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2nd Trimester
long shot...anyone go backpacking in their second tri?
I dont mean camping where you pull the car up to the tent pad but honest to goodness backpacking where you carry everything on your back and get lost in the outback for a few days.
DH and I were avid backpackers while we lived in Cali and have since done a handful of trips in Colorado, Europe, and here in Va. He's itching to do one last trip in California before this baby comes and of course wants me to come with. It's a 2 night trip and about 10 miles a day of hiking at elevation (30 miles total). I'd be 17 or 18 weeks at that point. My doc says okay, just take it easy, drink lots of water, and rest when i'm tired. I'm not so sure...walking around the mall the other day wiped me out - how they heck am I goign to do 10 miles, with elevation and a pack (a light one but a pack non the less).
I consider myself in decent shape (but definitley not the shape I was in when we were doing this all the time). Anyone have any experience with this at all? Please tell me I'll be okay - dh is so excited to do this and I'd hate to crush that.
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Re: long shot...anyone go backpacking in their second tri?
I would go for it... you aren't disabled, just PG!
Def go "light" on your pack though..
I went on a weekend backpacking trip last week (19 weeks). It really wasn't any different from previous backpacking trips except I was more easily winded.
If you go, don't have a set itinerary. We didn't and this helped me feel like I didn't need to move faster so that we could make it to a specific site by a certain time.
We backpack alot too. I know I get wiped by high elavation when I am not pregnant, so that would worry me. I am also a lot thirstier right now so that would drive me crazy having to drink so much with that added exercise/elevation. But really, there is no reason you can't, you just may be a bit slower and not be able to carry a heavy pack....make him carry more and then maybe the added weight will make him need more breaks too, lol.
You'll do great!
i say trust your instincts!! if you think you can do it i say go for it but be very careful w/ the pack!!
my cousin did triathalons when she was pg!!
We went car camping this weekend and did a couple hikes. Illinois is pretty flat, of course, but we did some nice hill walks. I'll say I'm having a hard time with hills and any elevation now, personally. I work out and try to do things at the gym at an incline, but this weekend there were points where I could really feel my blood rushing. I'm not sure I could have done it while carrying a pack, to be honest. It sounds like you are way more experienced than I am, though! You might want to think about your normal pace and cut it in half for planning purposes, especially if you are tired after the mall. I wouldn't want to be stuck setting up camp way earlier than I planned because I needed so many greaks.
I did an "outdoor adventure" day for a bachelorette party during 1st tri (I was about 10 weeks along) -- 25-mile bike ride, 12 miles of whitewater rafting. My doctor OKed it, and gave me the same advice -- drink tons of water, be aware of exhaustion, etc. It was a fun time, but to be honest, I kind of wish I hadn't done it... I was completely and totally wiped out by the end of the day, and I felt pretty wrecked for a full week afterwards.
So I guess it's a question of how exhausted you're feeling beforehand, and whether you're willing/able to power through that for the trip itself, and then during recuperation time afterwards. Will your exhaustion cause you to slow things down for your DH? Will it make you cranky or whiny during the trip? Etc.
You're certainly not disabled, and I think you *could* go on the trip. It's just a question of whether you'll be happy during the backpacking, and whether or not you'll end up putting a damper on things for your DH as a result.
DS 2/23/10
DD 7/31/2012
Yikes, you are way more brave than I'd be!! Good for you though! We have done several hikes in CO along the continental divide. I dont know if I couldn't do it. My light pack still consited of about 50 lbs. That was a 4 day hike but really the only thing extra was food & they were the dried pkgs. If you could get up there & get acclimated to the altitude for like a day or two that may be beneficial. Go on a few day hikes & then take the big hike. I'd just take it easy like your dr said. Drink lots of water & rest whenever you feel tired! Good luck, it will be a blast if you do it & a great story to tell your son/daughter. I want to go now!!! LOL!!
DS 2/23/10
DD 7/31/2012
I had a two night backpack planned during my 15th week, but plans changed at the last minute and we ended up just camping. I had talked with my midwife about it, and she was totally cool with it, so long as I didn't carry too much. Here is a website about it. Try googling pregnant and backpacking, there are lots of women out there that have done it.
i would go for it, but just keep in mind how many times you are going to have to pee throughout your trip.
we are going camping this coming weekend, (we are avid campers-not the pull in park and pitch kind but the hike in) but i am not looking forward to it.. getting up 3 times in the wee hours of the morning to pee in the dark is not sounding like a fun time to me! So we are only staying one night.
DS 2/23/10
DD 7/31/2012