The first was on Monday night. I stayed up late so I could try to win a bid on Ebay for a winter maternity coat for Erin. This was after going to H and M, Zara, Top Shop, Gap, Next, Mamas and Papas (and probably a few more which gladly escape me) on an exceptionally rainy, wintry Sunday afternoon in London; Erin losing a few Ebay bids at the very end for 'the cutest jacket' in some kind of Top-Gun-dog-fight; and Erin in a slight depression because 'I'll never get a winter jacket and I'm going to be so cold and miserable'.
Well, I felt like a hero, bidding at about 30 seconds to go for a winter coat at a good price. 10 second later though I was out-bid. I calmly scurried away (if you can scurry calmly) to place our next bid. The seconds ticked away to zero and I walked away unharmed victorious.
The full stop (period - to mark the end) of the punctuation has just arrived, Erin looks great in her new coat. Now back to a few commas of the week.
Erin had her first pregnancy yoga class at St. Thomas' hospital on Wednesday and met some new preggersmates. The first five minutes were apparently spent with everyone introducing themselves along with their ailments throughout their pregnancy. Erin says she didn't remember people's names but how far gone they were in their pregnancy. She wondered to herself 'are we no longer people, just bumps?' She thought the yoga was very easy, too easy and wasn't sure if she shouldn't be doing, at the very least, a bit more.
Yesterday she went to a Women's Only session at the hospital with a physiotherapist to learn about protecting her back and exercise. Apart from sitting in a class for a few minutes full of Spanish speakers, then finding her correct class a little later, everything went really well. But with the stories she kept coming out with every now and again last night I'm quite glad it was women's only. Wow.
She was told at this class that she shouldn't be doing too much more exercise than pregnancy yoga. And although it might 'seem to be too easy' it will really help during labour and is good for her baby's growth. She now feels reassured.
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