It's been a while since I wrote in any of my blogs (I have a gardening one as well)! There's a very poor explanation but an explanation none the less. Not long after my last aikido blog post, I found out that I'm pregnant! Trying for a baby and then reading a positive pregnancy test has the same delight and excitement as being proposed to. Later comes the anxieties and worry about how good a parent you're going to be but I have a very supportive and laid-back husband who doesn't let me worry for long.
From an aikido perspective, I've had quite a steep learning curve over the past few months and so in all honesty I've not known what to put in my blog because I don't know where to start! My body is changing, my emotions are haywire and the tiredness has been overwhelming but the health service advises to continue exercise during pregnancy to control weight gain, reduce musculoskeletal pain, ease labour pains and help the body to recover after birth. Exercise is not dangerous for the baby and in fact the health service reports that there is some evidence to show that exercise helps to reduce problems later in pregnancy and during labour. My problem with writing about my thoughts and experiences is that I'm not really too sure what I'm thinking or what I'm doing... I'm just taking each day as it comes. Maybe that's what they call "baby brain"!
Anyway, at my last class I discovered that my Gi no longer fits around my tummy and even the hakama doesn't help to keep it and my belt from unraveling. So I bought myself a white pregnancy top that wraps over above the waist but leaves a lot of space below the waist for my bump. Unfortunately, in the words of one of my fellow students, I looked like I hadn't quite finished getting dressed! As I said above, it's a steep learning curve and I have to take each day as it comes! Next time, I'll put a vest top on underneath my new top and that might make it look a bit more Gi-like. Sensei did say I could borrow one of his Gis but he has a lot going on just now so I don't press him for it.
So that is my (poor) explanation for not blogging for a while. I hope to get back on track now and maybe even give you notice when I have to stop classes but, at the risk of repeating myself, I'll take it each day as it comes and I'll just have to let my body (and baby) tell me when enough's enough.
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