Prenatal Exercise

I've been feeling badly that I'm not going to the gym or yoga classes or something to keep fit during this pregnancy. I suppose carrying around a 40 lb kid counts for something, but I still have guilt.

Last night I discovered a really good way to stay in shape. Here are the steps:

1) Have your husband go listen to a lecture on Game Theory at Carleton for the evening.
2) Put roving-prone child in bed at seemingly appropriate time.
3) Prepare bowl of ice cream (for the calcium).
4) Decide said-child is asleep and go downstairs to watch Survivor.
5) Catch child sliding under the baby gate to "check on you" because he wants "big sticker."
6) Go up the stairs to put child in bed.
7) Start to come downstairs again - listen carefully and hear dog licking your bowl of ice cream - break into dead sprint down the stairs, around corner to find dog cowering shamefully.
8) Scold dog.
9) Sit down - hear child at top of stairs.
10) Repeat 5-9 for hour and a half.