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| Our Facebook announcement photo back in May. |
Baby #1: Pre-getting-pregnant with Delano, I was a running fool. Between September and December of 2011 (when I found out I was pregnant), I had completed 4 half marathons. By the time I ran my first half in September, I was in the best shape that I had been in since probably high school. Once I found out I was pregnant, I kept on running, completing two more half marathons (back to back, at that) in January. After January I took a break from the half marathons but continued to run on my own several days a week as well as sign up for shorter races. My plan was to run until I hit the 8-month mark.....my sciatic nerve decided that I could have until 7 months. After 7 months, I did a little bit of water aerobics and a lot of mall walking, but nothing extensive. I never touched my prenatal Jazzercise DVD or even looked into prenatal yoga.
** My plan after having Delano was to start running again and work myself back up to half marathon status as soon as I could.
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| Right before the Mississippi Blues Half Marathon in Jackson, Mississippi. About 6 weeks pregnant. |
** My plan after having Baby #2 is the same as before - get out the jogger (now a double jogger) and get back into shape!! I know it's only going to be even HARDER to make it happen with two babies to deal with, but hopefully I can make it work. Other mothers do it......why can't I??? I'll have to pick a race to sign up for so that I have a set and PAID FOR goal.
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| Right before the Rock N Roll Half Marathon in New Orleans this past February. Delano was 6 months old. I was pregnant again a month later! And obviously that's a good shirt for races. |
Eating
Baby #1: Without going back and reading through my online journal (how I kept track of things in my pre-blog days), I can remember that during my first trimester, I ate a LOT of junk. Granted, it didn't help that my first trimester fell over the Christmas holidays and the cold months of January and February. This factor, along with being pregnant in general, gave me the "leeway" to slack off on my former healthy eating habits. I ate what I wanted. But once I reached my second trimester, I shifted gears. I still didn't eat as healthy as I did during my race training days, but I ate a LOT of fruit. I constantly bought fresh fruit - especially blueberries, blackberries and raspberries - all the time. I often ate plates of fruit and Greek yogurt for breakfast, and a sandwich with a side of fruit for lunch. Dinners were typically pretty healthy, since we cook at home usually 4-5 days a week. I also followed the guidelines for pregnant eating (no raw fish, no soft cheeses, no cold deli meat, etc) pretty closely, though I did eat peanut butter and jelly sandwiches pretty regularly. I didn't crave sweets or anything in insane portions like some women do!
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| Ok so maybe this was an exception to a fruit plate...... |
Baby #2: So I'm currently in my second trimester with Baby #2.....21 weeks along tomorrow.....and my eating habits this time around have been crap crap crap!!! Since I never really got back into "great" eating habits after Delano was born, my junkie eating habits have just continuously carried themselves into this pregnancy. The fruit never showed up in the second trimester. Sure, I buy fruit and eat it occasionally (especially grapes), but nowhere near like I did the first time around. My breakfast typically consists of cereal (delicious sugary cereal), and lunch ranges from random eats at the house to eating out. I've also been eating a LOT of sweets this time around, something I didn't really do the first time, even when I was eating junk food. Give me a tub of icing and a spoon and I've got an afternoon snack for a few days. I actually CRAVE it around 3:00. How unhealthy is that?? And you can FORGET my morals of not eating "unhappy" meat while eating out.....those morals flew out the window after Delano was born. I do still stick pretty closely to the "do not eat this while pregnant" list, though certain occasional exceptions (like feta cheese on a Greek salad) happen. And we do still cook a pretty healthy dinner at home 4-5 times a week. But it all does make me realize that after Baby #2 gets here, I have GOT to change my current eating habits if I want to get back into pre-Baby #1 shape!! That's why you see a lot of I-need-to-get-back-into-shape blog posts from me.
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| I couldn't find any foodie pics from this pregnancy to post, but here's me serving up cake at Delano's birthday party almost two weeks ago. And yes, I ate cake. Both kinds. Among other things. |
Drinking
Baby #1: Drinking lots of water is stressed a lot for everyone nowadays, but especially for those who sweat a lot (work out, work outside, etc) and/or are pregnant. And I definitely did my part when it came to water consumption! But I've been in the habit of drinking a lot of water for years. What really helped get me into that habit was to always have bottles of water ready to go in the fridge. And I don't mean that I buy case after case of "new" water like some people do (TOTAL waste of money AND plastic), I use a water filter or the fridge filter to refill my current bottles over and over again. These make it really easy to grab something cold and healthy to drink, especially if you're on your way out the door. So making sure I was drinking plenty of water was never an issue. I don't drink coffee, so I didn't have to wean myself from that habit. (P.S. Did you know that some studies lately say it's okay for pregnant women to drink up to 4 cups of coffee PER DAY??? That just doesn't sound right to me at all!!) My family never had sodas or anything like that in the fridge growing up, so that was never a habit of mine, either. So at home and on the go with Baby #1 I drank water, and while out to lunch or dinner I drank sweet tea (since I didn't make it at home and my doctor wasn't concerned about me drinking sweet tea in the least bit). I would very occasionally crave an icy cold Mountain Dew from Taco Bell (for whatever reason they have THE BEST Mountain Dew there), so I would go get one. Yes, that's a lot of caffeine at once for a pregnant lady, but since I rarely had caffeine anyway, it was fine. And it satisfied my craving, which was key.
I also occasionally had a glass of wine or a beer while pregnant with Delano. Some of you reading this (girls AND guys) just became appalled at that admittance, while others thought THANK YOU. And I totally understand those who are appalled, especially those who have never been pregnant, because I used to be you. I scoffed at any pregnant woman with a drink in her hand, because that's what you do. It is completely socially unacceptable for a pregnant woman to have a drink. But during my pregnant-and-learning phase (via research and conversations with other mothers and what not), I became comfortable with the occasional beverage. And by "occasional" I mean VERY occasional. Not even remotely close to the "3-7 glasses a week, spread out to no more than once a day" that have been deemed okay in some studies. I might have had a glass every 2-3 weeks, and that's even a maybe. And I definitely would make it worth my while, making it last as long as possible! P.S. I have no problems with women who don't touch a drop of alcohol while pregnant (good for you!!) and I have huge issues with women who drink on the regular while pregnant.
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| Classy on ALL levels. |
Baby #2: My drinking habits with Baby #2 have been exactly the same as with Baby #1. I still have water bottles on hand in the fridge at all times, I still typically opt for sweet tea while out, I still have the very occasional glass of wine or beer (though there is also O'Doul's Amber in the fridge) and I think I've had either 2 or 3 Mountain Dews so far this time around. So all is well.....I didn't pick up any unwanted caffeine habits after having a baby (like coffee), nor did I become more "lax" with Baby #2 and become a pregnant lush.
So there you have it! And speaking of food, I'm STARVING......... ;)
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