Exercise When Pregnant in general

I think I am not in the minority when I say that when most woman are pregnant for the first time they are scared into doing nothing throughout the whole nine months. I didn't lift bin bags, barely hoovered, didn't pick up any of my friends toddlers and if I so much as tried to pack my bags at the checkout, my hubby would swiftly jump in and move me out the way. I grew pretty quickly and suffered with back pain even though my bump was small. In the end few weeks I suffered with terrible sciatica and generally felt like rubbish. During my second pregnancy it was a different story altogether. Noah was around ten months when I fell pregnant and he was months a way ...  Read the complete review

Obviously it is good to maintain levels of exercise when pregnant. Unfortunately when I was pregnant with my first child, I used this as an excuse to not to have to exercise at all, and to stuff my face with food. I was an active person, who ate healthily, and turned over night into a fat blob who did nothing !! It obviously then took me longer to regain my pre pregnancy weight. So now that I am expecting again I am determined to stay active ( although the eating has been a bit overactive too ). I am expecting twins , and I am 23 weeks at the moment. As I am so huge already I am finding it hard to stay active. My 14 month old little boy keeps me on my toes, but I get so ...  Read the complete review

I have always been a very active person. I didn't like the thought of not being able to exercise just because I was pregnant, so I made an effort to keep active throughout my pregnancy. I found that I fel I recovered quickly after the birth (within 2 weeks was back to hill walking) and also felt that I didn't gain too much unnecessary weight. I did listen to advice about avoiding impact activities, avoiding activities where I could fall or be hit on my bump and not doing too much abdominal exercise after 13 weeks. Here is what I did:- Weekly Tai Chi classes (1 hour) I did this until 36 weeks (approx) pregnant when they were cancelled due to lack ...  Read the complete review

Exercising wholst you are pregnant is some thing you need to be careful about, im not saying dont exercise if it is what you are used to but dont go from being a couch potato before your pregnancy to trying to run marothons wholst pregnant because this could cause all sorts of problems. During my first pregnancy i sat on my lazy backside and did as little as possible, well not quite, i did all the usuall daily tasks around the house but not much in the way of physical work, before getting pregnant i went to the gym 3 times a week and boxing twice a week so obviously these were out of the question to the extent i was used to but i stoped exercising all together ...  Read the complete review

walking, i found, did me a world of good when i was pregnant. a simple stroll with my husband daily after his work really kept me feeling good, less tired, and more energetic. i had a very easy birth, my first, with no meds and a 40 minute delivery. i really think this was due to my schedule of strolls. i didn't retain any weight at all after the birth cause i started walking again soon after. genetically, women in my family tend to gain loads of weight easily, have horrible deliverys, diet a lot, and do more strenuous and complicated exercises which do them little good. i find that a stroll, not a jog or a power walk, just a simple talk and walk, getting ...  Read the complete review