I really started getting into yoga a few months ago.  It all started with a prenatal yoga DVD that my friend gave me when I was about 6 months pregnant.  I was very sore and having terrible back pain and the yoga really helped to relax me.  During my last trimester, I felt like a huge water buffalo lumbering around on my yoga matt but it did help!

I especially liked the guided breathing segments of the DVD.  I think that may have even helped me deal with labor.  Well, the first stages any way!  Now, as a new mom, I am stressed and tired in completely different ways than when I was pregnant.  I still believe that the breathing exercises are a huge help.  They help to relax me at 3 o’clock in the morning when my baby decides that she just is not interested in sleeping.

I found some postnatal yoga videos that I am going to use as soon as I get the OK from my doctor.  I even found one that you can do with your baby!  I cannot wait to try that one out.  I think that she is too little yet though.  Your baby has to be able to hold her head up on her own and my little girl seems a long way from that.  I’m sure it will happen before I know it though!  Everyone always talks about how kids grow up so quickly.  I can see that already.  I blinked my eyes and she is already a month old!

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