quote:<HR>Originally posted by atomic:
I'm 12 weeks today (second pregnancy) and while I'm happy to have another kid on the way, I am DYING. This first trimester has been kicking my butt and I miss running so much. ...
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Hello Atomic,

Congratulations.

While I am not a mom, I have heard from friends that each prengnancy might be different from the previous.

Hopefully you will be feeling well soon!
Gen

Congrats on your pregnancy!
I just started my 11th week today and even though I have felt good enough to keep running, it is still not the same. I certainly don't push myself the way I used to, and when I start to feel tired or overheated I take walk breaks. I keep trying to remember it's not all about me anymore! I've opted out of some summer races because i know I will just get frustrated my times wouldn't be as good as they used to be! So, instead, I am just trying to set some goals for after the baby is born so I have something to work toward!

Good luck with the rest of your pregnancy and I hope you start feeliong better soon!

It is okay to feel selfish. You are doing the most selfless thing possible. I'm 10 weeks in my second and still break down and cry and I have kept up my pre-pregnancy milage and feel pretty good when I run. I remember how in my first I was told by my family not to run (mainly because of a really bad winter). I gained 50 lbs and was uncomfortable all the time. So I fear my good fortune of minimal sickness and overwhelming appetite.
This time around my family is very supportive and my doctor says to keep going just be careful. I am afraid to "run" a race in a week because I won it last year and this year I won't. I am also afraid that of medalling (I will have had to slow down 5 mins to come in first in my age group.)
I am afraid of what people will say when they realize I'm pregnant - I went to a nurse's visit today and she tisked at my running. I am afraid of not being able to run a ll nine months. In some ways my running is what defines me and when that's gone..... (There is a great picture in this month's runners world of dr. running at 39 months.)
My advice is to take it one day at a time and try to get out there. It might make you feel better and normal. We all have our worries but remember 6 months to go.

just to put it in perspective for you - my second pregnancy, not only could I not run - I was on bedrest from 18 weeks on - only got up to shower, bathroom - all of this with a two year old at home - be happy you can walk around!!! (and congratulations !!)

This too shall pass and hopefully in a few wks you'll feel better. And even if you have to give up running for 8 or so months, it's a small price to pay for what you'll be receiving. I would GLADLY give up running if it meant a 2nd child for me. but after 5 yrs, thousands of dollars in fertility treatment, it'll never be a reality.

Hang in there . . . You'll get your sproink back before you know it!

I could have written some of these posts. I'll be 12 weeks on Thursday with my second. I haven't run at all in two weeks. I just feel so sick. I can't wait to get my energy back and start pounding the pavement again. I ran until 27 weeks last time and hope to do the same or longer this time.

I have to second Atomic. I have friends that are unable to get pregnant, and my heart is with them. It took us a year to get pregnant (I know for some that is nothing, but for us, it seemed to start taking forever), but I also understand what the origninal poster, as well as many others, are feeling.

I'm 17 weeks pregnant, and for the first 3 months, i felt like I was in a coma all the time. I could barely get out the door to work out, between the heat and the fatigue. I was depressed as well--like I was all ready losing so much of my life. Everyone says "It's all for a good reason", and I agree, but it has been such a shift in personality and how I view myself.

Now that I can run again, it's still taking some getting used to. I am not as fast, I don't go as far, and I walk a lot more, but I get out there and keep going. I get so many "tsk tsk's" about my running, even from highly active people. I even stopped going to my midwife because she was a) so behind the times on the research on heart rate and RPEs for pregnant women (the old 140 BPM no longer is the norm) and b) so unsupportive of my activity. I know my body better now than I ever did before I started running a few years ago, and I know when I need to stop. Yet, she wouldn't let up on it. My doctors (both my family doc and my OB) are so supportive, it's amazing.

SO.....short story long, I know how you feel as a pregnant runner. I'm learning to accept the differences, and the depression has lifted as my running has been able to pick up a little again. I figure if I can run 2 days a week and walk 2-3 times per week, it works for me, gives me enough mind clearing time, and keep sme happy (which I figure makes baby happy too!)

Girls, we will make it. In a year, we'll be running again--with families in tow, but running nonetheless. Keep it up ladies--we can all do this!