[Edit]: Here’s an article I found about nutrition for mama during pregnancy and for babies (and a pre-conception fast - which I did unintentionally when I did my 30 day fast in June 2020 - 3 months before conception)
Hi guys, decided to back track a little and add my own daily journal here! “Pregnancy Edition”
I have been logging on my planners, but I love using the forum and having a digital copy - that’s what I built it for afterall!
About to jump into week 8 of my daily walks that I started on February first.
Journey so far:
First Trimester:
First trimester was a free-for-all type of adjustment and survival mode trying to adjust to pregnancy/pandemic/holidays (October/November/December 2020)! Was pretty mild luckily when it came to nausea & morning sickness however I was fully 100% knocked out and felt like I was sleeping ALL day EVERY day with 0 energy! Lots of strange food aversions which led to strange cravings and indulgences (definitely not the BEST food choices - but lesson learned!)
Second Trimester:
On January 1st as part of annual New Year Resolutions I decided to step it up and get back on better habits and drop sugar again in January/February 2021 since my energy started to come back and I wasn’t in the “sleepy” state I was in compared to first trimester!
On February 1st I wanted to get myself out of of them NEXT level (part 2) of getting out of my “funk” so I started the following plan (below) to re-ignite my habits and live more INTENTIONALLY throughout my 2nd and 3rd trimester of my pregnancy and adopt fitness/exercise again (which I had put on pause temporarily due to my VERY sleepy first trimester exhaustion)
Third Trimester:
Third Trimester is starting shortly (right at the end of March) and I’m aiming to continue my daily exercise habits, healthy eating, daily reading, daily self-care, moisturizing stretch marks, daily self-love, positive self-talk snd positive affirmations Taking a few courses about breastfeeding and labour (open to suggestions!) and continuing my Reading List “https://www.waterfastingforum.com/t/pregnancy-baby-book-list/6163”
Books Read (so far) 2021
- How to raise a healthy child […] (Feb.)
- The Vaccine-Friendly Plan (Feb.)
- Atomic Habits (Mar.)
- Placenta: The Forgotten Chakra (May)
- The Womanly Art of Breastfeeding (Mar.)
- Ina May’s Guide to Breastfeeding
- Ina May’s Guide to Childbirth
Enrolled in Birth Course by Mama Natural
Enrolled in La Leche League International
- Free Virtual Meetings & Lectures
- Free Facebook Group
Daily Reading & Affirmations about birth, labour & breastfeeding
= Complete
= In Progress
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Below is the plan I’ve been following since February to slowly ease back into fitness/exercise after putting it on a very sleepy pause!
Exercising EVERY SINGLE DAY - No excuses & kicking butt at it! This has given me SO much more energy going into second and now almost 3rd trimester!
I started out with a VERY easy manageable goal to get the habit going - slow 15 minute walk EVERY day, and then each week I increased by a tiny 5 minutes!
Current Exercise Plan
= Complete
= In-Progress
February:
Week 19: 15 min/day
Week 20: 20 min/day
Week 21: 25min/day
Week 22: 30 min/day
March:
Week 23: 35 min/day
Week 24: 40 min/day
Week 25: 45 min/day
Week 26: 50 min/day
April: - Third Trimester
Week 27 - 34 (Little Exercise - so exhausted & sleepy)
May:
Week 34: 30min/day
Week 35: 30min/day
June:
Week 36: 30min/day
Week 37: 30min/day
Week 38: 30min/day
Week 39: 30min/day
Week 40: 30min/day
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Also here are my health stickies for 42 days of health - will update when I go onto the next period of the season (started these stickies on 2nd week of March)
42 Days of Health
(Picked 42 only because I like the way the sticky colours looked - no significance)
YouTube Hiatus - Update
*I feel my energy coming back so I might start to film some daily motivational vlogs on YouTube again (either daily vlogs for accountability - or daily YT Live videos)
*I am thinking to film updates for the 3rd trimester
*I am also thinking to film updates for my first few months as a FTM (First Time Mom) - we will see how everything goes with the transition into motherhood! Hoping I have the energy for this