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working out after delivery qns...

diana563diana563
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how soon after delivering will i be able to get back to working out?.. when are we allowed something like 20 min brisk walks for example ? i dont want to become too sedentary while waiting for time to pass, besides there is all that baby weight than will need to come off... thanks!
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  • loscabosmexicoloscabosmexico
    I started walking the next day. Walking 5km by 3 days. Spin class 1 week later and running 2 weeks later
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  • carlab44carlab44 member
    It is all very dependent on each individual. I had pretty easy recovery even with second and third degree tearing. I was out walking the next day, and up to several miles within a few days. I think I started running around 5 weeks pp. I tried earlier but my bleeding increased so I cut back again.
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  • blu-eyedwifeblu-eyedwife member
    Starting going on 3 mile walks four days after the baby was born.  Today the baby is 3 weeks old and when DH wakes up I'm going for my first run.
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  • kirkettekirkette member
    The day after I delivered.
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  • demmie326demmie326 member
    A lot depends on what you were doing before you delivered, how your delivery goes, and what your OB/MW recommends. I ran throughout my pregnancy including the night that my water broke with DD so exercise was already part of my routine. I had an amazing labor and delivery with DD so I didn't have any real physical limitations. I delivered DD on Thursday, was out walking in the neighborhood on Saturday after I was discharged, walking at the gym on Monday, and starting running 3-5 miles a day at 3 weeks. Talk to your doctor and listen to your body...if you are sore, bleeding increases slow it down!
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  • ChrissyLonghornChrissyLonghorn
    You can walk from the day you give birth. I did a Pilates DVD at 11 days post partum and was back at the gym 12 days pp. I had a vaginal delivery and had worked out until 39 wks 2 days. I gained total of 29 lbs and have lost 25 of them so far at 4 weeks. 
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  • SFAug07SFAug07 member
    With both girls, I walked again right after returning from the hospital (day after giving birth), brisk walks of several miles. I started running one week after giving birth. I ran throughout each pregnancy until I delivered.
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  • CvilleMom2beCvilleMom2be
    With DD I ran up until delivery, and started gentle run/walk two weeks afterwards. Not sure whether I could have done it sooner, but didn't want to push it...
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  • meg211meg211

    I started going for walks pushing the stroller my second day back home.  2 weeks in after a relatively strenuous speed walk with hills pushing the stroller, I had some bad cramping and heavier bleeding so I took a day off and a step back in the intensity and all was well after that.  Squats were the only thing that felt really uncomfortable & I avoided until the stitches healed.  Just listen to your body, and remember that the bulk of the baby weight will disappear within several days on its own once the baby & extra fluids are out of you!

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