Brave Momma, The one in prenatal yoga tonight with a 12 week flat belly. Your first time coming. I see you. I started going to the classes around the same time during my 3rd and 4th pregnancies. 11 or 12 weeks pregnant. I went each week. Rarely if ever missing a class. It was sacred time. I craved it between classes, sometimes speeding down the interstate to make it on time. Being there made me feel strong, powerful, normal. Like the others in the class. Like a Mom. Like I wa

While pregnant, one of my hands is always glued to my belly, even before there is really a visible belly to speak of. It feels as though I can somehow keep the babies there with my hand. Keep them in place and prevent them from slipping away from me. I did this even after the miscarriages when I was no longer pregnant. It would surprise and pain me to find my hand resting on my navel. But it also gave me a weird sense of comfort. As though I was connecting more directly to wh