Heh, yeah, funny how 'hectic' is a word that seems to come up a lot in my presence. :b Had another checkup yesterday, with a junior doctor who got alarmed anew about my blood pressure (which hasn't got better but hasn't got worse either), but managed to avoid having an induction. For now.
As for the stairs, yep, the first time I noticed this was when Mike & I were in Dubrovnik, and we were climbing up to the top of the city wall, and I took like two steps and started wheezing like an old lady with emphysema. I managed, but had to do it veeerrrrrryyyyy slllooooooowwwwwlllyyyyyy. It isn't just the extra weight (I wasn't actually carrying extra weight yet, then) - apparently it's also to do with this special maternal hemoglobin you get, which is very good at delivering oxygen to your adorable little parasite and much less good at delivering it to you. Thus the sudden lack of response to big aerobic demands...
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Date: 2010-11-20 08:21 am (UTC)As for the stairs, yep, the first time I noticed this was when Mike & I were in Dubrovnik, and we were climbing up to the top of the city wall, and I took like two steps and started wheezing like an old lady with emphysema. I managed, but had to do it veeerrrrrryyyyy slllooooooowwwwwlllyyyyyy. It isn't just the extra weight (I wasn't actually carrying extra weight yet, then) - apparently it's also to do with this special maternal hemoglobin you get, which is very good at delivering oxygen to your adorable little parasite and much less good at delivering it to you. Thus the sudden lack of response to big aerobic demands...