Ok, so compared to blacksheep_lj it doesn’t count as exercise. Thank all that is holy that I do not have to be compared to her. 😀 Sunday I worked the resale even and spent four hours standing and walking rapidly on concrete. That is a much longer block than normal for that kind of activity for me. Monday I went out with a friend and spent a couple of hours walking in a park. Last night we walked to the park with Shanna and that’s a good 2.5 mile loop without all the walking back and forth we did to add on it. And we did that at the speed of toddler.
Holy crap I hurt. I don’t normally do that much walking in three days. I used to, but I haven’t this pregnancy. I feel like my uterus weighs about 30 lbs and it is sitting right on top of of a sharp pointy bit (my cervix). It fucking hurts when I stand right now. Ok, so on a scale of 1-10 it’s only like a 3, but I’m not used to that hurting! Whine! My back and knees are very sore and unhappy with me because basically all of this walking was on concrete.
But I never got winded even slightly. I didn’t have to take breaks to sit down much. Once last night, once at the park and those were both more because I needed to change angles for my hips more than anything else. My legs aren’t tired at all. Oh good. I’m not nearly so out of shape as I thought. 🙂 My joints are going to hate me right now no matter what I do. Three days in a row was probably overly ambitious but I really should start doing this at least three times a week. I don’t want to get as out of shape as I did when carrying Shanna. 🙂
Try purhasing a maternity girdle. I had one and it provided relief when my uterus weighed 30 lbs after a very activity day or two.
-gee
Fair enough. At this point my uterus probably only weighs around 5ish pounds. I’m just whining. 🙂
We get that your uterus doesn’t REALLY weigh 30 pounds. If anyone’s did, something would be very, very wrong. 🙂
I also wonder if your shoes suck. Walking on concrete shouldn’t make that much of a different if your shoes have any decent cushion to them.
I don’t have awesome shoes right now. I’ve had a horrible time finding good/comfortable shoes since Shanna was born. My feet are just really hard to fit. The front part seems to be much wider and the back is super narrow and nothing fits well. This has been driving me insane.
HOw about some good ol’ fashioned sneakers? Ugly but functional.
I’m not looking for stylish shoes. *laugh* Sneakers don’t bother me. I can’t find them that fit both the front of my foot well and the back. In order to not scrunch the front part uncomfortable (even in loosely laced sneakers) the back part slides too much in the shoe to be comfortable.
I’m actually tempted to get over my lifelong hatred of mules because then it won’t matter if the back fits.
Ah, the joys of triangle feet…. My mom calls them “swedish feet.” for what it’s worth. Dansko, Bjorn, Sofft and Anne Klein all have wide balls with narrow heels, and Bjorn and Sofft both have wonderful soles.
I did not think your uterus actually weighed 30lbs but I remember that feeling of heaviness after several days of activity in a row.
-gee
Towards the end it weighs almost that… I thought you were just talking about later pregnancy. 😀 Oops.
*IF* your uterus weighs 30 pounds – take pictures.
Perverts on the internet will pay for that kinda shit!