Ahhh I am sending you so much love! Truly honouring you in all of the emotions that this pregnancy brings you and wishing you a gentle passage into this next chapter. Thank you for sharing about the complex emotions that pregnancy can bring, it resonated a lot with my experience of my second baby and I think it’s so important to share the multitude of feelings. Xxx
Dear Ashley, congratulations!! Sending you much love and courage for your journey. It sounds like you are doing exactly what you need: listening to what your body is telling you. It's the greatest teacher of all. I now laugh when I remember how I used to teach those controlled breaths in my prenatal yoga classes, before I gave birth, and then found out while giving birth that the only thing that helped me to get through the pain is this animal-like grown that was far from controlled and quiet. When the nurse asked me to stop, I almost punched her! That was zen, yoga teacher me giving birth... :) so listen to your body needs!
Oh congratulations! I hear you re: the ambivalent emotions. It's validating to hear the full spectrum of your thoughts and feelings on it and I totally relate to that tendency to forget that creating new life can feel so much like doing nothing. Yes, you hit the nail on the head: that sometimes we seem to miss a beat, but that's how it goes with mamahood. And that by talking about it, we create the space to eachother to skip those beats and find our own rhythm. It truly is the deepest kind of yoga:)
Ahhh I am sending you so much love! Truly honouring you in all of the emotions that this pregnancy brings you and wishing you a gentle passage into this next chapter. Thank you for sharing about the complex emotions that pregnancy can bring, it resonated a lot with my experience of my second baby and I think it’s so important to share the multitude of feelings. Xxx
Thank you! Yes the emotions are all over the place, as always, lol.
Dear Ashley, congratulations!! Sending you much love and courage for your journey. It sounds like you are doing exactly what you need: listening to what your body is telling you. It's the greatest teacher of all. I now laugh when I remember how I used to teach those controlled breaths in my prenatal yoga classes, before I gave birth, and then found out while giving birth that the only thing that helped me to get through the pain is this animal-like grown that was far from controlled and quiet. When the nurse asked me to stop, I almost punched her! That was zen, yoga teacher me giving birth... :) so listen to your body needs!
Thank you Imola. I'm like you, very noisy in labor and no one can tell me any different lol. I do rely on my breathing during contractions though!
Oh congratulations! I hear you re: the ambivalent emotions. It's validating to hear the full spectrum of your thoughts and feelings on it and I totally relate to that tendency to forget that creating new life can feel so much like doing nothing. Yes, you hit the nail on the head: that sometimes we seem to miss a beat, but that's how it goes with mamahood. And that by talking about it, we create the space to eachother to skip those beats and find our own rhythm. It truly is the deepest kind of yoga:)
thank you for such a kind, reaffirming note. I really appreciate it 😊
Hooray! Congratulations!
Thank you!