So today I finally made my way to the antenatal AquaYoga class at the Parkside Pool in Cambridge - really easy to get to actually, and a really nice pool. It's amazing what I'll do for this baby&me situation .... I even walked on the slimy floor!!!! Normally I am so grossed out by pools and changing rooms. I have been working on it you see .... Am proud of my achievement.
The class was great. It's a Birthlight class and it was brilliant, I loved it. The teacher is Amanda, and there were about 10 of us I guess, two of us were just about to have their babies any day now! We did quite a lot - plenty of moving, stretching, some swimming with most of the emphasis on our legs and woggles under various limbs. It was fun. I like twisting about and moving in the water. Nice bunch of ladies too.
At the end we did a circle thing, a relaxation session - we have our eyes closed and were floating, holding hands so we were in a circle and Amanda moved us about and when we finished and came back we were feet-inside, not heads-inside!! (We started out heads-inside).
It was great, specially when the circle went round, it was like flying, me and the baby, with lots of other babies not too far away.
Definitely worth going there!!
I've been stepping up my relaxation and yoga in general, trying to stay ahead of the baby's growth spurts. Podcasts tell me I'll really get big in the next 10 weeks or so, and I know the antenatal doctors are also starting to get more interested in me ... plenty to do in this second half of the pregnancy. Am feeling very close to the baby, very in tune with what I need to eat, do, and deal with in my mind. None of it is exactly easy, but it is all rewarding, and I enjoy having the baby nearby all the time. I have followed up the Indian classical music suggestions Nargisapa sent me, and I really like her suggestions (so thank you! Good choices...). As I searched I came across a lot more besides, so have a small collection, and some of it is just right, and I really can chill out or do my yoga to this stuff.
I started off a couple of weeks ago with European classical stuff - listened on the radio a bit, wheeled out the bits of Gershwin I normally skip 'cos I can't sing along, downloaded Myleene's Music for Mothers which is just perfect - bite size music just for me! - and I even found a freebie Mozart cd that came in the post years ago!! All of its not quite what I want, but, again, some of it is.
It's not so much about the baby directly, as actually, the baby appears completely unmoved by most of the music. I get to chill out or practice my breathing, or sleep easily, and that is good for both of us.
I did go to the Yoga class in Royston last night, but I think I'm going to give that one a miss for a while at least .... the teacher kept banging on about less-than-positive issues ... or just plain going on and on and I know she means well and sees herself as some sort of keeper of our sanity and welbeing, but actually, I just wanted to do some yoga and need more out of it.
So looks like the two classes in Cambridge (Wed & Thu) suit me best. Hope I can keep making my way there!
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