{"id":748,"date":"2013-04-28T08:13:45","date_gmt":"2013-04-28T12:13:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.beyondmommying.com\/blog\/?p=748"},"modified":"2013-04-28T08:13:45","modified_gmt":"2013-04-28T12:13:45","slug":"my-last-leap","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beyondmommying.com\/blog\/2013\/04\/28\/my-last-leap\/","title":{"rendered":"My Last Leap"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Well, my dancing career is officially over until after baby arrives (and can go approximately 3 hours without needing milk).\u00a0 The studio I\u2019ve been dancing at gives you a discount on classes if you pay for 10 at a time.\u00a0 I used up the last class on my card yesterday and can\u2019t justify getting another one with baby coming (even though they\u2019re good for a year) and don\u2019t want to pay the mildly outrageous single class price.<\/p>\n<p>It\u2019s kind of bittersweet.\u00a0 It\u2019s nice to know that I\u2019ll have my Saturday mornings free for a while to be with my family but I will also really miss dancing and having that \u201cme\u201d time each week in which I can just focus on myself and what I love to do just for me!<\/p>\n<p>Last week\u2019s class (which I thought would be my last), I went all out.\u00a0 I did everything that I haven\u2019t done since December.\u00a0 I jumped, I turned, I stretched and it felt really nice to be doing all those things again.\u00a0 Baby didn\u2019t even seem to mind, s\/he sat happily through the entire class not really making much of a peep except to let me know a few times I was squishing him\/her.<\/p>\n<p>Yesterday was a new sensation.\u00a0 I\u2019ve been taking it easy during barre in order to ensure I can participate in the whole class, moving only as fast and as far as my body comfortably wants to go instead of pushing it to do what it used to easily accomplish.\u00a0 We didn\u2019t do many jumps which is what I would expect to give me contractions.\u00a0 Instead, I got contractions during adagio (slow, high legs lifting exercise) and the across the floor exercises.\u00a0 Each time I would lose my balance and have to adjust my posture, my uterus would tighten up.\u00a0 It was a strange sensation to be doing balances or a promenade en attitude (slow turn on 1 leg with other leg bent behind) while having contractions.<\/p>\n<p>Unfortunately though, the contractions didn\u2019t last and as soon as I was done with class they subsided.\u00a0 Still no baby but it has to come out someday, right?\u00a0 Guess I will have to find something new to do and \u00a0won\u2019t be able to rely on ballet class anymore for the hope of starting labor.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.beyondmommying.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/04\/arabesque.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-749 aligncenter\" alt=\"arabesque\" src=\"https:\/\/www.beyondmommying.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/04\/arabesque-300x200.jpg\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.beyondmommying.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/04\/arabesque-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.beyondmommying.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/04\/arabesque.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.beyondmommying.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/04\/arabesque-375x250.jpg 375w, https:\/\/www.beyondmommying.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/04\/arabesque-390x260.jpg 390w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a>\u00a0(photo by\u00a0<a style=\"line-height: 1.7;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/LiliMariePhotography?hc_location=stream\">Lili Marie Photography<\/a><span style=\"line-height: 1.7;\">)<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Well, my dancing career is officially over until after baby arrives (and can go approximately 3 hours without needing milk).\u00a0 The studio I\u2019ve been dancing at gives you a discount on classes if you pay for 10 at a time.\u00a0 I used up the last class on my card yesterday and can\u2019t justify getting another 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