Wodding For 2

Let me start this blog by introducing myself.  I'm 28 years old, married for 5 and a half years, with 2 cats.  I work for a large Tech Company in Silicon Valley and love my job, but I talk enough about work so this Blog really isn't about that, it's about all the wonderful things I love in my life. If I had to rank my joys in life in no particular order it would have to be 1. My Husband (ok this is in order because he is my #1, my #2, my #3, and my #4), 2. My kitties, 3. My family, 4. Crossfit.  OK so I'm sure vacationing to Europe would easily fit somewhere in there too :)

I wanted to write this blog to share some of my more womanly experiences and also share with you all about the lovely things in my life, and some of my adventures.  A week ago tomorrow morning I took a pregnancy test, and found out that after only a month of trying, the hubby and I would be expecting our first child in September 2013 :)  The excitement is overwhelming!

A lot of changes happen in the first trimester of pregnancy - it when all the work happens and the important baby stuff is formed!  Which means a lot of changes at Crossfit, since you want to avoid cooking your baby. For all you fellow prego-crossfitters out there, here are the first few changes I've made:

1. SLOW DOWN- take breaks, drink water, only work at a pace where you can still hold a conversation.  Take deep breaths.

2. Scale the weights (I think this is optional based on what I've read)- but seriously if you're feeling good enough to go for the same weights as before go for it! My WODs have been draining me 3 times as fast, so I've cut back to around 60% of the pre-pregrancy weights I was using.

3. Scale movements based on crossfitmom.com

We're not announcing the pregnancy to anyone until we get to the 12 week mark, so shhh until then:)