When I went to my pregnancy yoga class today, I was surprised to see one of the women from my class coming out of the mother and baby session…with her little baby - he was born three weeks early! She looked radient and very happy and her baby was gorgeous, of course. I suppose it’s good to know that these things happen but, on the other hand, one of the other women was due on Sunday, so I should keep in mind that Eric might decide to come in four weeks or eight weeks…or more. I felt slightly sorry for the early woman because she’d only had two days of maternity leave before her waters broke!
Our class was a little bit shorter today due to a mix up, but still really lovely, as usual. As I said yesterday, I am taking my baby’s position seriously and trying to encourage him into the optimum spot, so it was lovely to do some relaxation on our front, well sort of - you can’t lie on your tummy when pregnant (obviously) but this move feels very close to it. You are on your knees with your feet together and knees wide and you lean your upper body forward either onto a bolster or cushion or onto your arms, I choose arms because I enjoy the deep stretching. Ahhhh, I could sit like that for ages.
After I had my lunch (yummy still-warm bagels from the big bagel bakery near the tube) Eric was really wriggling around, sort of pushing outwards instead of kicking and I could feel a large hard area, like it could be his back and little bottom. Maybe he’s turned around for me already; that would be good.
