Surprise!

I can't tell you how many times over the past three years I have had people say to me ... "just wait, right after your adoption goes through and your children are home, you will get pregnant." 

And I just ignored them.  We JUST got home with our twin babies from Ethiopia this February.  We went from two to four children in just one day!  Raising four kids is a lot of work, we would have to be a little bit crazy to add a fifth child so soon. 

Ah, the things we say to ourselves - what a laugh I get when I look back and realize my own foolish naivety.  Well my friends, pretty soon there will be absolutely no hiding it; in fact, just the other day my friendly neighbor stopped me to say that it looked like I was putting on weight.  Yes indeed, it just so happens that this crazy runner mom of four is now 13 weeks pregnant with our fifth child.

(Right after a 5 mile run.  Sweat is the new sexy!)

 

Five years have passed since I gave birth to my second child and my body definitely feels, well...older.  Despite my rickety old body, baby and I are still going to continue training for and participating in the 2013 Rock n' Roll Savannah Marathon in November.

My doctor wasn't exactly supportive when I gave him the good news about my upcoming marathon.  After he stopped laughing at me (this isn't a joke, bud.) he said, "You won't be able to run the marathon, your body will be out of balance and you will just fall over."  Seriously?!  No, seriously.  Was he being serious?  Yep, he certainly was, and I walked out of his office and found a new primary care provider. 

Over the past several weeks I have read many mama running blogs and I know I am not the only one out there.  What was your experience with your pregnancy and continuing to run?  Was your doctor supportive?