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P Is for Pregnancy
Pregnancy by the Letters
By I.J. Schecter
C is for contractions. All those breathing exercises you're learning in your Lamaze classes? They're effective in theory, but when the big cramps start walloping you like mini-earthquakes inside your body every two minutes, it's more likely you're going to be doubled over clutching at your partner's chest hairs through his shirt than remembering what your instructor told you about breathing in through your nose and out through your mouth. Don't feel bad; just do what you need to do to get through it. And you will get through it.
Y is for you. Some expectant mothers scale it back as soon as they discover they're pregnant, preferring rest and relaxation to full-tilt prep. Others continue at their usual pace right up until the first signs of labor. Which approach is the right one? Either. That is, the one that's right for you – your lifestyle, your career, your body, your partner – is the one that's right. There's only one guideline you need to keep in mind during the months of pregnancy: Take good care of yourself. Your body will tell you what that means.
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