I'm just wondering what sort of exercise everyone gets?
I was VERY active before my IVF and pregnancy and cooled that down for a bit just to make sure everything was ok, plus I just couldn't have done anything because I was so sick up until last week. I'm now FULL of energy and wanting to get back into some of the things I used to do, which is weights and running. I won't be running though but want to get back into weights and maybe the cross trainer or something else. I walk around 3km to work and back so already do lots of walking.
I'm really enjoying yoga. It feels great to move and stretch in ways that I wouldn't otherwise.
By the end of my last pregnancy I was so stiff and sore and couldn't bend or squat down. I'm hoping this time I will have a lot more strength and movement.
I am so envious, I wish I could excerise, but just don't think it's worth the risk. I have high risk pregnancies with vaginal bleeding mainly first trim, but have had bleeding later if we DTD etc (poor DH, but he is getting used to it!!!!)
It would be nice not to be a walking blob of cellulite... I think the worst thing is I am so active before i get pregnant, it is really hard to adjust to doing nothing.
I think yoga sounds great and really good for labouring and keeping you stretchy and supple.
I have been too scared to do much exercise. It doesn't really feel right, and i have been listening to my body. I guess walking is my main exercise, i have been looking for a yoga place and also swimming or pregnancy water exercise.
i walk 30 mins 4 days a week, do pilates once a week, have a personal training weights session once a week. i loved running before i fell preg but wasn't game to keep it up once i found out. ob said i could have but i didn't want to. once i got past 12 weeks i went back to weights. trying to do lots of lunges (even though i HATE them!) so my legs and bottom don't blow out of control.
Blackduckies i have been walking and doing yoga and i still have cellulite lol those darn fat stores
Kate, thats the best call, i felt scared up untill this point as iv not felt the best at all, im just only now trying light exercise and if my body tells me im pushing myself i stop
During my 1st pg, I did Preggie Belly classes a couple of times a week, and walked most other days. But this time around I'm finding it much harder to do anything without being absolutely shattered for the rest of the day. I'm trying to keep up with some walking, but it's no where near as much as I probably should be doing. I'm learning to embrace the sloth within
i mostly walk and do some yoga too (I need to get a class though... I'm getting a bit sick of the 1 DVD i have now!) It depends what you're aiming for I think, and what you wanna get out of your excercise. Mine is to be a calm and relaxed pregnant goddesss so I'm not really interested in getting into anything hardcore ^^;
Thanks for all the replies guys, glad to hear that we're all doing our best to stay active!!
I'm going to start yoga next week and get back to the gym I think.
I've been in touch with a few personal trainers that specialise in pregnancy training so might sign up to a few sessions with someone to get me going again.
I'm doing two body attack classes a week at the gym and try to walk for an hour on each of the other days - time permitting. I have had to give up step and the weights, the weights were giving me headaches. I spoke to a gym instructor about excercise in pregnancy and she said that there are no studies which show any negative impact on bubs. You just have to listen to you body and try not to overheat.
I'm a Group Fitness Instructor and have been for years, with my first I wasn't teaching alot and gave up exercsing almost stright away. With number two I was alot more educated on the whole exercise in pregnancy debate and I did exercise and carried on teaching but as soon as I got a belly and the tiredness kicked in I decided to pull back a little, looking back, god knows why as the weight started to stack on and also I missed the 'high' of exercising !! and although I slowed right down the labour and recovery was alot easier.
With this one, due to even more knowledge, a positive doctor and extra research, I made the decsion to carry on teaching all my classes and training, with the exception of 2 weeks (6-8 weeks) when nausea got the better of me and I couldn't do Bodyattack, my decision made due to all the benefits to me and baby both in pregnancy and in labour.
I am now teaching 3 Bodyvive (Low impact but mod intensity cardio and strength) and 3 Bodybalance (Yoga, Pilates, Tai Chi ) the Les Mills classes, Walking both outdoors and on an incline on the treadmill about 4 times per week between 30- 45 mins and also participating / teaching occasionally Bodyattack (gave up full teaching of Bodyattack at 21 weeks due to not being able to do the full impact versions).
I am Pre and Post natal qualified which helps me understand and it is a personal thing that you need to weigh up but as long as your pregnancy is classed as 'normal' the benefits of light to moderate, regular (2-3 time week) exercise, for you, baby, labour and post natally far outweigh not exercising.
If you are interested I found a GREAT book written by a doctor that was unable to justify the mentality that surrounds some doctors......
'The traditional approach to an unknown risk is avoidance' , he wanted to know more but couldn't find any studies etc showing why you should only do low intensity etc.
He was contacted by remote doctor if a woman could carry on hiking at altitude, which opened up a whole can of worms cause he couldn't find a reason why she shouldn't from decades of medical records, so he conducted his own studies and basically the book covers those studies, gives summarys and very interesting (to me anyway ) results.
Covering how exercise helps -
Maternal Benefits of Exercsie in Pregnancy
- Mothers weight gain in pregnancy
- Post natal recovery
- Effects of exercise on the course of labour - i.e C Sec, Assisted delivery, Normal delivery
- Length of Labour
Effect on Baby of Exercsie in Pregnancy -
- Fetal growth - birth weight, length etc
- Timing of delivery - gestational age at delivery
Of course it then goes into post natally also, covering execisng and breastfeeding etc,
also suggests even if you haven't been exercsing to start a light regime as anything is better than nothing and can still benefit mum and bub.
Sorry this had become an epic post!! obviously I'm passionate about it.
Anyhoooo, the book is called - EXERCISING THROUGH YOUR PREGNANCY
James F. Clapp III. M.D.
I got it off the web - www.fishpond.com.au
Thanks for listening!!!! Sorry again for getting carried away
Sue,
I loved swimming - esp in the last trimester when I felt like a whale! I continued to swim 1km + each time I went to the pool (3-4 times a week) - I just got a bit slower at it Swimming was great for streatching out the back and for strenghting it too! I just had to remember to put a water bottle at the end of my lane so I did not dehydrate.
Have fun whatever you do!
FG
Thanks FG! We actually have a pool in our apartment complex and I'll definitely be getting in there in the next few weeks. I'm not a great strong swimmer but just getting some movement in the water will be good for me I'm sure.
Hi there,
I do those preggi belly classes a couple of times a week, personal training once a week (mostly weights, and light cardio and a helluva lot of horrible squats and lunges)!
DH and I try and walk most nights as well.
I would go stir crazy if I didn't get out and exercise - and just drink loads of water on top of the 3L I already drink per day. Just listen to your body is all I think!
Enjoy,
C
What exercise do you do?
!! and although I slowed right down the labour and recovery was alot easier.
got the better of me and I couldn't do Bodyattack, my decision made due to all the benefits to me and baby both in pregnancy and in labour.
book written by a doctor that was unable to justify the mentality that surrounds some doctors......
Swimming was great for streatching out the back and for strenghting it too! I just had to remember to put a water bottle at the end of my lane so I did not dehydrate.
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