October
09
In my prenatal yoga classes, we were taught to keep an ‘inner smile’ while trying to breathe and relax through discomforts.
Inner smile, my ass.
You try inner smiling when a head is wedged in your pelvis and you feel like throwing up all over yourself. (No I’m not in labour – this is all the ‘prelabour’ last month joys some women experience).
Maybe I need a few more classes… and more sleep.
I’ve been trying to find a good mantra to keep in my head for when the ACTUAL pain starts – and I’ve picked the word ‘surrender’. I think it’s a good time to start using it because really, all that is left for me to do is surrender to whatever my body is ready to do.