Mari Llewellyn

We'll see.

I'm still learning, but I still want to go into my birth with a great mindset, with some techniques, breathing, affirmations, that kind of thing.

I'm hoping for a vaginal birth.

So I'll keep you guys posted.

Pelvic floor therapy was so, so interesting and I've never done it before.

I truthfully didn't even really understand what the pelvic floor was, but I learned so much.

One of my favorite facts, we were going through like my current health history and she was asking about my exercise and I told her I've been weightlifting three to four times a week.

And she was like, strength training is amazing for pregnancy.

your baby will come out with more lean muscle and be stronger and healthier.

This statistic, I may get the number wrong, but I'm pretty sure she told me your baby's also 60% less likely to develop diabetes or asthma in their lifetime.

from strength training.

How insane is that?

My jaw was open.

And she also said, obviously, you'll have a better delivery and recovery, which was so exciting.

So really, really loved hearing that.

I found that to be so interesting.

And yeah, my pelvic floor is definitely a little tense, I think, from weightlifting.

So she basically described it as it's like a door on hinges when giving birth.

Mine might be like part of the way open.

We want to learn how to open it all the way to prevent tearing and things like that.