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…
Category: prenatal exercise
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…
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…
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…
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…
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?…
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.…
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…