I have not seen one of these in a few weeks so figured I would start one today. I am still attending Cross Fit twice a week and yoga once a week. On the other days I make sure to walk the dog a few miles. I find the bigger I am getting the more stares I get especially from older women like my moms age shaking their head in disappointment and it makes me angry. I even get stupid comments every now and then. Times have changed and exercise is great for mother and baby as long as you have been doing it before baby and listening to your body. Yes I am aloud to jump rope. The baby is not going to fall out of my vagina while doing Dubs for 30 seconds. Geesh!
Are you still working out?
What types of workouts and how many days a week?
How are you feeling post workouts?
Re: Fitness check in anyone?
And yes, humidity is AWFUL. At least the heat here tends to be drier. I experienced 106 and humid once with DH in KC and NEVER again is my hope.
I have been warned by other runners not to push it because you can do long term damage to your pelvic floor. I've been trying to do more pelvic floor exercises to counter it but I'm really bad at them and not sure I'm even doing them right.
I try to do 100 squats every day. Those are easy to fit in any time any place but they are definitely getting harder as I'm gaining weight. I also do prenatal yoga once a week.
I hear you on the judgement! I had a co-worker scold me for lifting a book onto a shelf. It's a book. I'm not trying to flip a car. And he's a doctor, I really feel like he should know better!
Post workout, it really depends on what I was doing. I can't do deep or wide squats anymore, as I have had a ton of pelvic pain (much worse than with my first). After cardio, I usually feel great! I'll cut the workouts short if I feel too winded, tired, or the Braxton Hicks get too strong or often. I'll probably switch to walking in another month, as I did with DS1.
I miss hiking/ biking/ running, etc, but my pelvis would probably just break in half if I tried right now. I want to kayak, but I have a feeling I won't fit in the cockpit much longer, haha. I did get a compliment at the gym last night from another regular there. She said I was killing it and always going hard for my workouts when she saw me there, and it was extra awesome bc I was pregnant. That made my day!
DS2: EDD- 09.08.17
Other than that, I do walks around the neighborhood 3-4x weekly with my pup and try to get as much walking in at work as I can. While in Maine for 4th of July I managed to do some kayaking on the bay, too!
Funny, I've also gotten comments about the stairs... and working... and bending... and pretty much anything except sitting on my tush....
But seriously, what makes people think they can comment anyway. I am a medical provider, and I get comments from OTHER MEDICAL PROVIDERS whom really, as someone else in the thread put it, "should know better." We've been in a heat wave and walking outside has been out of the question, I have a 6 year old and the gym childcare hours don't work for us, and to be honest it's just hard to do as much a workout in the house as I want... so if taking the stairs and parking far away gets me my steps, then I wish people would keep their mouth shut... unless they have something nice to say, that is.
Sidenote: it's mostly MALE colleagues whom end up making these comments BTW. It's like, geez man, I'm pregnant, not broken, lol.
Anyone else notice this?
Me: 31 & DH: 36
Married 2009
DS: 6 y/o
TTC #2 for (way too long)
BFP: 12/30/2016 !!!
You're as saint for not saying something like "well I don't think you should be giving unqualified medical advice." hahaha. I'm an NP and I don't give advice outside of my work environment, let alone unsolicited advice outside of my practice area... it's a professional no-no..... I usually give people a long, quizzical stare and remain silent, I find that it is just uncomfortable enough that they don't try to give me advice again, but not so "in your face" as to make a scene or create drama.
On the upside, my birthing ball (aka exercise ball) finally arrived, and I've been enjoying the new dimension to my workout!!!
Hope you are all well!
Me: 31 & DH: 36
Married 2009
DS: 6 y/o
TTC #2 for (way too long)
BFP: 12/30/2016 !!!
definitely looking forward to getting back out there asap post baby!
Married 2013
Kiddo #1: Sept 2015
BFP: 1/19, EDD: 9/30
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