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Exercise and birth prep

So at my last prenatal appointment, the midwife asked if I exercised.

No. I do not. Didn’t even try to stretch the truth about that one.

She didn’t make me feel bad about it at all, but that simple question was enough to spark me to start exercising again.

I had started to run and do some DVDs at home earlier this year, right around the time I found out I was pregnant. My energy tanked and though I probably should have continued exercising at least a little, I didn’t.

But I feel fine now, so with this birth looming ahead in just a few months, I figured I’d better improve my fitness while I can!

I bought a DVD that I had previously rented on Netflix, called “10 Minute Solutions: Prenatal Pilates.” LOVE it. The DVD has five 10-minute workouts that target different areas and you can do one or combine some. There’s a bonus post-natal ab workout on there that I haven’t tried yet, obvs.

I’ve always loved Pilates DVDs because I can easily follow along, you don’t do a ton of reps of the same thing, and I just feel so great after even a 10-minute workout.

I’m hopeful that the strengthening moves on the DVD will help my posture, especially as my belly starts to throw me off balance.

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ALSO, though I’ve been putting it off somewhat since I’m not really in the mood to give birth just yet, this week Karen (www.livingwellonless.com) and I will be starting our Hypnobabies home study. We’re due around the same time, ish, and so we thought it would be funner to do the course concurrently so we can discuss.

I think the start date is this Thursday, when we each become more pregnant by a week. I’ll be 27; she’ll be 28. Good grief, that’s a lot!

As you might expect, I’m going to blog about each week of the course.

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I’ve been sitting on my birth ball a lot and I’m also sitting in a squat position since supposedly that’s good for strengthening your pelvic floor, and if I feel like pushing out my baby in that position then I’ll want those muscles to be ready.

I’m drinking a cup of red raspberry leaf tea per day, give or take. I’m going to ramp it up to 2-3 cups/day shortly, I just need to order some tea in bulk.

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I’m doing my 1-hour glucose tolerance test this weekend. The 50g glucola isn’t that bad. I just hope I pass this time and don’t have to mess with the 3-hour, 100g drink! Uggggh. I’ll bring a book and make the most of it.

I don’t actually have any risk factors for gestational diabetes, but the midwives said that they don’t ask much of their patients in terms of prenatal testing and whatnot, but this they require of all moms. K fine.

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This little girl is so busy! She’s kicking and rolling around all the time. LOVE IT. I was cuddling with Johnny while he was asleep and my belly was against him. She was kicking her brother and nearly woke him, so I had to move. lol.

Shane put his ear to my belly and could hear her heart beating. And she kicked his head while he did it.

We still don’t know what we’ll call her. We’re having Johnny say some of the name possibilities, and one name he says with such gusto and always a smile, but another name he can’t say well. Maybe that’ll help us make our decision.

I bought her car seat online the other day. I went with a Chicco Keyfit 30. It’s a little nicer than the Graco 22 I was going to get (and more money) but eh, it looks a lot more comfortable so I figured why not. I have to buy so very little for this girl that I didn’t want to feel like a total cheapo.

I really don’t need much else for her.

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