I am still going strong but some things are getting harder and harder it seems by the day. Still doing yoga once a week which involves inversions. My head stand is only about a minute long before I have to come down because of the blood flow and also pressure on my lungs. At cross fit I have noticed that running absolutely sucks anymore and causes me to get really sore if I have to do over 800 meters. Also, my pull ups are now down to about 4 or 5 in a row before I break.
What are you doing for a workout and how many times a week?
Anything seem to get more and more challenging as we progress?
Re: Anyone else still working out?
Footage of me working out right now.
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I'm just trying to keep fit by walking regularly. Going to start taking a beginning yoga class again once a week. I should probably be squatting, but I'm not.
She said to make sure to have a rotation of things to not get bored and to not over strain. I found a prenatal yoga series on Amazon Prime Video that has more of a variety of sessions. It's by Tara Lee.
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My Type 1/TTC/Pregnancy Podcast:
Juicebox Podcast Episode 118
A1Cs:
1/12/16 6.7%
5/25/16 6.0%
11/2/16 6.1%
3/22/16 5.8%
4/27/17 5.4%
6/13/17 5.3%
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@Lizlann I do not know what I would do without my weekly yoga session. My head balances are now close to the wall in case I lose balance. It is definitely getting harder to every week due to the belly but inversions were always the one thing my yoga teacher encouraged to keep up with during my pregnancy. She wouldn't even let me do down dog till my second trimester!
@kaylaakosua my pits have been gross lately. I remember with DS it took weeks for the funky BO to go away postpartum. I was only applying deodorant 1-2 times a day but now it is more like 3 times a day.
I am going to the gym about 3 times a week and trying to do cardio everyday. I follow a routine on a bodybuilding.com app for pregnancy which makes planning my workouts easy. A lot of the routine and body weight only but there is a few that have weights which I use light weight no more then 15 pounds. Just have to really listen to your body and stretch after.
Going to the gym hasn't been that hard for me its the FOOD!!!! I love food!
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Dogs: Raider 4 yrs, Dex 4 yrs
BFP #2 7/6/16 SCH, D&C 8/4/16
BFP #3 12/26/16 EDD: 9/6/17
My Chart / My Diabetes/Pregnancy Blog
My Type 1/TTC/Pregnancy Podcast:
Juicebox Podcast Episode 118
A1Cs:
1/12/16 6.7%
5/25/16 6.0%
11/2/16 6.1%
3/22/16 5.8%
4/27/17 5.4%
6/13/17 5.3%
"Sugar Fancy Tutu"
@JustBored10 I'm super impressed that you can still do headstands (I'm impressed by people who can do them in general - they are hard). I think it's interesting that your instructor encourages you to keep doing them. As a yoga instructor myself I strongly encourage women to take it easy with those once they start to show. If they do want to keep it up, I insist that they be against a wall. I might be overly cautious because I've seen some head/handstands go awry, with tumbles resulting in pregnancy complications. As we get bigger our center of gravity and our balance change very quickly, often faster than our ability to adapt, and I just don't advise taking the chance. That said, I still do arm balances like crow and hurdler that are low to the ground (but if I'm feeling off that day my feet stay firmly on the floor) and I definitely do standing inversions. I also think it's interesting that your instructor wouldn't let you do down dog until 2nd trimester. I'd be curious to know why. Personally, even though it's considered a resting pose, I find down dog quite challenging. When I have students practice without it, I always do so with the intention of building strength and opening in the arms, neck, and back, so that when they add down dog back in it's an entirely different experience. But down dog and prasarita are currently my faves because they take the pressure off my bladder in the best kind of way.
@Sugargirl1019 I was told that if it's an activity I wasn't doing before, I shouldn't start now, but that if it was already part of my routine I could keep going. I was also told that as the pregnancy progressed I should start take it easy and slow down as needed. I don't lift, so I can't speak to that specifically, but I agree that it kind of seems like the same thing. I guess you could try to isolate certain muscles, but when I do lift I tend to still feel it in my core even if it's not an ab exercise because our abs always work to provide stability. I wouldn't take on weight lifting unless you've talked with your doc.
Married 2013
Kiddo #1: Sept 2015
BFP: 1/19, EDD: 9/30
"I'm having fruit salad for dinner. Well, it's mostly just grapes, actually. Ok all grapes. Fermented grapes. Fine, I'm having wine for dinner."
Married 2013
Kiddo #1: Sept 2015
BFP: 1/19, EDD: 9/30
"I'm having fruit salad for dinner. Well, it's mostly just grapes, actually. Ok all grapes. Fermented grapes. Fine, I'm having wine for dinner."
DS #1 [S-5]
3 Step Daughters [A-8] [E-6] [I-4]
Baby #2 09/10/2017
It's a BOY!
Babywearer&EBF
Type 1 Diabetes since 2001, MTHFR hetero A1298T
Dogs: Raider 4 yrs, Dex 4 yrs
BFP #2 7/6/16 SCH, D&C 8/4/16
BFP #3 12/26/16 EDD: 9/6/17
My Chart / My Diabetes/Pregnancy Blog
My Type 1/TTC/Pregnancy Podcast:
Juicebox Podcast Episode 118
A1Cs:
1/12/16 6.7%
5/25/16 6.0%
11/2/16 6.1%
3/22/16 5.8%
4/27/17 5.4%
6/13/17 5.3%
"Sugar Fancy Tutu"
DS2: EDD- 09.08.17
This time around I want to avoid ALL the problems I developed with excess weight gain previously, but actually had MORE spotting in the first and early second tri than previously, so I hadn't really exercised and let myself get deconditioned yet again. My diet has been better though, and my work is quite up and down, so I have maintained a lightly active lifestyle even without a formal workout. Now that the spotting has been gone for a while (we decided it was cervical irritation from sex, increased blood flow, etc)... I have slowly started exercising again.
First with walks, and a week or so ago I added some weights/squats/etc back in. Thankfully my body seems to remember how to do these and my routine has been getting easier and easier already. Because of my history of preterm labor (which we stopped), I won't go much beyond what I am doing now, but I feel much better, breathe easier, and have so far kept the swelling away. My goal was only 25# with this pregnancy, but I'm at 20# now at 27 weeks, so I'm re-adjusting to just keep it at about 30.
I'm small so the bump looks huge though. I'm sure I look like I'm about to give birth though, every time I squat, lol.
On another note, I am not a naturally flexible person... some of you mention prenatal yoga cds? I can't find a local class that I can make, but would appreciate a recommendation for a home use program. TY!
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"I'm having fruit salad for dinner. Well, it's mostly just grapes, actually. Ok all grapes. Fermented grapes. Fine, I'm having wine for dinner."