Hehehehe..this thread makes me laugh...I promised myself I would try and walk every day or at least every second day once I had my baby.....I think maybe I have walked to the shops 3 times, and Jack is 4 and a half months old....LOL.
I am definently NOT being negative towards you, I am sure you can do it if you want to and many women do, I just can't believe how unmotivated and lazy I am. I had such high hopes, even in the last couple months of my pregnancy I was walking a round trip to the mall (about 8km) nearly every day, right up to a couple days before giving birth!! I keep telling myself it's because it is winter and the weather is no good...but I am sure soon enough I will be telling myself it is just too hot....LOL. Gosh, I REALLY need to go for a walk tomorrow....hmmmm, wonder what my excuse will be.
Good luck with the excercise, you sound like you really want to do it.
ETA: Just wanted to add that the daily walks would be quite easy to manage (as I think that is what you are actually asking) it's just my motivation is not so easy to come by, LOL, there is just way too much interesting stuff on Pay TV...hehehe.
Last edited by Marlene; September 17th, 2008 at 08:36 PM.
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Had I been motivated to do so I could've managed this easily with my first bub.
I recovered fairly quickly from the birth and she slept well in the day and through the night very early - so by the time she was about 10 weeks old my life was pretty ordered again lol. She was a very calm and contented baby and she would've enjoyed going out walking.
Alot depends on the temperament of your baby too, I know there is no way I could've managed it if DS was my first baby. Much longer recovery from the birth, and the first year of his life I was a sleep deprived wreck because he never slept. I was flat out walking to the kitchen and back some days. And by the time he was probably 4/5 months he would never have put up with being in the pram that long in a pink fit.
It is doable. I get mad at negative people who say "ohhh, you'll never have time for exercise/ coffee/ reading/ life etc" after baby because its not true. Yes, babies change your life hugely and each day is a new adventure. But you DO eventually find some sort of rythym and a way of managing things to get some of the stuff you want to do done.
Also, just wanted to second a pp who mentioned walking around shopping centres. Often the weather is not great for walking outside (I am pretty picky), and I go to the mall most days and walk around. My DS loves it because of all the new sights and it gets me out and walking a bit!
In my experience, I did have time for walks. I would try to get out for a decent walk every day. Most days it happened, occassionally it didnt happen. She used to just fall asleep in the pram for most of the walk and then wake up the second the pram stopped moving! Some days I was just soooo tired (cause she was waking every 2 hours at night until she was 10 months old) so sometimes I was just such a zombie. But now that I think about it, those walks actually made me feel better on those zombie days.
In the first 3 weeks I did nothing (I had an episotomy & tearsing & lots of stitches so it hurst too much)
Now if the weather is nice I'll go for a walk for 1-2 hours or if its cr@p & I still want to go for a walk I'll go to the shops. Some days DD is fine to lay on the floor or pram or whatever while I have a shower & get sorted, other days she's sooky & just wants to be held so I dont end up having a shower until DF gets home from work but Ill still put her in the pram & go for a walk.
We have wiifit as well but I havent used it yet since I gave birth because I still havent had my 6 week check up (its next week at 9 weeks!) and I wanted to make sure my stomach muscles are up to it before I try & do it & hurt myself.
At this stage DD sleeps from 1-4 hours at a time with 1-3 hours of waking inbetween, so you do get time to do stuff its more if you can be bothered IYKWIM
I was mega motivated to exercise after DS was born. It was 2 months after my wedding when we conceived and I had just shed over 10kgs to get into my dream wedding dress. We bought a 3 wheeler pram and one of the main reasons was so I could go for long walks. I had it all figured out.
Well...DS HATED the pram. Even when he was tiny. We tried and tried. He would just scream his little lungs out until he was picked up. I was so jealous of all the mothers strolling around the shops with a muslin draped over the pram, baby sleeping peacefully underneath. I had to carry DS so his head was level with mine when I walked around the shops (he seemed to want to see what I could see), so that meant a shopping trip lasted about half an hour max before he got too heavy to carry...and of course I could never actually BUY anything. No hands! Sometimes he liked the sling, sometimes not...but I found the sling very hard on my back, so it was actually physically easier to carry him.
When he could sit up we bought a little fold up stroller which he took to fairly well, meant I could get around the shops for about half an hour or so before he wanted out, but of course it was useless for exercise. But once he could walk he didn't want the stroller anymore either.
So that's a long way of saying, yes, theoretically there is no problem with the idea of going for a walk every day with the pram and I wholeheartedly encourage it for your peace of mind and sanity...but if you have an "awkward" child like my DS, they may have their own ideas!
I sometimes wonder if it was because he just couldn't see me...and I should have invested in a pram where he faced me instead of facing away...
ETA: He was also a terrible sleeper, wouldn't have long naps, so I never got time to do exercise at home either. I would get him off to sleep, throw some food down my throat, do a quick tidy/shower/load of washing and he would be up again. So I thought I would do it of an evening when DH was home but DS was waking up to 5 or 6 times at night...I was just shattered. The weight still came off though, all by itself...and I've got great arm muscles now!
Last edited by Curly; September 19th, 2008 at 06:09 PM.
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The first month was more healing and getting to know how to look after a baby for me.
I had 4th degree tears so sitting down and eating and breastfeeding was a pain for me already, let alone walking around.
Having said that, after the healing, it has been great. I basically go out everyday, shopping, walking and comparing shopping centres parents rooms ehhe.
I usually have to plan 1 day ahead though. ie, if i wanted to go out shopping then at night I will put the clothes in the wash and start the machine at DD's 6 AM feed. Pack all the stuff the night before and so on.
So, yes, if you plan a little bit ahead, walking and shopping is absolutely doable and to be honest, keeps you sane =)
I was a keen walker before and during my pregnancy and this has continued since Aisha was born. We have a mountain buggy jogger pram and I love it.
I had a forceps delivery with episiotomy, and couldn't walk much other than (slowly!!) around our local shopping centre for the first 5 weeks or so. After that I gradually built up and I can pretty much walk as far as I used to now. I still try to keep in mind that I am breastfeeding so need to keep a bit in the tank and not over do it.
My advice would be don't worry about the housework or even having a shower, when you are ready to get out of bed, change and feed your bub, have a big breakfast yourself, get dressed and get out of the house, taking a big drink bottle and snacks with you.
I had such high hopes, even in the last couple months of my pregnancy I was walking a round trip to the mall (about 8km) nearly every day, right up to a couple days before giving birth!! I keep telling myself it's because it is winter and the weather is no good...but I am sure soon enough I will be telling myself it is just too hot....LOL. Gosh, I REALLY need to go for a walk tomorrow....hmmmm, wonder what my excuse will be.
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