My pregnant journey

Our cover model, Carena West of Clique Fitness (cliquefitnesswear.com), shares her thoughts on combining pregnancy with running her own small business.

I’VE BEEN INCREDIBLY LUCKY TO HAVE A VERY UNCOMPLICATED PREGNANCY.

I have seen the struggles of conception and carrying through friends and family members, and try to remind myself that even though pregnancy is natural, it doesn’t come easily for some people – and I feel like that has reduced my desire to complain a LOT! Of course, I’ve had the standard heartburn, sore back, insomnia etc…

DURING MY FIRST TRIMESTER, I WAS EXTREMELY TIRED.

At the time, we were living overseas and I was working remotely, which meant I didn’t have to start work until 4pm. That was perfect, because my days basically consisted of waking up at 11am, napping from noon until 2pm, and then getting up for work! I kept up my regular exercise through most of my pregnancy, but the last few weeks of pregnancy I was mostly eating Marmite sandwiches and running out of breath walking up the stairs to our office.

I’VE BEEN TAKING PREGNANCY AS IT COMES.

But I never expected to feel as much movement from the baby as I have – it’s a really bizarre, hard-to-explain feeling and not something that I’d ever thought about before!

MY SISTER BEX AND I FORMED CLIQUE FITNESS THREE YEARS AGO.

I had this idea to make functional, fashionable, and affordable compression tights for women, and asked Bex if she would be interested in doing it with me. It took us about six months to develop... READ THE FULL STORY IN BUMP&baby ISSUE#10