with my Saturday results: hCG- 325 and progesterone- 20.4!  I was happy with those numbers, especially the progesterone because I have no idea what my levels were in my last pregnancy/miscarriage.  I've realized, with miscarriage, there's always a little devil on your shoulder.  "Was your progesterone level too low last time?  Did your low thyroid levels cause your miscarriage?  Did you work out too hard?  Did you drink too much caffeine?"  It's a LOT.

Anyway, the happiness I felt from the results was pretty momentary before the devil started talking to me again.  "Are your levels going to double like they should?  What if they don't?  You should prepare yourself for another miscarriage."  I've been worrying all day.  Finally, I got the call I was waiting for- my hCG more than doubled and was 812!!  When I got off the phone, I broke down and I cried in my kitchen.  No joke.

Bonus!  I think since the doctor could hear the fear in my voice (and since I was spotting last week), I get to go for my first "dating scan" in a week.  Thankfully, the spotting seems to have resolved itself.  I am hoping it was just a delayed showing of implantation bleeding, as it happened around the time my period should have started.

So, given all of this good news, I decided to resume my workouts today.  Here's what I did today:

30 kettlebell swings (35 lb) <-- go up/down in weight as needed
2 min bike (medium resistance) <-- could substitute with 2 min row or run as well!
30 hand release push ups
2 min bike
30 shoulder to overhead with kettlebell (35 lbs)
2 min bike
30 hand release push ups
2 min bike
30 kettlebell swings

I finished in 18:32!  :)

Early Updates

Well, I'm still having some slight spotting when I go to the bathroom, so I'm going to keep this weekend pretty low key.  I'm going to forgo working out and try to take it easy.  Luckily, I'm done with work for the summer in a few days, so I'll be able to relax and focus on taking care of myself.

The good news is my pregnancy tests (confession: I'm a POAS addict) are definitely getting darker as the days progress, which makes me feel a lot better.  I was really worried that this was a chemical pregnancy.  I called my doctor to set up my first appointment and mentioned the spotting.  They sent me for blood tests today and Monday to make sure that my progesterone levels are okay and hCG is doubling normally.  At this point, I can just hope and pray that everything is progressing as it should and I'll see later this week.

I feel extremely tired.  Way more tired than I felt with my last pregnancy, which I'm hoping is a good sign.  I went to bed before the sun went down yesterday and I probably will again tonight.  Although, I have also been WIDE awake at 3 AM the past few nights, so I'm sure that's contributing to how I feel.  My boobs are also starting to get bigger and feel slightly sore.  Again, all good signs, I think.

Anyway, here's my WOD idea for the day:

Warm up-

EMOM (every minute on the minute) for 10 minutes

20 mountain climbers
20 plank jacks
10 tricep dips (on coffee table)

WOD-

AMRAP (as many rounds as possible) in 15 minutes-

5 burpees
10 air squats
5 burpees
10 butterfly sit ups
5 burpees
10 lunges (each leg)

Thursday 21-15-9

Today, I wanted to be out of breath and sweaty, but without taking up a whole chunk of my night.  Sooo I came up with this little guy.

In CrossFit, we do a lot of 21-15-9 rep schemes.  Basically, it means that you finish 21 of each movement, then do 15 of each, then 9 of each, and you're done.  It's a nice workout because you know you're going down in reps each round.  However, sometimes, coaches get a little diabolical and make you go back up in reps.  That's what I decided to do to myself tonight because.. it's fun to torture yourself, you know?

As I've said before, I only have kettlebells at my house, so I have to get crafty with my workouts.  If you don't have a kettlebell, you can use a DB (or heavy purse, bag of rocks, or whatever you have that's decently heavy and can swing) in terms of a KB swing.  I didn't have a box to do step-ups on, so I used my coffee table (NOTE: I tested the stability of the table before I started.  Be careful whatever you use isn't going to flip over when you put your weight on it).  You could also use your couch or something similarly sturdy/tall (my table was about 20" tall, I'd say).

Anyway, without further ado:

21-15-9-15-21

Burpees
KB swings (35 lbs)
Alternating single leg box step-ups <--- alternating meaning I did left, right, left, etc. and started each round with the opposite foot

Mini WOD

Feeling tired today.  I haven't been sleeping well at all.  I wasn't going to do any workout, but then I came across this one on Pinterest and decided to give it a try.  The goal is to move as quickly as possible through the movements:

40-30-20-10 (complete 40 air squats, then 40 sit ups, etc.)

Air squats
Butterfly sit ups

After each set of sit ups, complete 10 hand release push ups.

Enjoy :)

FriYAY

Happy Friday!

Yesterday was an active rest day.  I took my kayak out on the lake after work for around 45 minutes.  I LOVE kayaking.  It's such a good upper body workout, but so fun that I don't feel like I'm working out.

I have the day off today, so I took a nice 2 mile walk around our lake this morning.  I will also probably be taking my kayak out later today.  It has been so rainy and cold here lately.  I'm excited to finally have a few nice, warm days to enjoy the lake.

This isn't quite as "active" as my usual workouts, and that's intentional.  My hips are still bothering me.  Especially my right side.  I want to keep moving, but I don't want to do anything that's going to prolong the pain.  I figured a walk was a good way to do that today.  Always important to listen to your body and even when your mind says "Go! Go! Go!"

Hump day

Happy Wednesday!  Tomorrow is my Friday at work and I am sooo excited for another long weekend!

Still a little sore in the hips today.  The biggest issue right now is when I go from sitting for a little while to standing/walking.  Once I'm up and moving it's not as bad.  So I decided on another day of easy-on-the-hip home WODs.  I did two shorter workouts and took a short rest in between (less than 5 min).  Here's what I did:

Workout 1 (this took me about 12:30)

3 rounds:

100 jumping jacks
20 hand release push ups
15 jumps squats
10 v-ups

Workout 2 (I finished 3 rounds + 15 burpees)

10 minute AMRAP (as many rounds as possible)

20 air squats
15 burpees
10 hollow rocks

Old lady hips WOD

My hips were better today than yesterday, but still pretty painful.  I tried my best to hide the old lady walk at work though.  Short steps.. short, little baaaaby steps!  I'm trying not to take any ibuprofen or anything like that because we're not exactly trying to prevent getting pregnant again and I don't want to have anything to worry about if we get another surprise.

I wanted to do something that would stretch out my hips and get me moving, but nothing so crazy that I'd feel worse tomorrow.  I tried out a few jump squats and those felt good, so I came up with this-

Warm up:

1 min high plank
30 sec elbow plank
30 sec elbow plank with left leg lifted
30 sec elbow plank with right leg lifted
30 sec left side plank
30 sec right side plank
30 sec high plank
1 min elbow plank

Workout:

21-15-9-15-21 (do 21 of all movements, then 15, then 9, etc.)

Jump squats
Hand release push ups
Butterfly sit ups

LAZY

So.. obviously, I've been on a little self-imposed break this week.  Work was really busy and by the time I got home, I had zero motivation to do anything.  The struggle!  Thankfully, I am off today and it's a 4 day weekend for me, so I plan on working out every day.  I started "spring cleaning" my house this morning, so I decided to skip the gym and do a home wod.  I still wanted to incorporate some weights, so I decided to do a kettlebell-based workout.    Here's what I came up with (modify the weights as necessary!):

2 rounds-

15 KB swings
15 KB upright rows
15 KB plie squat
15 KB contralateral RDL (both sides)
15 one arm KB row (both sides)
15 KB contralateral Bulgarian split squats (both sides)
60 second high plank hold

THEN

10 rounds-

Superman & banana alternating tabata holds (20 seconds on, 10 seconds rest)

I used this website for my tabata timer and set it to 10 cycles with 10 seconds to prepare (clock should be set for 5:10 when you start).

Circuit Saturday

Happy Saturday!  I've got a bunch to do today, so I decided to stay home and do a circuit workout instead of heading to the gym.

Here's what I did:

Circuit 1

10 burpees
15 jump squats
10 air squats
15 push ups
10 KB thruster (35 lb KB)
15 butterfly sit up

Circuit 2

40 mountain climbers
15 tricep dips (using a coffee table)
15 push ups
30 butterfly sit ups
20 heel touches
20 up up down downs

Rest 30 sec-1 min between circuits.  Complete circuit 1, then circuit 2, then circuit 1 again, and circuit 2 again.

It took me 19:32 to finish all 4 circuits.  I took probably around 40 seconds rest between rounds, so I was averaging around 3.5-4.5 minutes per round.  Circuit 1 definitely took me less time than circuit 2, though.

All-in-all, a really good, quick, full body workout!  Enjoy! :)

Back.. Kinda

I am FINALLY to the point where I feel almost normal.  Still have a very annoying, lingering cough, but I have my voice back and all of my other symptoms are gone.  I wanted to do something today to get back into my routine, but I didn't want to do anything that would throw me into a coughing fit.

So...

Original workout:

100 air squats
90 butterfly sit-ups
80 alternating lunges
70 burpees
60 second plank
50 mountain climbers
40 push ups
30 hollow rocks
20 jump squats
10 hand release push ups

My modification:

Normally, I would do this as a chipper-style workout.  In other words, you don't move on to the next movement until I have finished all of the reps (100 air squats, then 90 sit-ups, etc.).  However, since 70 burpees sounded like a cough-fest, I decided to change it to 5 rounds with the same total number of reps.  Therefore, my workout looked like this-

5 rounds

20 air squats
18 butterfly sit-ups
16 alternating lunges
14 burpees
10 mountain climbers
8 push ups
6 hollow rocks
4 jump squats
2 hand release push ups

THEN

60 second plank

I timed myself today and it took me just under 24 minutes to complete, so that's around 4-5 minutes per round.  I feel like I split this up pretty well, all things considered.  I didn't really have to take any breaks, except for a few quick ones on push ups because my arms were tired from the mountain climber/burpee combo right before.  No coughing fits.  The only real issue was that it's 95 degrees here today and we don't have the air on in the house, so I was sweating like I just jumped out of a pool afterwards.  Sweat the sick out, right?!

**Miscarriage/lady problems warning: In other news, aunt flo FINALLY decided make a comeback yesterday, just one day short of 5 weeks post-D&C!!! This is the first time I think I've ever been excited for THAT, but I'm just so happy to feel like I'm finally back to "normal" and not stuck in some weird gray area.

Have a good weekend, friends! :)

I Got Bronchitis!

Number of days since I've had a voice: 6.

As the weekend progress, my fever went down, but my cough got worse and I started to feel like I was breathing through a straw.  I started having panic attacks at night because I'd wake up and feel like I couldn't catch my breath.  So, I went back yesterday.  They said I started with the flu and now have bronchitis, so they gave me more pills to take.  What can I say?  When I do something, I do it big.  :)

Feeling somewhat better today, but I still have a REALLY bad cough (and no voice).  I am HOPING that I can get back into the gym on Thursday.  I think that's a realistic goal, given the sloooow dissipation of my symptoms.

Anyway, I would have done a home wod today, so here was the plan:

For time-

KB swing (35 lb)/Burpees

20/2
18/4
16/6
14/8
12/10
10/12
8/14
6/16
4/18
2/20

Start with 20 kb swings and 2 burpees.  Follow the sequence until you reach 2 kb swings and 20 burpees.  For an added challenge, go back up from the bottom (2/20 --> 20/2)!

Out of commission

Ugh.  So I haven't posted in a few days for a lot of reasons.  When I got home from the gym on Sunday and went to take a shower, I slipped stepping in and really messed up some muscles in my side/back.  It was really bad Sunday and Monday.  It started to improve Tuesday, so I figured I'd give it a few days off and get back to the gym today.  Then, yesterday, I came down with the mother of all flus and am still feeling awful today.  My throat is on fire, my chest is so congested, my voice is gone, and I have a fever that just won't break.  I have not been this sick in a LONG time.  So frustrating!

Anyway, since I can't work out, these are the workouts that I had PLANNED to do this week:

10 rounds for time-

10 air squats
10 push ups
10 butterfly sit-ups
10 dips (using a coffee table or something similar)

5 rounds for time-

15 kb swings (35 lb kb)
15 burpees
15 butterfly sit-ups

Plus one day of my templates.  I'll be catching up this weekend, hopefully!