The Pregnant Mother Runner Podcast
Jul 28, 2026 · 26 min · 7 segments
I’m almost in the third trimester, and somehow this pregnancy is flying by while also feeling very, very real. This week, I’m feeling tired, run down, a little moody, and absolutely ravenous. I…
Serena MarieHost
I actually went and got blood work done today, so maybe there will be something going on with my thyroid or my iron labs that will kind of explain what's happening.
But I've really talked to so many of you on Instagram, [chuckles] and it just seems like toddler plus pregnancy equals tired, and so that's probably what's going on.
Um, but it's like I kinda just feel, like, moody, like, annoyed, and, like, I can't handle things.
Um, so at the end of the day when the vier- um, going, before daycare ends, I kind of have been trying to get my husband to mostly go pick up my son so I can just lay down for, like, a half hour.
It's not like I'm that tired, but it's just kind of like I, like, need to decompress.
Like, while I'm putting my toddler to sleep, I'm just, like, falling [chuckles] asleep on the floor, which let me tell you right now, does not feel good for my SI joint issues.
I was doing some, um, long, [chuckles] LOL, like four, four and a half mile runs.
I did two of them, um, during this week of 26 and, um, I am now have taken two rest days in a row because I'm just feeling like maybe I pushed it too hard.
I think I knew jumping from, like, two, two and a half miles to four, four and a half miles was probably too big of a jump.
What happened was we had this really random, like, beautiful 50-degree [chuckles] day the day before a snowstorm.
Like, I need to do this before the snow comes back." And I had told my husband, "I'll be gone for three miles." And then I was out there and I was like, "This is amazing." Um, and so I did closer to four, a little over four.
And then, um, I felt really good after that, and so of course, two days later I did four and a half and that was when, that was the straw that broke the camel's back.
Now, that said, I did add a little bit of inter- or not intervals, um, hills to that four and a half mile run.
I kinda wonder if that was the straw that broke the camel's back, like, doing a little bit of hill training.
I actually went and got blood work done today, so maybe there will be something going on with my thyroid or my iron labs that will kind of explain what's happening.
But I've really talked to so many of you on Instagram, [chuckles] and it just seems like toddler plus pregnancy equals tired, and so that's probably what's going on.
Um, but it's like I kinda just feel, like, moody, like, annoyed, and, like, I can't handle things.
Um, so at the end of the day when the vier- um, going, before daycare ends, I kind of have been trying to get my husband to mostly go pick up my son so I can just lay down for, like, a half hour.
It's not like I'm that tired, but it's just kind of like I, like, need to decompress.
Like, while I'm putting my toddler to sleep, I'm just, like, falling [chuckles] asleep on the floor, which let me tell you right now, does not feel good for my SI joint issues.
I was doing some, um, long, [chuckles] LOL, like four, four and a half mile runs.
I did two of them, um, during this week of 26 and, um, I am now have taken two rest days in a row because I'm just feeling like maybe I pushed it too hard.
I think I knew jumping from, like, two, two and a half miles to four, four and a half miles was probably too big of a jump.
What happened was we had this really random, like, beautiful 50-degree [chuckles] day the day before a snowstorm.
Like, I need to do this before the snow comes back." And I had told my husband, "I'll be gone for three miles." And then I was out there and I was like, "This is amazing." Um, and so I did closer to four, a little over four.
And then, um, I felt really good after that, and so of course, two days later I did four and a half and that was when, that was the straw that broke the camel's back.
Now, that said, I did add a little bit of inter- or not intervals, um, hills to that four and a half mile run.
I kinda wonder if that was the straw that broke the camel's back, like, doing a little bit of hill training.
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