By Aastha Atray Banan, Arpika Bhosale, Mohar Basu and Sanjeevni Iyer

‘We have a notion that if you are pregnant, you are sick and should be lying down’

Leanne Pavri, Pastry chef, Bandra West
I was an athlete—a high-level jumper—and have always been doing something [active] like running before I got pregnant,” says Leanne Pavri, who is five months pregnant right now. Pavri, who can’t sit idle, says that the rule of thumb during pregnancy is that you can keep leading the life you have been leading, as long as it’s a non-complicated surgery. “My doctor approved of the pole workout as I was practising it before I got pregnant. So, I decided to continue, and just reduced intensity a bit,” says the pastry chef, who divides her time between the UK and India. Pavri pursued Psychology in college, and then studied pastry at Le Cordon Bleu in London—a path that mirrors her adventurous spirit.