I’m 39 weeks pregnant today and proud to say that I worked out weekly up until last week! This is my third pregnancy, but the first one where I exercised the entire 9 months. I didn’t really work out at all with my second pregnancy, thanks to 9 months of nausea. But this time, I made it to the gym 2-3 times a week for about an hour of mostly weights and stretching, and continued to walk as well.
I will say though that while it seemed crazy to be doing ab exercises while the muscles were so stretched out, I had the least back pain with this pregnancy. I do think the strength training helped with that. I have read that a conditioned mom has shorter, easier labors, so soon enough we’ll see if that’s the case.
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Posted by Liz on May 24, 2010 at 10:38 am
I did nothing my first pregnancy, and did a little yoga every day of my second — it made a world of difference in the little aches and pains through pregnancy, and labor and delivery went much smoother, and recovery was a lot better. Wow, any day now!