Pregnancy and Climbing

I've been using this space to keep document of the climbing I have done while being pregnant. Here's a few that I have done that wouldn't fill an entire blog post by themselves.  5/10/20 Bottle Creek Crack Climbing and 27 weeks pregnant! This was my first ever trad lead last spring and it was amazing being able to come back and do it again while pregnant. I was thinking the whole time, "I lead this?" I just don't have the mindset these days to feel confident in leading but my guess is that's my bodies response to protecting the baby. Such a fun crack and finger crack to.  6/1/2020 High Planes Drifter A "5.6" 3 pitch route we did in 2 pitches and I lead pitch 2. More of a fun rock scramble but good to get out and run around on the rocks at 30 weeks pregnant.  7/17/2020 Oak Tree Flake to Bay Tree Crack, Swan Slab  37 weeks pregnant and all I want to do is climb! So we made our way to the valley for a day of swimming and fishing before climbing. Thu...

Ryan and I decided to escape the Covid filled world and go on a Western Sierra Dome Climbing tour.  Day 1: 5/23/2020 Tollhouse Rock  We decided to give pregnant multi-pitch climbing a try beginning with Tollhouse Traverse. A 4 pitch 5.5 climb. It took us no time at all and we basically ran up it. 2.5hrs car to car. That's when we knew it wasn't impossible and we could continue safely on this adventure. Being 27 weeks pregnant it was unclear how much I could do but we knew I wanted to try. I wanted so bad to move my body and keep active, specifically keep climbing. If you can't snowboard you gotta climb in my world. We left Tollhouse to bivy at Fresno Dome which was the next days objective.  Day 2: 5/24/2020 Fresno Dome We woke up in the morning and made coffee with a big breakfast. Waiting on our friends Dylan and Nina with no cell service and just a bit of hope they'd find our camp we ate and listened to music. Soon they arrived and we finished our morning to hike out ...