What was the wisest decision you made this year, and how did it play out? (Author: Susannah Conway)
The wisest thing I did this year was push my own health and fitness to maximize my self-care responsibility leading up to a successful home birth in June. I am not saying that all mothers don’t take their health into account but I feel that there is more self-care responsibility with the prospect of going into a home birth. To me home birth moms just seem like they are more proactive for a longer period of time with their health.
For me it played out with an easy labor recovery, a healthy kiddo, and getting down to pre-pregnancy weight before 6 weeks post-partum. I went into my pregnancy overweight, but my journey is about some of that. I am still riding the high 6 months after labor from my healthy endeavors and looking to rock 2011 with my fitness.