Friday, April 25, 2008 Ria starts maternity leave...
Week 34
Have had a busy week with my first insight into life not being at work! My maternity leave has started and although I was very nervous about filling the days and feeling useful it’s not been too bad! There appears to be a correlation with my emotional state and the weather… I’ve been happily spending hours walking puppy along the river without a care in the world in the sunshine, but not quite such a happy bunny in the rain!
Still, it has meant that I can do lots of classes that I want to at the gym, and am definitely feeling more positive as a result, I’ve been doing yoga, body balance or pilates most days and am quite reassured that I can still do most things relatively easily with only 6 weeks to go that’s good news! The best thing is that I’m also still in my jeans!!! Amazing, I was hoping to get to Christmas and still be able to wear them, but no problems at all, maybe I’ll go all the way!
I started Active Birth Yoga classes on Monday, which are a combination between ante-natal and pregnancy specific yoga, and they are brilliant. The girl that runs them is a midwife in Exeter, but also a trained yoga teacher, and she is training us to using principles of yoga and movement to be able to cope with the birth more easily, and to give birth in positions that are more conducive for both baby and mum.
We started by discussing birthing positions and why it’s easier to give birth standing, squatting or kneeling, due to the position of the pelvis and natures helping hands through gravity, and we discovered that the western habit of giving birth lying down came from Victorian times when the King wanted the best view of his Queen giving birth to the heir! Unbelievable, and goes to show how totally not sensible men can be!
We spent the 2 hours bouncing on gym balls, squatting on little plastic stools, doing yoga poses and practicing our pelvic floor exercises… it was great, and there was lots of getting to know the other girls, with massage, fairy lights and scented candles to chill us, lovely!
Have had a busy week with my first insight into life not being at work! My maternity leave has started and although I was very nervous about filling the days and feeling useful it’s not been too bad! There appears to be a correlation with my emotional state and the weather… I’ve been happily spending hours walking puppy along the river without a care in the world in the sunshine, but not quite such a happy bunny in the rain!
Still, it has meant that I can do lots of classes that I want to at the gym, and am definitely feeling more positive as a result, I’ve been doing yoga, body balance or pilates most days and am quite reassured that I can still do most things relatively easily with only 6 weeks to go that’s good news! The best thing is that I’m also still in my jeans!!! Amazing, I was hoping to get to Christmas and still be able to wear them, but no problems at all, maybe I’ll go all the way!
I started Active Birth Yoga classes on Monday, which are a combination between ante-natal and pregnancy specific yoga, and they are brilliant. The girl that runs them is a midwife in Exeter, but also a trained yoga teacher, and she is training us to using principles of yoga and movement to be able to cope with the birth more easily, and to give birth in positions that are more conducive for both baby and mum.
We started by discussing birthing positions and why it’s easier to give birth standing, squatting or kneeling, due to the position of the pelvis and natures helping hands through gravity, and we discovered that the western habit of giving birth lying down came from Victorian times when the King wanted the best view of his Queen giving birth to the heir! Unbelievable, and goes to show how totally not sensible men can be!
We spent the 2 hours bouncing on gym balls, squatting on little plastic stools, doing yoga poses and practicing our pelvic floor exercises… it was great, and there was lots of getting to know the other girls, with massage, fairy lights and scented candles to chill us, lovely!
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