Hi all,
I learnt something over the recent Easter holidays, pregnant women should by-pass Easter! Quietly sitting at the kitchen table reading the papers I scoffed an entire chocolate rabbit, enough to feed 3 small children. At any other time I would have nibbled the ears and kept some for later or I would have felt very sick, but being 29 weeks pregnant I happily polished of the entire bunny and felt great.
Needless to say, I felt guilt ridden on Monday, worrying that the mass of sugar would have had my baby spinning for hours. That was, until I spoke to a girlfriend who assured me this was nothing, when she was pregnant she ate an entire cheesecake, enough for 6 guests! From bunnies to cheese wedge shaped cushions....ummmm, there seems to be a food-link to this weeks blog...Purchased from Mothercare for £9.99, the sleep wedge cushion has saved
me from acute aches and pains. My baby bump now needs a little support during the night and the cushion simply wedges under my belly to support me and keeps me straight whilst I sleep. During the day, I tuck it behind the base of my back which helps alleviate the irritating back ache that has set in this week.
There are loads of support cushions on the market but most seem to take up half the bed, so unless you want a disgruntled partner, my advice is to keep it simple. I even contemplated popping it in my handbag when I went for dinner last night but figured I still have 11 weeks to go and in the aim of trying to retain an element of pre-pregnant chic, a cheese wedge shaped cushion sticking out of a Marc Jacobs handbag isn’t a good look....not yet anyway! This week also saw me enter week 5 on my personal training sessions with Danny. I’m really happy with my progress and definitely find having one-to-one training more inspiring. The mornings are hard now as I feel tired a lot the time, left to my own devices I would probably by-pass the workouts so knowing Danny is waiting for me is all the incentive I need. It also helps kick start the day. We continue to work on the obliques and pelvic floor and I'm chuffed to see that I still have some upper arm definition. Knowing i’ll be able to bare my arms with confidence this summer is a good feeling.
Jo x