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January 22, 2007

Karate and the Pregnant Woman

Well, I guess the title of this post pretty much lets the cat out of the bag! And explains a whole lot about what's been going on with me the past few months. Yes, I'm expecting, and there's no question that being pregnant impacts your life on a staggering number of levels.

We wanted to keep it quiet until that perilous first trimester was over, and now that I'm halfway through the pregnancy I can reflect back and share some thoughts. Not only am I more comfortable talking about it at this point, but my energy level has rebounded dramatically! This will, obviously, cover several posts. For this first one, I am going to keep it very simple, with a key list of DO'S and DON'TS that I have come up with over the past several months:

DO'S:

1) Listen to your body

2) Adjust your activities accordingly (in other words, don't be stupid)

3) Listen to your doctor

4) Remember that every woman and every pregnancy are different

DON'TS:

1) Think you can keep doing everything as though nothing has changed

2) Think you are Superwoman

3) Listen to friends and family too much if they disagree with any of these things! (see #4 above, and then add to that the fact that the advice given to pregnant women has changed drastically through the decades)

I'll elaborate more on these things in my next few posts. For now I will just say that I am doing quite well, that I am still training and plan to keep training for as long as possible, and that this whole thing is a giant learning experience in so many ways I can't describe.

And don't worry, the blog isn't going to turn into some "daily pregnancy diary". I will keep entries restricted to the pregnancy/karate interaction and how it's affecting me. However, I have found that many of the things I've learned (or re-learned) were totally relevant to life in general, just sometimes that much more so to life when you're expecting.

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