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,…
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…