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By heather | April 15, 2008
This weekend while hubby and baby were gone to visit the in-laws, I made the promise to myself that I would work out EVERY DAY. I know! Three days in a row!
My first pregnancy I was all about the cute baby bump, eating perfectly and working out regularly, still wearing heels to work. Nothing slowed me down. I taught yoga until a month before my due date. I got certified to teach cycle at 7 months and was still doing handstands at 8 months.
This girl is slowin’ me down.
This weekend I managed to take a cycle class, taught a yoga class, and went for a walk. After that workout frenzy, I’ve been hobbling the funny pregnant woman walk. You know, duck-like-side-to-side, knees not bending quite right.
Before you ask me again, I promise I’ll post a picture (this week) of the 25th week belly. It’s definitely there, but not HUGE or anything.
Every time I have to get up - from a chair, out of my car - it’s prefaced with an “Ooof”.
I’ve started sitting on a little baby step stool when I need to get something out of a low cabinet instead of squatting or sitting on the floor. I make Alex fetch the stool and bring it to me.
How, I ask you, do women handle more than 2 pregnancies?
How do you chase a toddler when you turn around as fast as a cruise ship?
Why am I completely unconcerned about things like purchasing a crib when last time I made myself insane trying to choose a nursery theme and paint color?
To write that sentence about posting a picture, I had to look in my date book to see what week I was in.
I have yet to crack a single book about what’s going on with me or the baby. I find myself irritated when I have to wait at the doctor’s office for an hour to listen to 10 seconds of heartbeat. “She’s fine!” I think.
I am, gasp, eating lunchmeat. (Like a normal person, without microwaving it first.)
Perhaps the answer to the first question is in the last few musings. You don’t really handle it, you just let it happen.
How very profound.
Topics: pregnancy |
April 15th, 2008 at 3:06 pm
Yeah, first and second pregnancies are way different. I even drank coffee (one cup a day) when preggo with the J-dog. One of the hardest things for me was that the V-meister still wanted to be carried around a lot, and I just couldn’t do it anymore after a certain point. Also, it made me so sad when she could no longer get comfortably situated in my lap for storytime!
April 15th, 2008 at 3:20 pm
Welcome to the world of #2. Nothing matters as much with this one. That sounds kind of harsh…
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April 15th, 2008 at 6:20 pm
Hell, I gave up caring after the 1st trimester with Andrew…it was all about McDonald’s and coffee. Hopefully this baby will be very relaxed like her Mom. I think that is why people have a second baby, so you can actually enjoy things and not be so neurotic.
April 15th, 2008 at 6:53 pm
I had a feeling the second would be different from the first, glad to hear you confirm it. That sounds great since I spent the first pregnancy being worried all the time. Next time around I’d like to enjoy it more, or at least eat more ice cream. Did not do nearly enough of that the first time.
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April 15th, 2008 at 7:39 pm
Now that I think Josh and I will have kids….WOW, huge revelation, it is great to know I can come to you with all my questions, and you can laugh at me with my craziness.
Oh and girls can handle much more than boys…you are just getting her tough early!
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