Thank you for sharing your experience about my post. I had 2 pregnancies within three years. During my last pregnancy, I had suffered horrible carpel tunnel syndrome, despite this I still have to practice my piano. I thought it may not go away. after I had baby 2 months, it did ease off. But my troubles don't end, the kids need to be looked after. My son is 3 years and weigh about 19 kg, he is big boy and my baby 7 months old weigh about 8.8kg. Each day, I pick them up, change the baby nappy, put them into the car, shopping, washing them, nursing them. The works I have done make my mussel really tired. My hands have tingling and burning feeling, less strength for gripping things. I feel like my joints and my wrists ache. Specially my shoulders are killing me sometimes in cold and rainny weather. The pinching feeling on my neck and top my shoulders have affected my playing the piano. I feel so frustrated with physical, plus emotionally and mentally constantly disrupting by the children.
After my pregnancies, I want to keep fit and I am away from the house, I don't get depressed so much, I thought to go the Gym may help me to develop my strength back and flexibility. I know I need to take it easy, but looking after children I just have to do it and put them into first priority. I find that it is so hard for women to be pianist once we have a family. Practicing piano and family both are very demanding, it takes lots out of me. I don't know any of members of this forum feel the same way. I have very little help because my own family lives oversea, my husband is an artist as well, he needs to work all the times. How do you cope professional pianist out there, if they have to go to do performance, studying, or teaching.? How do you organize your time and how do you put everything separate from physical, mental, emotional battle? Please share your experience