I'm back..........well, kind of!

Wow! I can't believe it has been almost two months since I have blogged here! Lots of things have happened in this time that has kept me from keeping up with blogging and exercising...sometimes life just gets in the way!

In mid-August our family took a little staycation to the White Mountains of New Hampshire, and when we returned, we learned my husband was being sent to Mobile, Alabama to work with the oil spill for 30 days. Needless to say, it put a HUGE damper on my running and exercising. Being home alone with three small kids, being the keeper of the house and all that jazz just didn't give me the motivation to exercise, even though I know it would have helped. Tremendously.

Halfway into Kevin's travels, I learned I was pregnant with baby #4 - whoa! Even though we had talked about trying for another baby once he returned, I never thought I'd get pregnant before! Especially after my first cycle since having Clara and still breastfeeding. Surprise! A welcomed one at that. So...all of these things have affected my ability and desire to exercise!

If you didn't know already - my pregnancies are high risk. I have what is called an incompetent cervix, so this will greatly affect my ability to exercise at all during my pregnancy. With my 2nd daughter, I was on bed rest for about 15 weeks, and luckily, with my 3rd, I avoided bed rest all together, since we caught my issue early enough this time. I am planning on getting my cerclage probably by the end of the month of first week of November. Once this happens...bye bye exercise. I am praying this time I will be able to walk, do light exercises and do yoga about three days a week.

I am going to shift this blog to exercising while pregnant and high risk pregnancy...it should be interesting. I am happy to say I am starting this pregnancy off 15 pounds lighter than I was with my third daughter and about 5lbs lighter than I was with my first baby! I am weighing less than I was when I got married, so I am feeling a lot better and healthier going into this pregnancy.

I hope to start running again after the baby is born, sometime in mid-late April!

How is everyone else doing with their exercising and healthy living?