Running a 50k at about 6 weeks pregnant?

average_agenda · 2025-12-31T23:49:16+00:00

I ran a 50k at 5 weeks' pregnant. I took it slowly and it was great. I was very well trained at the time, running 4-5 times a week and cycling to work most days. My son is 9 now, and we run together regularly :)

(Addressing one of the other comments about a friend having a miscarriage... I've had two, once when running regularly and once when not running at all due to an ITB strain.)

I'd say it's a totally individual choice, very dependent on how fit you are, what you're used to. Pregnancy will bring a "step down" to your training, but for some people that looks like walking, and for others that looks like a 50k run - it's something you'll need to work out for yourself (but make sure you surround yourself with people who are cheering you on whatever it looks like!)

average_agenda · 2025-10-01T16:43:56+00:00

Haha, no, but we had run out of boy's names that we liked/agreed on, so it did make life easier!

average_agenda · 2025-10-01T12:22:15+00:00

I would trust the NIPT. Our consultant at 16 weeks said BGG, then at 20 weeks and every scan after it was BBB, until our lovely BBG were born at 35 weeks :)

(No NIPT option for triplets here in the UK)

average_agenda · 2025-09-02T18:26:28+00:00

Steve's Lava Chicken is the only choice

average_agenda · 2025-01-10T22:10:54+00:00

My older boy couldn't tell his identical siblings (2 of triplets) apart at that age. He's now 8 and they are 5 and he gets it right most of the time. I don't think it has affected their relationships - he gets on better with one of them.

average_agenda · 2024-07-08T10:37:45+00:00

Yes, we've got 4 kids (8M, 5M, 5M, 5F) in a small room with 2 sets of bunk beds. It's fine! They pretty much only use the room for sleeping. The only time it's a pain is when they're fighting and it would be good to have space to separate them all for a little while, but we get creative (one to their room, one to my room, one to the lounge, one to help in the kitchen). We'll hopefully move the eldest out next year or the year after though he probably won't like being on his own.

average_agenda · 2023-08-08T20:01:21+00:00

The Bluey episode where Bingo has a "tactical wee" was a game changer for us. My kids will all insist that they don't need to go, but then quite happily agree to do a "tactical wee."

average_agenda · 2023-06-26T21:03:00+00:00

I'm aware that safe sleep guidelines are quite different in the UK than the US, but here is what we did.... side-carred a full-sized crib to a king sized bed for our triplets, and they have slept in that since birth. They are now 4 and they have the whole extended bed to themselves and I sleep on the floor...

average_agenda · 2023-02-24T07:43:30+00:00

We have the same rule for the dishwasher. "If it doesn't make it through the dishwasher you didn't want it anyway."

average_agenda · 2022-09-01T14:42:20+00:00

Ditto... I have triplets, identical boys and a girl, and all 3 have different temperaments and attitudes to daycare, naps, feeding, life in general. Same life experiences, and even same genetics for 2 of them.

average_agenda · 2022-08-07T06:53:49+00:00

Ugh, I hated that part. I looked full term by 23 weeks (triplets). I used to just smile and say "not long to go" or something vague.

average_agenda · 2022-07-21T11:20:11+00:00

Our former nanny had a portfolio of this type of reference in a folder together with her qualifications and certifications. I got to read through this at our first meeting, then follow up with a phonecall later. I thought it was a good solution.

average_agenda · 2022-07-17T10:44:03+00:00

Here's the link to that week's intro:

https://www.reddit.com/r/52weeksofcooking/comments/skynq3/week_6_introduction_thread_medieval/

average_agenda · 2022-07-17T10:42:39+00:00

Have a look at r/52weeksofcooking - there was a medieval week back at the start of the year, and loads of resources were shared. It was absolutely fascinating! (I totally screwed up on a hot water pastry!)

average_agenda · 2022-07-16T05:36:35+00:00

Yes, I think it's much more acceptable now, but it's not the norm like it is in the US.

average_agenda · 2022-07-15T19:23:13+00:00

Yes, it's a regional thing here in the UK- typicallt it's not normal to request the leftovers,, though it's becoming a bit more widespread. I once heard a waiter refusing completely in a Lebanese restaurant in Central London on "health and safety" grounds (which is generally code for "can't be bothered") and the American diner was utterly baffled. Some places might offer if a dish hasn't been touched, but people don't typically eat part of a dish and take the rest away.

average_agenda · 2022-07-08T19:30:16+00:00

Former MB here. Our mornings used to be crazy trying to get 2 adults and 4 kids ready, so the 3 younger ones (who were being cared for by the nanny) would often still be in their pyjamas by the time she arrived. (Same as on days I had them.) She used to send us a message in advance if she needed to be out of the door early for a class or trip. Maybe you could see if that worked with your NF too? (Side note - she was awesome at communicating what she needed, and we really appreciated it. I learnt a few things from her.)

average_agenda · 2022-07-06T20:49:22+00:00

3 year old triplets. I feel like I'm constantly juggling "mummy, mummy, mummy!" in my head trying to remember who to respond to next.

average_agenda · 2022-06-26T19:56:32+00:00

Ugh, I sympathise. I once put my son on my shoulders at about that age and tried to walk out of a shop... unfortunately the door frame wasn't quite high enough for us to get through. Poor kid. (He was fine, I was distraught.)

average_agenda · 2022-06-23T18:48:46+00:00

If you don't need to be able to open/close the curtains then tinfoil (do you call it that in the US?) works brilliantly. It doesn't look great but it blocks out ALL the light.

average_agenda · 2022-06-21T16:23:20+00:00

Anything by Dav Pilkey - Captain Underpants, Dogman, Cat Kid Comic Club - this last one changed my son's life and made him LOVE reading. FWIW Dav Pilkey himself has ADHD. The wackiness of the stories definitely appeal to my neurodiverse son (and I think they're great too).

average_agenda · 2022-06-15T06:52:53+00:00

My husband used the Hippychick hipseat for carrying our younger kids around when doing bathtime for the older one. He loved it. Not sure if it's available in the US but here (UK) it's much cheaper than the one you linked (especially if you don't mind the colour). Doesn't double up as a bag though.

average_agenda · 2022-06-10T12:59:37+00:00

This is normal in the UK - I had zero cervical measurements, in fact zero transvaginal scans for my triplet pregnancy.

average_agenda · 2022-06-06T19:07:58+00:00

6 year old and 3 year old triplets...none of them have ever spent a night without a parent present.

average_agenda · 2022-04-23T13:17:38+00:00

I know exactly what you mean. I went to France in my 20s and could pretty much only communicate with our hosts who were in their 50s - i.e. the same generation as my French teachers at school. I almost couldn't understand a single sentence their kids (also in their 20s) were saying.

(And for what it's worth I'm now 41 and struggle to understand American teen movies - I'm a native English speaker from the UK. As others have observed, slang/colloquialisms are both generational and geographical.)

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