Prenatal Yoga and the Lima Bean November 6, 2009

Good news, the lil lima bean sure is active!  I finally got to go to Prenatal Yoga class this week.  One of my tennis friends said she met her BESTEST GIRLFRIENDS in prenatal yoga.  I have been wanting to go for such a long time, but this summer yoga outside is FREE, so duh, I went to that class.  Many times I had to walk away, throw up in the alley, and come back, but believe it or not, I still enjoyed it.  After outdoor yoga ended, Andy and I began our ‘weddings tour’ so we decided it would be a good idea to wait to start the prenatal yoga class in the studio.  On Tuesday I’m practically skipping up the steps to meet all my new BFF’s- oh, and do some yoga.  I give the teacher my money for my “ten hole punch pass” so I’ve got ten classes- PAID.  I notice the time is past 11:00.  We wait.  I put out a mat.  I get some water.  I look around at the windows.  Check myself in the mirror.  Tick tock.  Finally she says, “Ok, so let’s get started.”  I think to myself slightly panicked, “Now?  But where are all my new best friends???”  Yes, that’s right, I was THE ONLY STUDENT IN THE CLASS.  She explained later that they just had a fairly big group all have their babies, but still, here I am, pregnant, friendless, and limber.  Well, sort of.  Honestly, I was surprised at how much more difficult yoga is with the large obstruction at your middle.  Anyway, the good news is, our last position- called “Shavasana” (might be my favorite) is where you just lie there on your back for a few minutes.  In prenatal yoga, lying on your back is not too comfy, so you lie on your side with this cylinder-shaped bolster pillow between your legs and a blanket under your head.  Ahhhhh.  My favorite pose.  Suddenly, the lima bean kicks.  And kicks. And kicks.  And kicks some more!  I think Mr/s. Bean might be doing flips in my belly or something!  This is the most active I have felt the baby yet!!  It was so cool- I kind of wanted to cry, but don’t worry, I hung tough.  “You gotta stuff that down deep,” Andy and I love to say when one of us is getting teary.  Just a joke, people.  I always let him cry it out.  Anyway, I think beanie weenie liked yoga is my point, and one day, another mom is BOUND to show up and I just have a feeling we might be great friends for life.  Or until we leave Telluride.