It Saved My Marriage…..

Pregnancy Floating

15 Nov

For weeks during my second pregnancy my husband and I slept in separate rooms.

I suffered with restless legs and often struggled to sleep, I also had a rib on my left side out of place (this happened during my first pregnancy but seemed so much worse during my second).

My toddler relentlessly wanted to sleep in the bed with me, perhaps the nerves of not understanding why my belly was getting so big and round. My overall mood was low and I was trying to juggle working and nursery pick ups along with a lot of pain.

I am 5’4 at best, back straight, head up! and as I grew the pain became more unbearable. For my birthday in the March of 2018 my husband booked me a surprise, it was to float. We drove over to the float centre near Reading, in the car barely speaking, I was incredibly tired and worried about having another bout of postnatal depression. The worry just got worse everyday, navigating the mum guilt from my first child only made it so much worse!

As a Pisces I love love water and when I saw the pods I was super excited, I climbed in and laid in the water, I was WEIGHTLESS, no gravity bearing down on my joints, I was able to flex my ankles, I laid on my side too! I must have had a little snooze because I was startled when the water started swirling around me.

I took a moment during my shower to really process those moments of complete peace and no pain. I met my husband in the relaxation room and we both felt so calm, that night I sleep for 7 hours, no restless legs and not even disturbed by the 3 year old.

For the past 5 years I have been looking for a Pregnancy massage therapist for all of the lovely pregnant mums we get to meet and in the last few weeks I have found the perfect person!

So with that in mind we are offering something really exciting for our ‘mums to be’ on the 21st November.