This is a series where I document exercising while pregnant. You can see the last post at 32 weeks here I’m happy to say that even though I’m 36 weeks along - I’m still biking!! In fact, I biked ~ 75km in the last 4 weeks! Most of this is from running errands around town. I do not really bike for leisure. Apple fitness showing my bike mileage for April - 75.04km in April! I’m not as energetic or mobile as I used to be though but I definitely enjoy biking more than walking, es

This is a series where I document exercising while pregnant. You can see the last post at 28 weeks here While my belly is pretty big now, and I’m regularly wearing maternity pants, there’re still days that I can’t believe I’m 32 weeks pregnant and the baby is coming in ~ 8 weeks 😱. Overall, things are going well. I still bike around and I’m working out a lot but I’m definitely walking around a lot slower. It’s hard to move around with a big belly and even the smallest of h

This is a series I’m doing where I document how it feels to commute by bike during my pregnancy every few weeks. You can see the previous ones at 14 & 20 weeks. Or I guess Not biking at 24 weeks pregnant. We had a pretty big snow storm about a week ago and unfortunately, the city has not removed any of the snow from the bike lanes. A picture of the snow filled bike lanes near my home, the white line is where the bike lane marking used to be. In fact, the sad/infuriating thin

This is a series I’m doing where I document how it feels to commute by bike during my pregnancy every few weeks. You can see first one at 14 weeks here . It’s January in Toronto and of course the weather is being up and down as per usual. This week, I’m hitting my 20th week of pregnancy and after a night of freezing rain, and above zero temperatures for the day, I decided to ride home from the office. Figure: A look at the bike lane conditions. Mostly dry but some icy spots a

This is a series I’m doing where I document how it feels to commute by bike during my pregnancy every few weeks. This is the first post of the series. I biked to work today and the weather was -2C, with a 15-20KM/hr headwind. The road was a bit wet from the recent snow and ice but there was no icy patches and it was generally cleared. The ride was good, but rough. My average speed was around 10-15km/hr and while I could feel my heart working harder, I got pretty warmed up by