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

Sometimes there’s a lot of negativity in the world, but I think it’s good to focus on the positives too. I was ruminating a bit on things that I love lately so here are some things bringing me joy, in no particular order. Spring & Spring Flowers My garden is coming alive again now that it’s spring and it’s lovely to see all the flowers come back. My favourite flower is the daffodil and 🥹 cutting a few fresh blooms inside for display has been lovely. White Narcissus in a jar

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

I spent most of this week knitting and starting my sweater and once again, I’m humbled by how many obstacles there are when you’re trying to learn something new. Some of the things I kept repeating to myself this week were: Mistakes are part of the learning process and it’s OK to start again - I ended up starting again a few times for various reasons. Every time I start/restart though, I try not to stay too committed to the current progress, because you never know if this is

This is a series I'm doing where I chronicle my time cycle commuting while pregnant. You can see the previous entry at 24 weeks here Recently, I’ve hit my 28th (!!) week of pregnancy and with the snow/ice finally gone and the weather hovering around 0 to -5C, I decided I would bike commute to the office on a Bikeshare bike. Overall the bike ride was nice, extremely uneventful which was great. You can see my stats from the ride below: A screenshot of my commute to work - 6.3 K

It’s been a few weeks since we got the Urban Arrow and with the snow finally melting a bit and the bike lanes cleared, I got a chance to take it out for a spin. Man, it was a decently eventful ride so let’s get into it. The Good Riding for Fun Again Overall, the ride was great. The best part of the whole journey was just how nice the bike was to ride. It’s easy to shift gears and to use more or less effort. My speed is very much in the 15-20km/hr zone though because I ‘m jus

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