Both pregnancy and birth are generally split into 3 stages. I won't go into the gory details of each just in case I have any squeamish readers ;-)
Here are my versions of pregnancy:
Psychology of pregnanacy.
Stage 1
Oh my god I'm pregnant! What do I do now?
Stage 2
Dom-de-dom
Stage 3
Oh my god, I'm about to be a mum!
Psycho-biology of pregnancy
Stage 1
Oh my god I'm pregnant! What's going to happen to my body? How long will this sickness last?!
Stage 2
Thank god Stage 1 is over and I can finally keep my food down.
Stage 3
Oh my god, I wish I was still in Stage 1 because now I have to actually push this thing out!
At some point are other these are the thoughts that have gone through my mind.
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So I'm well into the third trimester now, on the single figure countdown and I am busy reading my book on hypnobirthing. I may not buy into the whole philosophy of it ie. pain-free birthing (although that would be LOVELY!) but I am all for learning any methods of breathing, visualisation and relaxation that will help me through the big day. I have downloaded the CD onto my IPOD so that I can listen to it anytime and anywhere. Although there is a warning on the CD not to listen to it whilst driving - apparently it is THAT relaxing ;-)
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We were at the Devil at the weekend. It was nice to be back as the Devil was my first ever ultra. I started as I continued with my "ultra career", always wanting to do too much too soon and never being fully prepared - it's the perfect way to run ultras! ha ha. I have happy memories of the Devil and hope to be back racing it again at some point. Not sure if it will be next year or in a couple of years, but I have no doubt I will do it again. Hopefully once I become a mum I will learn to be better prepared for things and run better and hopefully with less pain ha ha. Who knows.
I have no definite plans for next year apart from notions of a marathon. I will just see what motherhood brings first I think. I am looking forward to getting out with the babyjogger in the spring though.
3 comments:
I love your description of Stage 2 - dom-de-dom. Better than any pregnancy book! Good luck!
Lovely to see you and your lovely neat bump at the weekend. xx
I remember being pregnant and when my water broke at 3 in the morning I freaked and called up my best friend and yelled "Oh my God. It has to come out now." I guess until that moment, I just blocked the whole idea of the baby exiting. I guess if that thought flittered through you head, you are a bit more prepared than I was. :-)
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