My baby journey so far...

I decided I would blog about my baby journey so far ... I think I can sum it up into 4 stages from deciding to try until now:


1) We first decided to try for a baby - "I can keep doing whatever I want while we try!" 

This wasn't too much after getting married in June, what better time than our cycling honeymoon through France!  And we had a success... but shortly after a loss ... and so come September I already had a way different perspective on this TTC (trying to conceive...).  It was a tough time mentally and we took the recommended 3 month break, and I decided to take it easy... 

2) Taking a lot longer than anticipated - "I'm getting a little crazy, all this waiting is getting to me!  I'm willing to change..."

So through the fall I didn't do much other than the odd swim and long walks with Pearl.  And December we had another loss, so by Christmas I was kinda a basket case.  People say stay positive, don't put pressure on yourself, but this is the worse advice ever in my pont of view, it only makes you beat yourself up all the more for being the exact opposite!  So I did what I do best, put myself 200% into it. I was the squeaky wheel at the doctors and demanded to have all the tests possible I could have, which was a very good thing, I found out that there were some things out of balance that needed to be addressed.  And the best thing I did was go to a naturopath in the new year who specialized in pregnancy, and she got me all balanced out!  That was truly amazing, if I ever was a skeptic about all that stuff, I have done a 180.
3) Yes!  Pregnant! - "Ok, but I'm going to go crazy if I don't get active!"

With herb mixtures, and a plethora of vitamins along with weekly acupuncture, we had our 'Third time's the charm' success in March!  By this time I had reintroduced some light exercise, going to the naturopath, made me feel like I was actively doing something, not just passively waiting around for something to happen, not my style!
4) Everything is going along smoothly - "Being active through pregnancy has major benefits!" (More on this later...)

At the very beginning I did nothing, I was sooooooo careful about it, I waited until about 7 weeks to start to try to run again.  But it was a slow easy shuffle, only for like 30min.  I have worked myself up a bit as I gained confidence and stopped worrying so much.  Now I'm back in the pool, which has been amazing for me and back on the trainer for some easy fun spinning, and I know that I'm making a healthier baby for it!


Not many talk about all the difficulties they have TTC, but why not, it's cathartic for the writer and helpful for those going through the same things.  I read so many TTC blogs and articles, and it helped me knowing I wasn't the only one.  Now I've been reading some great Athlete-Mom blogs, all about their journeys through pregnancy while trying to exercise and then getting back into racing shape afterwards with the baby, it's been so inspirational and motivational for me.  I've had a renewed zest for the possibilities of being a Mommie-Athlete.