Ugly Toes

Friday, we had our first OB appointment. I like our doctor, which is always a good thing. She probably won't be the one who does the delivery (it depends on who is on call), but that's okay since the doctor doesn't spend a lot of time with you during labor&delivery anyway. She brought out the portable ultrasound at the end of our appointment so we got to take another peek at M5 (our "code name;" the Engineer is M2, I'm M3 and Molly is M4. Cutesy, yes. M5 will NOT be getting a "M" name however. Someone in the family needs their own initials). We're having our first trimester screen on Thursday, which I consider to be the "all clear" as far as telling people.

Yesterday, I was going to run but it was raining really hard. (Parts of our county are underwater and there were roads in an adjacent count that washed away). I didn't want to treadmill, so I used the elliptical instead. I haven't used it in a long time, but I used the same HR program I always use, with the same target I always use. But while going to same speed, the resistance was totally different. Normally, I'm a few bars from the top but yesterday I was only on the 3rd bar (occasionally the 4th). It was interesting to see the increased blood volume at work. I mean, I run slow but since I've never been consistent with the HR training seeing HR while running means nothing, I'm not able to really feel like I'm getting as good of a workout in or compare my efforts.

There was a brief break in the rain this morning, so I was able to get outside. My hip wasn't as achy as it has been running lately, and I wasn't as slow as I have been on some runs. Still slow, but not as bad.