I just read your post and I'm sorry it took so long to get back to you! I have been miserably sick with my pregnancy and finally am seeing some change now that I'm almost 17 weeks. I am that rare woman that has more than the "norm". I am not Catholic or Mormon and alot of people ask me. I'm a Christian. Even today when I went out early to get my Clarin's face wash, the lady at the counter saw that I was poking out a bit and asked, "Is this your first?" I always say,"Prepare yourself for a shock!" I always say I'm the rare breed. But I do cringe at the "Don't you have your hands full" comment. I always say, "Better full than empty.
My husband is a jewel. He does all the grocery shopping and you know what? He NEVER gets any comments if he brings more than 5 kids or so. He also does most of the school work. My workouts are like brushing my teeth. If I don't do them, I feel like I missed something. Of course, I call it my Interval life because it isn't always at the same time of the day. But I am used to that part and still work it in. Last month we had the worse flu going around and lucky me, I was so sick with "pregnancy sickness" that I diddn't even notice if I had it or not! LOL! So the whole December was the worse month as far as working out.
My kids are so great when it comes to working out. It's my time and they know it. My husband is so good about it too. He helps with the kids and keeps them out of the way if I'm doing complex stepping. When the baby is born, I start off slowly and workout right after the baby feeds. I found a swing helps too and the baby watches me and even falls asleep to the music. It's harder when the baby gets to the age where they are clingy and come and grab your leg during the warmup of a workout but I gently say,"This is Mama's time" and either find something for them to do or have another sibling help or have my husband take the kids and go do something fun while I workout. Of course there are the days where everything goes wrong and there is no way to workout. I don't let it be the end of the world. I just pick up the next day. I have to remember these children won't be young forever. One last and very important thing in my life is the housework isn't #1. The kids are. So my house is not a perfect looking house. I have some dishes undone and toys on the floor. That is life and life is wonderful!!
My husband is a jewel. He does all the grocery shopping and you know what? He NEVER gets any comments if he brings more than 5 kids or so. He also does most of the school work. My workouts are like brushing my teeth. If I don't do them, I feel like I missed something. Of course, I call it my Interval life because it isn't always at the same time of the day. But I am used to that part and still work it in. Last month we had the worse flu going around and lucky me, I was so sick with "pregnancy sickness" that I diddn't even notice if I had it or not! LOL! So the whole December was the worse month as far as working out.
My kids are so great when it comes to working out. It's my time and they know it. My husband is so good about it too. He helps with the kids and keeps them out of the way if I'm doing complex stepping. When the baby is born, I start off slowly and workout right after the baby feeds. I found a swing helps too and the baby watches me and even falls asleep to the music. It's harder when the baby gets to the age where they are clingy and come and grab your leg during the warmup of a workout but I gently say,"This is Mama's time" and either find something for them to do or have another sibling help or have my husband take the kids and go do something fun while I workout. Of course there are the days where everything goes wrong and there is no way to workout. I don't let it be the end of the world. I just pick up the next day. I have to remember these children won't be young forever. One last and very important thing in my life is the housework isn't #1. The kids are. So my house is not a perfect looking house. I have some dishes undone and toys on the floor. That is life and life is wonderful!!
