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June 2, 2015 Gear, Gear reviews, Pacific Crest Trail, PCT Trailjournal Leave a comment favorite gear Pacific Crest Trail PCT

My first 40 days on the PCT: Thoughts on gear, food and other stuff

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I've never hidden my scars and I never will; especially not this one as it gave me the most beautiful gift of my life and it tells Noa's birth story! The stories of our birth and the children we gave birth to are so universal and so unique at the same time. No matter whether long or short, painful or not, vaginal or c-section, scary or full of joy, they are all worth to be told and to be heard. They are beginnings and endings, of lives, of moms and dads; each one changing the world! 3 weeks early, due to gestosis/hellp-syndrome, I was admitted to hospital and monitored closely. After 3 days the doctors decided it was too risky both for me and for Noa to wait and so they induced labor. The first day not much happened, but on the second day my uterus got overstimulated and contractions got so intense I literally had 7 hours of contractions without any breaks. By the end of day 2 I was totally spent and there wasn't much progress going on as my body wasn't ready yet to give birth. On the third day we made the decision to have a c-section. Epidural anesthesia with low trombocytes was no longer an option and so I was wheeled into the OR with the idea I'd have general anesthesia and I would't experience the birth of my son consciously. It was the birth story I wanted least: Daniel waiting in the waiting room and me not being awake when my son gave his first cry. But then when I arrived in the OR, the anesthetist came to me and said "we're gonna try spinal anesthesia". With my trombocytes being at 70 000 he was willing to take the risk. And so was I. So Daniel was called out of the waiting room, I got spinal anesthesia and 15 minutes later we heard Noa's first cry and he was put on my chest while the doctors closed me up. I remember my first words being "my baby my baby is he ok?" They said he was and I could only cry and shiver and admire the bundle of absolute perfection breathing on my chest. I am so incredibly grateful I got to experience consciously my baby boy being born and Daniel was there with us and could hold him in the OR too and (... continued in comments...)

Nothing can describe a miracle like this, except for LOVE! ❤️ Our son Noa Robin was born on May 20th, a windy sunny day with some thunderclouds in the sky. 2 weeks early but just in the right time he made his way into our arms and conquered our hearts the second we heard his first short cry. He's been widening our hearts ever since. With every time we look at him, hold him, smell him and hear his quiet breath the room in our hearts is growing and growing and growing and now I know a heart can grow forever and love is without limits. #myoneandonly #nothingbutlove #newborn #miracle

Our pumpkin is the only one going wild these days... Me? Not so much 🤰. Hammock and a cup of decaffeinated coffee is about as wild as it gets 🤘🤪. #tummytable #35weeks #kickinglikecrazy #cansomeonefeedmechocolateplease #gettinginpatientnow #thingswillgetwildagainsoonenough

There's a whole new kind of love growing inside of me... This journey is not only making my tummy grow but is also unlocking a new room in my heart. From getting the news we can't have children to feeling my miracle baby move and kick and already live its own little life inside my tummy, my heart has grown in ways I didn't know of before. We only have 8 more weeks to go and while I feel how special these short 9 months are and I treasure the closeness to my baby, I can't wait till I can hold our miracle in my arms. From then on my life will be about learning and failing and learning again of how to let go, but till then I'll hold a little longer, as close and as loving as I can. Baby you are making me fall in love again and again every single day ❤️ . #32weeks #fallinginloveoverandoveragain #miraclebaby

Like every year by the time it's March I get itchy to head out to warmer places and hit the trail. But with a 30 weeks baby bump things are a little different this time around. Our baby is coming in 10 weeks so we're probably gonna stay at home this summer. Still we can't wait to take our pumpkin out on the trail, so we're already planning a trip to the Canary Islands in October and we hope to fly over to the US again next year for some miles along the PCT or CT. Our life is definitely gonna change but we still hope to travel at least 3 months a year and just take our baby with us on our adventures. We're curious already what "lightweight backpacking" with a kid looks like 🤪... Also I could't resist buying our bubba that cool trucker hat. Maybe we should hike the Arizona Trail then? #hayduketrail #coloradoriver #grandcanyon #takelessdomore #willprobablybetheotherwayaroundsoon #takemoredoless

"Do these hare tracks mean we're having a boy?" 🤪🐰 I've really been enjoying our winter trip to the Bavarian Alps. While initially we wanted to go to Sweden, the drive up there would've been just too long and exhausting for me. My body is reacting very differently during pregnancy and I have to pay close attention to what it tells me so I don't overdo it. It was quite hard to say no to a longer trekking adventure but I bet once our baby is born, we'll take our pumpkin out as soon as we can. These shorter backcountry skiing days have been wonderful too though. Slow and easy bc skiing seems like the perfect sport for me during pregnancy. ❄️❤️ . #oberammergau #graswangtal #abseitsderpiste #backcountryskiing #3monthsleft

When I was talking about our upcoming adventure being even greater than our last one in Lapland I wasn't talking about our snowy adventure here in the German Alps, I was talking about this magical lifetime adventure growing inside of me 🥰. We are so so happy and we can't wait to hold our baby in our arms in the beginning of June. We've been wanting to become parents for a few years now but we had to keep postponing because of my health and my surgeries. And then when my recovery finally was coming along so that my hips felt strong enough to carry a baby we found out we can't have children the natural way. Or so they said... Cause three days after we sat at the doctors office and we were told our only option is ivf/icsi I held a positive pregnancy test in my hands!! From absolute heartbreak to the biggest gratitude in just three days!! Our baby truely is one in a million and we are grateful every single day for this miracle growing and kicking inside of me. So many people have difficulties conceiving but it's not often talked about openly. It's been a painful ride in the last couple years wanting to have a child but not being able to, and the silence that surrounds it makes it even more painful. So while I am living in my cloud of gratitude and happiness I also think of the women and men who so desperately would love to have a baby but can't have one. I wish there'd be a way to ease the pain but I don't think there is except for creating time and space to listen and share our stories of love and loss and hope... ❤️ #myheartisexploding #25weekspregnant #adventureofalifetime #babycoming #6monthspregnant #miracle #dewonderenzijndewereldnognietuit #soinlovealready #oberammergau #laberberg

Time for snow ❄️❄️❄️

What struck me most in Sarek was the absolute silence and peace... Not a human around, no planes flying over, no nothing but for the snow, the mountains and the tracks of wolverine, lynx, arctic fox, snow hare and ptarmigan. It's the most silent place I've ever been... also... the coldest. Our backcountry ski expedition, though nothing like a thruhike of months in a row, is definitely my most memorable adventure so far, the one I keep on thinking of "Fuck, I did that?" But... might well be our next adventure pushes Sarek to a second place 😁... Stay tuned! . #sareknationalpark #sapmi #visitlapland #sarek #sarekskiexpedition #fjällskidor #minus35degrees #silenceismyfavoritemusic #sweden

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