After an email I just received I realised I completely forgot to post about my pregnancy aerobics experience (thanx Sabine for reminding me). Last Friday I went to my first class, I will have 10 in total. It was a nice group of 15 women all very similar in pregnancy stage (between 19-28 weeks). The first hour was exercising and the instructor wasn't kidding. She started jumping during the warm-up, but after about 10 minutes we moved into the stretching and muscle toning. The whole idea is to keep the muscles around your waist in shape so it is easier on your pelvis, femur etc and to get back into shape quicker after delivery. The last 15 minutes we did some floor exercises to learn all about breathing and relaxation for during the delivery.
After one hour of aerobics we had tea and a cookie and were socializing. The women were all talking about their experience so far, little problems etc. That gives a nice extra touch.
One girl is pregnant with twins and already had a pretty hard time. I wonder how I will feel about the jumping during the warming up in a couple of weeks when I get bigger. But so far it was really nice!
