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Welcome to the Third Trimester |
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Written by Sara Curry
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Thursday, 31 August 2006 |
Now it's all making sense. So much that I had read about pregnancy and relaxin is finally happening in my body. A lot of the postures that we teach students to modify in the pregnancy series I haven't had to modify (except to accomodate my belly) at all until now. It seems like in a week, my whole pelvis has changed. I went from comfortable doing toe stand on Friday to "what am I thinking?" on Sunday. I can see why they say to avoid excess pressure to the perenium and symphysis pubis. It feels like my symphysis is going to crack open if I put too much pressure on it. Now I know why they encourage you to do Kegels from the beginning.
I can really feel the effects of the softening in my ligaments. In straddle splits, there is a point where my muscles are no longer stretching and I can feel I am just pulling on my ligaments. It actually feels like my illium are spreading away from my sacrum when I fold too far forward in it. When I pushed it too far, I felt like I'd been riding a horse too long for the rest of the day. I've noticed, too, when I do forearmstand, that I have INCREDIBLE stretching across my abdomen that just doesn't feel right. I just don't feel in control. I am sure some of that has to do with the lengthening of my rectus abdominus...it just doesn't contract like it used to...:)
Other than that, I am really just in the grow-the-baby stage. She's gaining weight and getting bigger, kicking up a storm. She loves hot chocolate. Some times it looks like an alien is rolling over under my skin. I wish I could see what she's doing in there.
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