I have tried to maintain good exercise habits, but then at Christmas I got the flu and I barely got over it a few days ago (preggo immune system sucks!), so I basically haven't done much in the past month. I started walking again yesterday (usually I try to brisk walk 30 - 40 minutes) and it was the first time I could feel the baby really kicking while doing it and I was wondering if she's like "hey! what's the rush?!" or if it's just that I can feel her more because she's a lot bigger than when I was walking 5 weeks ago.
Anyway, just wondering if people are still trying to exercise and if so, what are you doing?
Re: Is anyone still exercising?
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Me too!
I gave up on the gym around 5 months because I felt like I wasn't getting anything out of it anymore. I had to go soooo slowly on the ellipitical to keep my heartrate low enough, and I was told I should cut the weights I was lifting in less than half, boooo.
So instead it's been a lot of walking, whether it's walking the dog, parking farther away than necessary from store entrances, taking stairs instead of elevators, etc. Also, sticking to my schedule of cleaning the whole house every Sunday is a surprisingly good workout. And my dog likes to play "make mommy chase me in circles around the dining room table," although that game's getting a bit more painful now that the baby seems to have dropped a bit and her little noggin bounces off my bladder and/or cervix with every step!
None of it is really "formal" exercise, but I've been doing my best to stay active. I've lost some muscle tone due to putting weight training on hold, but my weight gain has been pretty much perfect based on the usual recommendations, and I've been able to avoid hitting those "I have no energy to do anything" walls. There's always time to get back into my pre-pregnancy gym routine when my OB gives me the go-ahead. :-)
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When my SPD got really bad in the second half of 2nd tri, I quit my yoga DVD. But now that SPD is back down to a manageable pain I am taking short walks occasionally. I want to make it a more regular thing to walk but I am easing myself into it. I might restart my DVD next week with considerable support. I will be walking three times a week by next week so I do not want to overdo it.
I think exercise is very important to prepare for labor. Other than my 3 or so days of work each month, a couple of weekly errands and when I can muster up the strength and motivation to do housework, I am pretty sedentary and I want to feel strong and ready for labor.
This! I do about 30 minutes on the eliptical 3 or 4x a week. It's so hard because I'm so tired when I get home from work but once I'm there I feel better. I was running until about 1.5 weeks ago, but with the baby so low it's really uncomfortable so I gave up on that.
I walk for 1-2 hours on most days of the week. I took the day off today because it was cold and it snowed last night. None of the sidewalks in my area were shoveled or salted and I didn't want to risk falling, especially since my husband is at work today. I will probably try to go for a short walk tomorrow since it is supposed to snow again tomorrow night and I might have to take Saturday off.
Most of the time my walks are fine. Sometimes I will sit on a bench for a bit because my back has been hurting. Last Thursday I was having sharp pains in my crotch (TMI, I know) and had to call it quits early.