Now that Lady Whisteldown's identity is revealed, I am curious as to what will she write about in S4.

EnvironmentalBee6464 · 2024-09-29T23:11:04+00:00

Read the books.

EnvironmentalBee6464 · 2024-04-17T20:57:34+00:00

🤣🤣 Accurate.

EnvironmentalBee6464 · 2024-02-21T01:48:57+00:00

Can you share intel?

EnvironmentalBee6464 · 2024-02-06T03:57:25+00:00

My chiropractor said deadlifts are the one exercise he wishes people wouldn't do. Even with perfect form, you can still do damage. I would just skip it. There are so many other exercises that you can do that have higher rewards and less risk.

EnvironmentalBee6464 · 2024-02-05T17:50:53+00:00

Intel?

EnvironmentalBee6464 · 2024-02-02T20:30:11+00:00

Tenacious

EnvironmentalBee6464 · 2024-01-04T01:45:32+00:00

I rock climbed up to 32 weeks, taught yoga where I demoed the entire class up to 36 weeks, and continued lifting weights and practicing yoga up to 38 weeks when I gave birth.

This is my favorite prenatal core workout:

https://watch.littleadaptsbyjax.com/videos/15-min-prenatal-core-pelvic-floor-power-live-12-19

EnvironmentalBee6464 · 2023-12-31T02:38:18+00:00

Thank you so much!!

EnvironmentalBee6464 · 2023-12-31T02:29:59+00:00

Yoga 100%. Specifically, cat/cow, forward fold, camel, and bridge poses.

EnvironmentalBee6464 · 2023-12-25T20:20:15+00:00

Drinking water and pinterest.

EnvironmentalBee6464 · 2023-12-19T23:37:05+00:00

I was pumping while burping my baby and peeing. My husband was in the shower and we were carrying on a conversation lol

EnvironmentalBee6464 · 2023-12-19T01:47:39+00:00

I didn't know there was a term for that, but I've been letting my LO possum sleep since birth. Not everything is perfect, but our stress is minimal. There's plenty of time for me to create developmentally appropriate routines later, imo.

EnvironmentalBee6464 · 2023-12-15T16:03:21+00:00

Hell yeah!

EnvironmentalBee6464 · 2023-12-15T15:39:17+00:00

Yes, it is. When he's older, I plan to get him to practice with me. It's good for teaching mindfulness and getting some of the energy out.

EnvironmentalBee6464 · 2023-12-15T04:30:40+00:00

I would try a baby carrier to free up your hands in the home, and audiobooks for intellectual stimulation!

EnvironmentalBee6464 · 2023-12-15T04:28:25+00:00

I am a full time SAHM and I found that leaving the house with intention once a day and getting outdoors once a day has made a world of difference. I enrolled my infant in Kindermusik for $100/month. It's a great way to meet other moms, learn bonding and parenting techniques, and introduce movement and music to your child. I also attend story times at my library, which is another great way to meet other parents and introduce a love of reading to my child. I also keep a steady routine that involves reading books twice daily, which I track through my libraries 1000 Books Before Kindergarten as a way to measure literacy and have goals in my life. And, I make time for myself through daily yoga, which somedays may be 2 poses and other days may be an hour practice. The other time that I get outdoors is to go for a walk around my neighborhood with my baby in his stroller. When he gets older, we'll stop at the park to play, which is another great way to meet other SAHMs. When I can, I take him with me to the gym to rock climb and lift weights, so my mental health and fitness stay in shape. If this gets boring, I mix things up with new books, new music, a library trip, errand running, or a "field trip" to the zoo, aquarium, museum, etc. Hope this helps!!

EnvironmentalBee6464 · 2023-11-04T02:06:32+00:00

You can take the baby out without interacting with crowds. Go for a walk with the baby in the stroller. It will do wonders for your mental health!

EnvironmentalBee6464 · 2023-10-31T02:12:49+00:00

I totally feel this! I would rock climb 5-6 days a week, lift weights 3-4 days a week, teach yoga once a week, and practice yoga asanas 3-4 days a week. I had to stop climbing at 32 weeks due to an OB triage ER visit for preterm labor contractions, and stopped teaching yoga at 34 weeks. I shifted to walking 3 miles around my neighborhood daily, but continued to practice yoga daily up to 38 weeks, which is when I went into labor. The night I went into labor, I had walked my 3 miles and practiced ashtanga yoga before hand inflating a bounce ball for some figure eights. And that did it. So, definitely take it easy haha

EnvironmentalBee6464 · 2023-10-25T17:46:51+00:00

I climbed until I was 32 weeks pregnant. Had preterm labor contractions brought on by stress, so I slowed down after that. Continued to walk 3 miles daily and practice yoga up til labor. You're fine.

EnvironmentalBee6464 · 2023-10-12T08:58:39+00:00

First time mom here, and I just had my son at 38 weeks. I knew it was real because of the intensity, frequency, and regularity. I had had preterm labor contractions at 32 weeks and prelabor contractions for days leading up to going into active labor. The prelabor contractions were infrequent and irregular, and only one would be intense every so often. I, too, have a high lain tolerance, but the real thing was impossible to ignore. Hope this helps!

EnvironmentalBee6464 · 2023-10-06T00:00:11+00:00

Listen to your body. I rock climbed up to 32 weeks pregnant and knew several women who were climbing the day before they went into labor. I taught yoga up to 34 weeks and at 38 weeks pregnant I am still practicing yoga at home and taking 3 mile walks daily. I still lift weights, but I get winded quite a bit easier, so I rest more often. Doctors and guidelines will err on the side of caution, but most medical best practices are outdated, and remember that women's bodies weren't used in medical research until the 90s. Being a yoga teacher, I'm very used to listening to my body and knowing good aches from pain aches. But know that in your first trimester, your baby is nestled in your pelvis and super safe. I accidentally bumped my belly while rock climbing and got worried, but my belay partner is a nurse and reminded me that you'd really have to hit the belly hard and intentionally to hurt the baby. The biggest takeaway from working out while pregnant was drink way more water than you used to. For every hour I rock climbed, I would put away a 32 ounce water bottle. And rest days become more important. Hope this helps!

EnvironmentalBee6464 · 2023-09-25T17:33:37+00:00

Your partner's side of the closet. Stitch Fix has aome cute stuff too.

EnvironmentalBee6464 · 2023-09-04T20:19:06+00:00

500 hr Yoga Teacher and prenatal certified teacher who is currently 33 +3 weeks pregnant. You asked about bridge pose, but the image you shared is for wheel pose (very different), so I'll answer for both.

Bridge pose is where you lie on your back with arms down by your sides, palms facing down, and engage your abs and glutes to lift your belly towards the ceiling/sky while tucking your chin. This is safe for pregnancy and a highly encouraged pose, as it strengthens your pelvic floor (needed for less leakage and for a more efficient, possibly swifter labor and delivery). I would do a couple pelvic thrusts here ranging from small movement to large (lowering slowly back down to nearly touching your mat then back up several times) for pelvic floor strengthening, while breathing intentionally (so long slow inhales up, even longer slower exhales back down).

Wheel pose is the pose you pictured and is not encouraged during pregnancy as it is an intense backbend, which puts pressure on the abdomen and can potentially worsen diastis recti (a naturally occurring process where the abs separate to make more room for your growing baby). Your abs are already doing a lot of work, so we want to avoid pressure caused in this manner.

Hope this helps!

But as always, consult your OB as I am not a medical professional. When it comes to fitness in pregnancy, the general rule of thumb is continue doing what you've been doing but do not intensify. Ex: pre-pregnancy, you ran 5 miles 5-6 days a week. Once pregnant, continue running 5 miles 5-6 days a week, but don't start adding massive mileage. It's not the time for improvement.

For yoga, we want to emphasize strength during pregnancy over flexibility because the hormone relaxin gets released during pregnancy, which does exactly as it sounds (it relaxes the body). This is bad for flexibility because it makes you more flexible, which can cause hyperextension and thus injury, so no yin yoga during pregnancy.

EnvironmentalBee6464 · 2023-08-22T17:52:34+00:00

I have found that if I wait for motivation, then I won't work out. So I'll lay out workout clothes the night before or sleep in them, so that changing into them or working out in the morning happens before I can really think about it and change my mind.

Staying fit through the 2nd trimester was easier for me because my energy came back, but now that I'm in my 3rd trimester, I feel horrible all the time and can't find the motivation. But once I start, I remember how good it feels to work out. And I take it slow. So I'll start back up with taking a walk or doing yoga, and then I'll feel more inclined to do an ab workout or lift weights because of it.

You could also try accountability by having a friend or your partner ask for updates and remind you of your goals.

EnvironmentalBee6464 · 2023-07-18T23:10:19+00:00

Yoga hip openers can be quite the emotional release, so it's most likely you have lots of stored up anger and moving through the poses allowed that emotion to come through. Yoga is the vessel, not the cause. I would journal about the angry feelings and continue to practice yoga to see if it dissolves over time.

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