So pregnant when...

I am eating frozen yogourt, barefoot, in a t-chirt and the temperature in the house is 16.5C.  I won't let Mark turn on the heater yet.  I sleep with a thin fleece sheet and most nights I throw it off.  The kids are all wearing their "sleep sacks".  I have to tell you the sleep sacks are the best sleeping invention ever! 

They make them in all sizes from infants to preschoolers!

37 weeks pregnant and...

I've learned a few things along the way....

1) My stomach has not been smooched because I can still eat a giant bowl of salad, drink a few glasses of water and then eat a giant honey crisp apple.
2) I can still lift nearly the same weights in body pump as I did 8 months ago AND I did body Attack this week too!
3) My sacro-iliac joint (or my left butt) gets worse if I sit around/lie around... therefor I need to get up and dance in the kids program and continue to go to the gym, even if it's pouring rain...miserable and I'll so tiered I'm falling asleep in my bowl of soup!
4) It actually feels so good to cry, even if it's watching someone else deliver a baby... it just makes me feel lighter.
5) No one cares if the muffin tins stays in the sink for 3 days!!!  No one is getting hurt, no one is screaming and I'll get to it tomorrow! (if I feel like it!  or I decide to make more muffins and need a clean tin)
6)  I can accept complements with grace.   I think because I am still getting such positive feedback at the gym, by NOW I actually believe them... and I am proud of what I can still do... Ps. Dear LORD the new release lunge track is going to get my ass into such amazing shape...  It is nuts!  and I'm glad I did it tonight! I figure if I can do a million lunges with a barbell on my shoulders (and a giant belly in the front) I can pretty much do anything.  Including picking up my two year old over and over again because he's sick!
7) I will not mentally or emotionally scar my children if I don't let them have chocolate milk vs white milk... they get over it! Everyone was fine even if the kid threw a short little temper tantrum in line at Ikea!  and I didn't even care if anyone was looking or being snarky...

I am a mom and I DO have super powers!!!  (I think I will reflect on these and post something about them later this week)... what are your super powers?

Les Mills Combat at 36 weeks prego!

It was a great night.  After a family diner,  I grabbed my gym gear and went to Goodlife!  I did a combat class, and did pretty well.  I have to admit I must look strange doing jumping jacks (just the legs) but I keep telling everyone that it actually feels good on my lower back and hips.  The thing is I'm not doing straight legs jacks (my knees are giving me all the shocks I need) I'm using my leg muscles to move around so my lower back and stomach are very well supported.  I still flex what I have left to my core and truly the greatest thing about combat is all the upper body work with the jabs, crosses and upper cuts!  I can really get my cardio "on" and aggression "out" without needing to do lower options.  I have been doing combat since Annaliese was a few months old, so of course I wouldn't recommend staring combat in your last trimester!!!  But the message is clear: if you've been working out before you get pregnant, keep workout while you are pregnant you will be giving your baby and body such amazing gifts.  I have so much more energy than I should, I still don't waddle around and my lower back pain is really at a minimum.  But of course....

For the second part of my gym evening, I did 30 minutes of a body flow class and made it right up until hip openers (sooo needed at this point for me), then I packed up my gear early and went for my weekly 1 hour massage.  Because to me it makes so much more sense to get a massage after a workout, that way all my normal aches and pains are easy to identify and the therapist (Ed, who does A.R.T>which actually means torture)  can help fix the problem area's.  I'm not going to lie to you, I was actually practicing my "labour breathing" because he was "working" /torturing some very tight and weak muscles.  But now as I'm typing this I can truly say the pain was worth it because my SI joint (the place where the sacrum and the iliac bone meet up in the lower back) is virtually pain-free!

Whether you are pregnant or not, old or young just listen to your body!  And be brave enough to do something you (and many other people) might not think possible.  You will always feel a sense of pride at doing something new or scary!  Now how often in a day can you say "I FEEL PROUD OF MYSELF".  It's an awesome feeling!