OKGIRL OR BOY

[Guest guest]

Edenlotus:<br>Edenlotus: congratulations! Hope

you bloom well.<br><br>I was trawling around the

Barnes & Noble website and there is a bunch of yoga

tapes for pregnant types. But as I have said before, I

have been in a workshop with an extraordinarily

pregnant woman, and she were ultra-flexie, particularly

due to the release of the hormone relaxin, which does

just as it sounds. <br>B

[Guest guest]

Yeah, relaxin! I have fantasized for several

years now about trying to get hold of some somehow and

using it - like just before marichyasana D - then maybe

partially neutralizing it for a tall straight tight

handstand!

[Guest guest]

Well, I'll let you know of any potential pharmaceutical advantages of this

relaxin stuff. I certainly hope I don't get all floppy in headstand.

[Guest guest]

If you flop from headstand and the relaxin has

kicked in, you could flop into the best backbend of your

life! So enjoy it, sounds like much more fun than

morning sickness.<br><br>Hey docs out there: at what

month does the relaxin kick in? Must be late, since

it's all about letting the bones open so the baby can

come out...

[Guest guest]

Relaxin and some similar chemicals made by the

placenta actually start early - the side effects on smooth

muscle relaxation are detectable as morning sickness

(because the stomach, a muscular bag, is not able to empty

by muscular contraction alone when the mother is

lying down - gravity helps during the day when she's up

and about) and also the gallbladder, another muscular

bag, lies full and floppy which allows stones to form.

Of course, the main function of these chemicals

early on is to allow the uterus to dilate as the

developing fetus enlarges. Then late in pregnancy they

really cut loose to open up the pelvis, too. Okrgr1 can

explain this in greater detail when he gets back online.

His practice looked really good in Carol Miller's

class tonight.