It's that time again! That time when your ovaries start aching and you stay up all night looking through pictures of squishy newborns while secretly pulling out old baby clothes from the attic (just me? wow, that's embarrassing, moving on...) In case you haven't noticed, there are a lot of pregnant mommas up in the Red Stick! So, while I stare at pictures of my old baby bellies and stuff my face with coffee flavored ice cream, I'm going to try, for a brief minute, to get a hold of myself and focus on all the awesome things about being not pregnant (because let's face it, there are lots of really awesome things!)
#1. Drink up!
Yeah, the inevitable act of...
The other day I had a conversation with a friend who had just had a baby two days earlier, and she wanted to know how I had lost all of my baby weight. She had literally just come home from the hospital and was already allowing herself to feel shameful about her body. It broke my heart to hear her express her feelings of unworthiness and insecurity, but it brought back the feelings that I experienced shortly after giving birth.
Immediately after my second son, Ben, was born, I felt insecure and ashamed of my body and the 70 pounds I had amassed during my pregnancy. And even though this was not my first child and I knew that it would take a...
I’ve been a mom for roughly eight months. My husband and I are hooked—we love being parents. Sam is awesome. He makes the cutest faces and has found his loud voice and adorably shovels food into his toothless mouth. We quickly acclimated to poop and exhaustion and bath time and breastfeeding and naps. Or no naps. We’d even venture to say that it’s not so hard after all. We’re absolutely in love.
But I have a confession.
There is one aspect of parenting that I haven’t quite mastered yet. Other people’s kids--I’m mildly terrified of them.
When you have a kid, you also get a load of other people’s kids. Birthday parties. Volunteering for childcare. Play dates. People assume that when you...
Staying active has been beneficial for both me and my baby. I am remaining healthy and fit. Exercise has eased my back pain, boosted my energy, improved my mood, and helped with my sleep. I also feel less nauseous, especially in the first trimester. And, of course, the more you exercise during pregnancy the more your body stays strong and toned.
Here are some of the great benefits:
Makes you feel better
Improve your sleep
It can reduce constipation and swelling
Get your body back faster from childbirth
Prepares your body for childbirth
Less weight gain
Minimize aches and pain
Muscle tone, endurance and strength
Staying active is an overall mood booster and body changer. Working out de-stresses the mind. Exercise causes your brain to release endorphins-- those positive feelings that improves your mood and fight pregnancy...
I have a pretty physically intensive job. There are days where I don't stop from the moment I get there to the minute I leave. Between cleaning the gym, picking up behind big lugs who leave their weights laying around, & climbing on equipment to fix it, I can usually count a day's work as an extra work out. I should add that I'm also fiercely independent (read: headstrong and stubborn), and like to do things myself, thankyouverymuch.
But when lower back and sciatic pain kicked in insanely early on in my pregnancy (like 12 weeks pregnant early) many of the normal things I did during my day became nearly impossible. And I was pissed. I was completely unprepared for...
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