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Josa’s pregnancy diary - weeks 38-40

The story so far; Josa Young, and her husband Thoby, have 2 children aged eleven and eight. She’s now 41 and expecting another baby very soon

All change this week

I suddenly felt ready to let go of my study and move my desk and computer downstairs to the back part of the sitting room. Thoby nested furiously upstairs – he says my hormones are affecting him. He blamed them when he ran a bath without the plug in. He scrubbed the nursery walls, nailed down the carpet (to stop us tripping over it in the night), put up a blackout blind (helps the baby to sleep in the daytime), put up a curtain rail and pelmet board, and hung the curtain. This thickly padded and luxurious curtain, given to us by a friend, has one drawback – it depicts fairies in shades of pink. Oh well, the baby will be too little to notice.

I even went shopping and bought a little brown teddy suit made of fleece, to keep the baby warm on his journey home in the car. I feel I am making progress and have been far less weepy and sleepy this week. I really believe that my yoga classes have helped me through this pregnancy.

You don’t seem to be doing all that much, compared say to an exercise class. It’s just regular deep breathing and stretching, followed by a ten minute rest, with the left leg propped on a little chair. The benefits are out of all proportion. I think my bad patches of tiredness and sorrow had a lot to do with three weeks off yoga.

Waiting and expanding

The children are now back at school, and I am making lists of things to complete in the next two weeks. I feel quite different – extremely alert and full of energy. I am hoping this might herald imminent events. Every time I get a twinge in the lower abdomen, I get excited. Oddly enough, the lower back pain has receded and I find it much easier to avoid waddling.

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