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I loved barre classes while pregnant!

I listen to my body, otherwise I limit jumping. Last time I did elliptical and prenatal yoga right until the end. I would have kept up with my weight lifting, but my trainer moved, and I wasn't comfortable continuing on my own. This time I am doing Bikini Body Mommy 6.0 and her prenatal series as well, in addition to prenatal yoga. I work out 6 days a week. We will see how well I keep it up over the next 6 months!

With my first, I quit running pretty early and mostly did elliptical and weights (squats, deadlifts, step-ups, upper body, etc).

With my second, I quit running around 25w and mostly switched to hiking with a little bit of elliptical and yoga.

With my third, I ran a marathon at 16w preg and quit running for good at 20w. I switched it up and did a LOT of yoga/prenatal yoga, mixed in with some ellpitical and walking.

I don't think it's an issue that your heart rate goes up, just that you need to adjust the duration & intensity so that it isn't like that for the whole workout/long periods of time. When I was hiking a lot, my heart rate would definitely jump quicker on the climbs than normal. I would just take breaks when I needed (fairly often!), drink lots of water, and try to adjust the duration so that I wouldn't overdo it.

I do barre3 online 4-5 times a week. I like being able to pick a 30 or 40 minute workout at what level intensity I feel like doing. They also have a few prenatal options and I don't need to leave the house to get a good workout!

With my first I stopped around 31 weeks - I had too much going on, and chose to conserve my energy (renovating and moving into new house at 35 weeks!)

This time I am 34+3 and still doing my boot camps 3 days a week, and spinning two days a week. I JUST did my last burpees this morning - I've decided to phase those out.

My issue is I and in the zone - that zone where your alarm goes off and you just get up and do it without thinking - it takes me sooooo long to get in this zone. To get past the "uugh, I hate working out" hurdle. I hope to go to 38 weeks, then after that I will walk/jog/maybe do yoga.

I did Crossfit until I was 37 weeks, with modifications. My doctor was completely ok with it because I had been doing it for about 2 years before pregnancy. As a result, I really felt great and avoided hip and back pain during pregnancy. I stopped because my belly got big enough that the amount of modifying I was going to do was absurd. I walked after that. I did a bunch of yard work and trimmed trees the day before I was induced! I watched my heartrate but just to make sure it wasn't staying too high for a long period. I made sure I could breathe and talk through the workout.

I did crossfit through 39 weeks in my first pregnancy and am going so far into this one (almost 11 weeks) although very erratic because of first tri grossness.

I've been doing CF for 5.5 years so feel pretty comfortable still doing it and just go slower and lighter. Also intend to do some dumbbell workouts at my work gym because my CF schedule as a working mom is hard to negotiate!

I say keep it up if and when you feel good.

I rode a bike with a trailer until my due date, and long distances, too. I always stopped and rested when I needed to, and made sure to stay hydrated, and I felt great. I came out of that pregnancy with more heart muscle than I started with, so I feel pretty happy about it.

I swam laps and went on long walks/hikes with my dog throughout pregnancy, did prenatal yoga up until the last two months, and did cardio (usually jogging or biking) and some weights till probably month 5 or 6 - I think I took it a little easy on that, though.

i ran until about 20 weeks, lifted weights, and did spin right up until about 8.5 months. i didn't pay attention to my heart rate, just was careful not to push it too hard if i was feeling bad--normally i will frequently work out to the point of nausea but definitely stopped well short of that during pregnancy! that said, i felt like i could handle a lot right up until about 7 months.

I was working out 4-5 times a week until I was about 5 weeks pregnant, and haven't since. Ugh.

I do plan on getting back on track. I'll be doing Beachbody workouts, and just modifying for pregnancy (not as much core, and really taking it slow). My midwives said that if you don't have a heart rate monitor, or don't want to fuss with one, you can just trust your breath. Getting winded would be a sign to slow down.

I ran, took Zumba classes (regular and in the water), did prenatal yoga, used the elliptical and treadmill all up until the day I went into labor. These were all things I did before I was pregnant, and had no issues while I was pregnant.