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melissa721

What do you do for exercise while pregnant and how much is too much?

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bobbyme

Before my BFP, I worked out almost every day, either dance class, rehearsals, or just working out to work out.

I worked out about twice a week in the first tri due to extreme fatigue and nausea.

In the second tri I worked out more, about 4x a week pretty intensely and in the third tri, I walked or did the elliptical almost every day.

You can basically stick to your pre-pregnancy workout plan. If you want to amp it up, do so slowly and under the supervision of your OB. DO your research and do what feels comfortable.

diamondcks

I ran until 25 weeks (ran a half marathon at 10 weeks), at that point running was causing BHs.   I continued walking and hiking (up to ~5mi/day) until about 39 weeks.

saraboston

Do whatever is comfortable for you and don't exhaust yourself. If you were a gym fiend there's no reason to stop, but if you never exercised, now isn't the time to hit the gym! Before I got pregnant and through most of my first tri I was still hitting the gym 5-6 days/week for a serious workout - running, lifting, I love it all! But after the extreme fatigue of the end of the first tri combined with the growing belly of the second tri I had to switch to much lighter workouts - gentle elliptical and now I set the treadmill on hills and do power walks with little (2-3lb) weights. (Then there's my over achieving sister who still ran 4 miles the day she delivered her first.)

ilovejud

I still workout just about everyday... my only adjustments have been taking out floor ab work and if I get tired, I don't push myself as hard as I would if I wasn't pregnant... I only walked with my first bc I was afraid of "over-doing it" and I ended up gaining entirely too much weight and was miserable... this time around I try to run about 3 miles a day and I have felt great so far!