Feelin' Fine......

How are you feeling?

This is a question pregnant people all over the planet will answer to exaustion....over....and over.....and over....
It's sweet that people care and you do, internally, want to talk about it, but wow...does is ever get redundant! To answer that question based on the last 5 months...I feel GREAT!!! The horror stories of nausea, vomiting, severe food aversions, unbearable smells, and general discomfort have left me the hell alone. I feel very lucky to have felt this "normal" day in and day out for the past 5 months. I have had my "days" of slight sickness, tiredness, etc. but believe it or not, it has been NOTHING compared to the death spasms of hangovers I have inflicted on my body in the last _______ years. Don't expect a number there. You all know my lifelong obsession with intoxication. It does however, instill the fear of God in me that this is simply the calm before the storm. A perfect first 5 months can only mean a horrendous last 5 right? And yes, it is 10 months, or 40 weeks divided by 4 weeks in a month which is...well..you do the math...a month longer than most people think unless you've had one. They must think it is 9 months as most people spend the first month "not knowing" so the rumor mill has decided that it need be only 9 months more. Not that an extra month makes that big of difference in the grand scheme of things, but it would have been nice to know the truth beforehand.

Anywho...I have been able to keep up my same level of athletic insanity...running, kickboxing, weight lifting, etc. I have lightened up on the weights a tad, I do run a bit slower and a little less (more on running to come later), and I do kick a little lower and punch a little softer but other than that, it's been workout as usual. The major difference is that I huff and puff like I just smoked a pack of Parliaments if I climb a flight of stairs too quickly so I do take a few more "water breaks" to lower my heart rate. If I do end up having to be on bed rest or just decide to spend the rest of my pregnancy on the couch out of personal choice, at least I did something the first half! I am a master of putting forth effort at the beginning and then dropping the ball...so be it!

Daddy and Podges preparing for baby!