| Having carried a sizable bump around for
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| | very simple stretches, which were fine
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| a very long, very hot summer, I really
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| | for any physical type. Her training with
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| wasn't in the mood for a work out.
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| | Birthlight means she knows exactly what
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| As Gwyneth Paltrow and all of my other
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| | our bodies have been through, and so
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| coat-hanger thin celebrity peers snaked
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| | nothing was too much. I was petrified
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| their way, all skin and bone about the
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| | that Harry would cry when it came to
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| tabloids, I scowled and knew that, even
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| | including him in the work out (the baby
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| if the mood did ever take me as I sat
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| | isn't put under any stress either by the
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| covered in powered milk, I would just
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| | way - there's just lots of great, gentle
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| never have the time to get back in shape
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| | skin to skin contact and muscle
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| now that I always had my baby in toe.
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| | stimulation, no sun salutations just
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| After all, its not as if I could balance
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| | yet!) but he just smiled. It must feel
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| Harry on the rowing machine as I made for
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| | good, after all, to have the shouty tired
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| the nearest treadmill - I didn't think
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| | woman who's been harassing you for all
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| they'd like that down at the health club.
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| | this time give you some proper, physical
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| I did try the gym. Once. Inspired by
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| | warmth and lavish attention.
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| Gwynnies size eight flat chestedness I
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| | The stimulation that babies receive doing
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| did deposit Harry at my mums', and went
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| | yoga releases endorphins in the brain,
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| for one swim amongst the well toned - but
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| | and so they clearly glow after a session,
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| my self-esteem could just not cut it.
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| | just as we do after a turn at the gym. It
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| Having been a large pregnant woman and
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| | was great to know he felt so cared for.
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| having had a difficult birth, my body was
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| | As time went on, our classes did become
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| not as it should be, and I didn't stay
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| | more adventurous. The stretches we
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| for long. I'm sure no one cared about my
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| | learned started to actively include our
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| having varicose veins now, but I did, and
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| | babies (they are fabulous weights!) and
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| I suddenly felt very much like a mum, and
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| | we all became far less inhibited, and
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| nothing else.
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| | felt happy to move onto the more complex
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| Loosing faith in the idea that I'd ever
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| | movements.
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| have a waist again, I pooled my NCT
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| | To calm the babies, Sue introduced music
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| friends to see if they had any tips on
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| | into the classes, which soothed them no
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| how to regain a good shape, without the
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| | end - in all the time I've been going
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| embarrassment.
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| | now, I don't think we've ever had a baby
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| There was no way I was doing yoga. It
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| | have to be taken out for crying. After
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| turned out after speaking to the girls
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| | Harry's bath, I often do yoga with him at
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| that they already had a fitness plan, and
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| | home now, and the heat of my hands and
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| were meeting to go to some yoga class the
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| | the slow, rhythmic nature of the
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| following week. I'd only ever seen yoga
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| | movements send him to sleep with much
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| on television, and I wouldn't have even
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| | greater ease than a simple cuddle and a
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| considered trying it pre-Harry - I was
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| | song tape ever could. He started sleeping
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| never that skinny and stealth. The women
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| | through the night months before a lot of
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| all looked like they hadn't eaten for at
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| | other babies that we know, and I'm in no
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| least five years, and there was no way I
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| | doubt that that has sonething to do with
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| was ever learning how to be a 'delicate
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| | our yoga.
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| lotus' with all of the cellulite I'd
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| | Being an enthusiast now, I've read up on
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| accumulated now. I lied and told them I
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| | the later benefits of what baby yoga can
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| couldn't get a babysitter...
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| | do and I'm excited. It's clear from the
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| Turns out you can take your little ones
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| | fact he rolled early that Harry has good
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| to baby yoga. I was worried it would be
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| | spatial awareness, and plenty of
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| new agey, but our first session soon
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| | confidence in what his body is capable
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| dispelled all the worries I had about
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| | of. When we took him for his eight-month
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| that. Friendly and chatty, the class was
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| | check my health visitor told me he will
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| only for parents, and I met a whole
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| | miss out crawling stage - his spine is
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| gaggle of new local mums. We chatted
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| | strong, and having been made aware of the
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| about our babies, their first rolls,
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| | limitations of his body through yoga, he
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| nappies and missing socks, and Harry
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| | doesn't need to go through the
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| played merrily with the other tots that
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| | exploration that crawling allows.
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| were there - something which really made
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| | As well as the very evident physical
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| me smile as he's an only child and I was
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| | benefits of baby yoga, it's also been a
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| worried that when it came to mixing with
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| | lifesaver for me. On maternity leave I
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| other babies he'd wouldn't cope. Turns
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| | was a bit of a lonely mum, and now I have
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| out he's a bit of a socialite - that's my
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| | something of a network. Size ten again
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| boy!
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| | and happy, there is never a morning goes
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| A qualified baby yoga teacher, our
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| | by when Harry and I do not have a play
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| leader, Sue, started us off with some
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| | date. It's turned things around.
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