Celebrity baby belly exercise or something like that
Usually I’m afraid to read Celebrity Baby Blog. Celebrities aren’t known for their parenting skills, or their marriage skills for that matter, and I don’t want anything to wear off on me. But this time they’re just talking about exercise for expectant mothers. Well, they also managed to drop a couple names - Christina Aguilera and Marcia Cross - who I think I’ve heard of, even without a television.
Pregnant bellies are one of those great givens of life, aren’t they. So far, scientists haven’t figured out how to produce a little baby without producing a larger belly at the same time. Even a very little baby. That must make celebrities mad. I heard about a Beverly Hills doctor who specializes in doing pre-vacation abortions for wealthy patients who want their figure to look its best on the beach.
Don’t tell anybody, but I think exercise is one of the great givens of life too. Scientists haven’t figured out how to keep the human body moving without… well, without moving. That makes me think of my grandmother’s arthritic hip. It was an intriguing yet very common situation. Moving hurt her terribly, but not moving would have frozen the joint. The only alternative was drugs, and she attributed her advanced age to having avoided them.
Exercising together can be one of those fun bonding experiences for expectant mothers and expectant fathers. I wish my wife and I had done more of it. I’ve wondered if more exercise would have increased her stamina enough to have sped up her labor enough to have given birth at home with the midwife as we had planned. Doctors have figured out ways to deliver babies without requiring mothers to have stamina. Once the baby is born, however, mothers need to either gain stamina or sell the baby. There aren’t really any alternatives.
Of course, if exercise during pregnancy is is too hard, there’s always plastic surgery afterwards.
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