This week on the podcast we share pregnancy updates that were recorded in real time from Aly’s first trimester and the first half of her second trimester. Because pregnancy announcements are so frequently made after the first trimester, it can be hard to get an accurate account of what that first part of pregnancy is like - especially from another mom athlete. Aly talks about her excitement to maintain strong bike fitness when she was just 5 weeks along, which by the next update is not going as well as she had hoped. She talks about how fighting fatigue and nausea impacted her overall plans to maintain consistent fitness, and discusses some of the challenges of pregnancy with a toddler at home. Aly also shares some challenging moments including a miscarriage scare, three weeks of unexplained bleeding, and a trip to the hospital for a painful incarcerated hernia.