Exercise When Pregnant in general Reviews

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 ...  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 ...  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 ...  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 ...  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 ...  Read the complete review

Exercise during pregnancy is a very individual thing. All I can tell you is my experience and say as some one who graduated i sport science if you have never done any exercise then just going for light walks around the block will be great combined with your pelvic floor exercise- all midwives will explain this one, it involves clenching the bum ...  Read the complete review

Pregnancy has some weird effects on the body - it makes you more tired, lazy, lethargic and apathetic than I could ever have though possible. I used to be full of energy, now I want to hide in the duvet all day and even dragging myself to the computer is a strain. It can be very easy to 'take lots of rest' if your lifestyle/family/workload ...  Read the complete review

This was recommended by my midwife...and it certainly worked. Yoga does many things so first find a class that has an experienced teacher and used to teaching pregnant women. It strengthens all muscles preparing your body for the labour and then birth and giving help towards a quick recovery afterwards. Very relaxing, ...  Read the complete review

I have never been one to go over-board about exercising, so when I became pregnant I wasn't especially fit. I did, however take up yoga which did me the world of good. Although I had been to the occasional class, I didn't start going properly until I was about 28-30 weeks pregnant. The class was a beginners one and the teacher ...  Read the complete review

While I was pregnant I walked and walked and walked, up hills, down hills and on the flat. I did this from start to finish, without a clue as to how valuable this would prove to be. I certainly wasn't looking to be ultrafit and back into little black dresses the day after giving birth or especially worried about my health. As it turns ...  Read the complete review

The most important exercise any women can do(especially when pregnant) is the pelvic floor exercises. When pregnant the weight of your baby puts a huge strain on your pelvic floor muscles. Your pelvic floor muscles are a group of internal muscles which consists of a "hammock" of muscles which are found as the base of the pelvis ...  Read the complete review

One of the most important excercises for a woman whilst she is pregnant (or indeed at any time even for woman who have yet to bear children) has got to be the pelvic floor excercises. On this subject I am unfortunetly speaking from experience, be warned ladies don't let what I am about to tell you happen to you! I have a ten month ...  Read the complete review

I am a lazybones, I admit it, I hated sport at school, and try to avoid exercise if at all possible. However I live on the top of two massive steep hills, there is no way to get anywhere than to go down the hill and then invariably plough up it again! So picture the scence if you will: A hugely pregnant woman pushing her ...  Read the complete review

When pregnant, you can forget the stigma of having "wobbly" bits when going to the gym. Throw away your leotard, and look forward to exercising the gentler way. The best reasons for exercising when pregnant are, firstly you can cope with the actual pregnancy better, especially the strains the extra weight can put on you. (you ...  Read the complete review

Most of the baby books and antenatal classes that I have read/attended say that staying active throughout pregnancy can help you to have a quicker and easier labour and birth. When I was pregnant,I must admit that I did not do very much exercise than walking,but I walked at least a mile a day at least 5 days a week until about 3 days before I ...  Read the complete review

Before I became pregnant the third time I used to go to the gym 3-4 times a week. I used to used the stepper machine, the treadmill, bicycle, abroller, and a few of the weight machines. I also used to play netball twice a week. Before I was 100% sure I was pregnant I was down the gym using the stepping machine when I became very very dizzy. ...  Read the complete review