By Jenny Rough

Sitting in a café, I was recounting to a friend a conversation I’d recently had with my doctor. “He wants to put me on fertility pills,” I said.

—In the introduction to the Healthy Pregnancy and Successful Childbirth CD, Belleruth Naparstek suggests, “Try not to have a fixed idea of how you think the labor and delivery should go. The more flexible you can be, the better off you are.”

When Dr. Andrea Pennington got pregnant, she wanted to keep exercising at the pace she was used to. To make sure she’s not over-doing it, she’ll meet with instructor Faith Hunter to learn some safe and helpful yoga poses for women in their first trimester.