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October 2007
October 30, 2007
Ommmm.....

The best thing about exercise classes for pregnant ladies is that there's little chance of doing yourself any damage.
You know the moves will be tailored for people with loose joints, no sense of balance, oh, and huge bellies. The instructor knows your repertoire of moves is limited, so no-one is expecting you to do 60 sit-ups or star jumps.
Last week I had a bad experience at my local gym. The normal Total Body Conditioning instructor was away, so a cover teacher took her place. I told her that I was pregnant and she said the class would be fine.
Wrong.
Thankfully I'm quite body aware, so I knew that there was no way I was going to do stomach exercises or hard-core lunges. I just concentrated on safer exercises and ignored most of her classes.
It was a real disappointment because Angie, the usual instructor, always amends certain moves. Quite a few of her regulars did classes right up to the eight month of pregnancy.

I attended my first antenatal yoga class this lunchtime. It was so wonderful to be in a group of pregnant ladies - with all our associated aches and pains - and to be taught techniques that would aid us in the months to come and during labour.

Pic1small The class was at the Special Yoga Centre in Kensal Rise, NW10 and it's a real haven. I'm looking forward to trying out the Breathing Techniques for Labour ... well, every little helps!

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October 29, 2007
Back from the USA

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Here I am at 16 weeks with my in-laws on holiday in New York. I didn't think I looked particularly pregnant, but my first reaction on seeing this photo was to wail that I looked like a hippo! My bust seems to have developed a life of its own. I hope it doesn't get too much bigger before the baby is born.

There are more pictures of my holiday at my knitting blog

The baby started moving on holiday - must have been the change of scenery. The movements were so sporadic that I thought it was wind at first. She* likes to have a wriggle at about 9pm. Sometimes it feels like a flutter, and other times more like a tickle.

I suddenly started feeling less tired and more energetic at around 13 weeks, so the movements are reassuring.

* I have NO IDEA what the sex is, but referring to the baby as 'it' doesn't feet right!

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October 01, 2007
I'm feeling fine

Passed the 14 week mark on Saturday and for the first time (well, since I found out I was pregnant) I feel like myself again.

Apparently this is due to the placenta taking over the job of feeding the baby rather directly from my bloodstream and is entirely normal.

So no nausea, tiredness, really sore boobs for once.

Cravings still there. My current fave is a jacket potato, salted butter and cottage cheese. I had one for breakfast this morning.