When I first developed an awareness and got set on choosing my OB/GYN (and all signs pointed to Eden Fromberg), I didn’t realize how lucky I would get. First, Eden advocated home birth. Second, she suggested I do prenatal yoga. And those two things set the course of my pregnancy.
I’ve been taking prenatal yoga classes at Lila Yoga (Eden is the founder) from my 8th week of pregnancy, twice a week (mostly). I don’t know how well I can describe the benefits I got from yoga except to say that I feel ready. And I would think that is the greatest endorsement.
Here’s my own imperfect version of the prenatal “Sun Salutation” we do at Lila (video engineered by Chris, from photo stills):
And then there are morning walks in Prospect Park, 3 miles at least 4 times a week (upping it as the B-day approaches). As the year progressed, I got more and more inspired. And who wouldn’t: the park is just beautiful this time of the year!