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wholewomanUK
September 11, 2012 - 6:34am
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thank you
Hi KiwiSarahsa,
Thank you so much for your feedback. It's good to hear when the WW work is working.
I'm so glad you found this site early on post partum. It's a great time to adopt the WW way and posture. It will undoubtedly maximise your postive recovery process. Sounds like you're successfully working out ways to incorporate the WW posture into you daily life. The walks sound great. Re awkward movements eg ina nd out of the cqr with a baby seat. I know what you mean; some situations are just plain difficult! It's worth continuing to experiment with trying out how best to approach those difficult situations - try different things and see what works best for you. If you do find things that help - let us know!
You're right though. Even if we can't do WW posture all the time for wahtever reason, if we do it as often as poss, it definately helps and helps to off-set the times when we can't/don't do it.
Re carrying baby - I was wondering whether some of the ingenious slings and baby rugsackscarriers might be of any use. I know I used a baby rugsack on my back and although I didn't know about WW then, thinking about it, it might work in terms of helping to keep the chest open and lifted... Also - it may be worth considering changing cars. I know - that's a huge thing and may not be poss. We have a Peugeot Partner which has a high boot space - and no lip at the bottom of the boot so there's no lifting required to get things in and out of the boot. Also the back doors slide right open like a van, which makes it easier to lift things in and out. However the leg distance from seat to pedals is rather to long for a shortie like me, so it doesn't work so well for me on that score. Still - might be worth considering those kinds of things if/when you replace your car. Also I have a light weight protable back support which I carry around in a pretty cloth bag, which I use when I need some support for WW posture, eg driving.
Best wishes, wholewomanukx
Surviving60
September 11, 2012 - 6:57am
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Hi Kiwi – love your post, it
Hi Kiwi – love your post, it is so encouraging for all PP members, and everyone else! Post partum is such a natural and perfect time to adopt WW posture, as WWUK says; you’ve been holding the organs forward for 9 months, and with a little encouragement they can stay that way! Your recovery has a long way to go and you are in such a perfect position to improve – you are doing all the right things.
I love WWUK’s suggestion about “wearing” your babe. Think about what Christine has said about weight-loading from above and how it actually accentuates the dynamics. I have proven the truth of this to myself on numerous occasions. Of course, you don’t have a very large window of time to consider this, with your baby growing every day. But if you can do this in such a way as to maintain all aspects of posture (i.e., that it doesn’t make you bend forward or flatten out lumbar curvature), it can be a great thing.
Same for pushing your baby in a stroller – it’s great if you can do it standing up straight in good posture, with arms close to body. But it’s easy to fall into a forward-leaning position….not good. We all have plenty of times when we have to fall out of posture. But if you remember to bend from the hips rather than the waist whenever possible (the difference being whether you still have the lumbar curve or not), you will be fine. - Surviving
KiwiSarahsa
September 17, 2012 - 4:41am
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Encouragement
wholewomanUK and Surviving60 thanks for your encouragement :) We have a Subaru Legacy that is good as far as the front seats go - the angle of the seats can be adjusted as well as the seat backs, it was good for the one long trip we've done with the wee one. As for the pushchair, it's great for walking (adjustable handles, designed so you can walk with a long stride), just an awkward length to lift well - and I'm quite tall! Having a baby has really opened my eyes so much to how little the things we use (furniture, baby things etc) are designed to support our health. I find it ironic that the baby things especially don't seem to be designed for women to use well. But I guess that just reflects our society - it's far from health-promoting for most of us (speaking only for the English speaking countries I've lived in).
I'm definitely going to try backpacking my little one when his neck and back are a bit stronger. I know lots of women enjoy wearing their babies on their fronts but I haven't so far - I leave that up to my partner when we're out and about together and enjoy teasing him when he has to ask me to re-tie his shoelace or something, a little taste of pregnancy!
Anyway, thank you and I will check back when I have useful discoveries on this journey...
agnusdei
December 16, 2012 - 7:00pm
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Thanks for you info on the carseat kiwis?
We have a truck, we'll see how it goes. Babe is along way off yet, but this new discovery has really gotten me down, just trying to see what to expect when the babe comes, as I find the issues hard enough to deal with now, and assume they only get worse after the babe arrives. Now that you are 7 month pp, how are you doing, emotionally and physically?