Archive for the 'prenatal exercise' Category
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the ups and downs
After a lovely evening practicing hypnosis techniques with my honey, I can hardly remember the hysteria of earlier in the day.
I know that I got all wound up on the way to Pilates this morning. As I was driving over the hill, my brain started picking at whatever it could to get me worrying. I […]
Posted by calm mama on Wednesday, November 21st, 2007 at 11:44 pm in just me, prenatal exercise, don't panic, pregnancy | 4 Comments »
the end of childbirth preparation class and other signs of winding down
This Tuesday will be the final meeting of my/our childbirth preparation class. I’m going to miss it. In four short weeks, I’ve grown attached to our little cadre of pregnant couples, earnestly doing our Zen breathing together, practicing our hypnobirthing techniques, and drinking our pregnancy tea.
I suspect Scott feels pretty dorky leading me through the […]
Posted by calm mama on Saturday, October 20th, 2007 at 6:42 am in project p, prenatal exercise, pregnancy | comments »
yoga, pain of being, hair-removal advice
This morning my yoga teacher cried at the beginning of our class. Yoga is about being present with whatever happens. So we were all cool with it. Even though it has never happened before.
She was being present with her feelings about her five-year-old starting kindergarten. It’s a transition, she said. You all are going through […]
Posted by calm mama on Thursday, August 30th, 2007 at 3:36 pm in recommendations, prenatal exercise, pregnancy | 1 Comment »
feeling a million miles away
But only one or two clicks from you.
Today I am sleepy. I made it through yoga this morning, which was delightful, and have discovered as of this week that in spite of well-intentioned desires (or obsessively driven desires, depending on your view) to expand my weekly exercise quotient beyond my current roster of four classes […]
Posted by calm mama on Thursday, August 9th, 2007 at 5:35 pm in recommendations, sfist, project p, prenatal exercise, pregnancy | 2 Comments »
and then I had to TEACH swim class
So the perils afflicting my beloved prenatal swim class continue. First there was the sore throat, and then the mystery of the missing bathing suit, and then, on Friday, NO TEACHER.
What???
I spend my entire day literally waiting for swim class to come. It’s the highlight of my whole week. This time, I was early, I […]
Posted by calm mama on Sunday, August 5th, 2007 at 10:32 pm in just me, prenatal exercise | 2 Comments »
what’s your birth story?
I have a post up today at Project Parenting, about people advising me rather strongly to have a medicated birth.
Dear reader, have you given birth? How did it go? Is there something you regret about the choices you made? Is there something wonderful that happened? Do you have advice for me?
Oh, and if you’re curious […]
Posted by calm mama on Tuesday, July 31st, 2007 at 8:47 am in sfist, project p, prenatal exercise, pregnancy | 4 Comments »
22 weeks and not feeling so well today
Sadly, I had to miss swim class tonight. I’ve got a sore throat. At around 5 p.m., I actually laid in bed and thought: I only have 18 weeks left that I can even GO to prenatal swim class. Sigh.
But I have to teach at the Exploratorium tomorrow, a parent-child improv workshop, my first ever, […]
Posted by calm mama on Friday, July 27th, 2007 at 7:26 pm in prenatal exercise, pregnancy | comments »
bigger every day
Today my Pilates instructor said something to the effect of “Wow, you really look pregnant.” I swear, I’m getting bigger on a daily basis now. My appetite has also gotten larger. I still feel like I’m on track, weight-gain-wise, but it’s interesting to feel hungrier. I’d expected to be a lot more hungry during pregnancy, […]
Posted by calm mama on Friday, July 20th, 2007 at 10:51 pm in prenatal exercise, pregnancy | comments »
new belly photos: week 20
Getting bigger all the time. To be specific, I believe that this week, possibly as of yesterday, we crossed that line where my *elly extends past my *oobs, which on me, is quite an accomplishment. And I’m pretty sure I’m standing up straight here.
I like how I’m posing by the door, as if I might, […]
Posted by calm mama on Friday, July 13th, 2007 at 10:46 pm in belly pics, prenatal exercise, don't panic, pregnancy | 1 Comment »
i heart my prenatal swim class
On Friday, I took my first of the “other” kind of swim class. Instead of paddling around in deep water wearing floaties, we had more of a water aerobics experience, standing in a 3-foot-deep warm-water pool.
It started out innocently enough, with some crouching and squatting type activities, swinging our arms back and forth, just below […]