https://boards.hellobee.com/ Pregnancy, Baby and Parenting blog, by Hellobee en Wed, 06 May 2026 17:18:06 +0000 https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/crossfit-during-pregnancy/page/2#post-441047 Mon, 10 Dec 2012 11:41:10 +0000 heartonastring 441047@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@blackbird: It's just a low, static squat. Like this: </p> [attach=500/12/metqcm.600x279.PaleoChair.png] https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/crossfit-during-pregnancy/page/2#post-441041 Mon, 10 Dec 2012 11:38:30 +0000 blackbird 441041@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@hergreenapples, what's the paleo chair?! lol. </p> <p>I'm also having RLP. In fact, i stood up from my chair far too fast this morning and it shot all through my stomach. Oops. I only get it when I do something quickly or jerky. And mostly when i get in/out of bed or a chair really quickly. It's like a sharp pulling pain. Not super painful but it makes you want to stop. It definitely feels like you stretched something out too far. Rubbing on it seems to help for me. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/crossfit-during-pregnancy/page/2#post-441034 Mon, 10 Dec 2012 11:34:52 +0000 heartonastring 441034@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Revel: It doesn't always feel the same. Sometimes it's an overall achiness and other times it's a sharp pain that grabs me. My midwife confirmed that it's RLP and that it's totally normal for it to take different forms. In my case, I can feel it down both sides of my lower abdomen and into my groin. I also feel it when rolling over in bed. It comes and goes. I felt it a lot early last week, but haven't had any in the last few days. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/crossfit-during-pregnancy/page/2#post-440999 Mon, 10 Dec 2012 11:24:59 +0000 Revel 440999@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Thanks for chiming in so quickly ladies! </p> <p>@blackbird: @hergreenapples: I've also always heard squats are good for preparing for childbirth, so this is something that I'd like to figure out.</p> <p>@Sammyfab: That is a scary prospect! I'd put myself in the average squatter camp, I was still 100lbs away from double BW before I got pg.</p> <p>hergreenapples - what exactly was the RLP you were feeling? I think I'm having some of that in daily life, though not exactly sure. I definitely don't feel it while squatting, but sometimes a few hours after the workout, I almost feel a stretched out feeling sort of just above my left hip. I'm still at the point where I'm just starting to feel stretches and tugs in general, because I'm barely showing, and I'm not sure what's ligaments and what's digestive or otherwise. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/crossfit-during-pregnancy/page/2#post-440979 Mon, 10 Dec 2012 11:16:39 +0000 heartonastring 440979@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I'm nearly 23 weeks (22w6d)and no longer squatting below parallel with weight. It was causing some RLP. I feel the same RLP if I get too low in lunges. I can still go lower with air squats though. Also, my belly is starting to get in the way, so I need a little wider stance!</p> <p>@blackbird: Yeah, squats are great for conditioning the pelvic floor muscles. In addition to weighted/air squats during WODs, I've been hanging out in a "paleo chair" during mobility time. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/crossfit-during-pregnancy/page/2#post-440973 Mon, 10 Dec 2012 11:14:46 +0000 Sammyfab 440973@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I had no issues with squatting below parallel either. I used crossfitmom as a guideline but didn't follow all of the rules as I found them to be overly conservative.</p> <p>On another note, two of my friends who are AWESOME squatters...like double BW back squats, had really difficult labours. Both of them didn't dilate fully...not sure if it had to do with their pelvic floor or super tight pelvic muscles from squatting too much...??? </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/crossfit-during-pregnancy/page/2#post-440942 Mon, 10 Dec 2012 11:06:34 +0000 blackbird 440942@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>It doesn't hurt to squat below parallel, so I still do it, although I probably don't go as deep as I used to. Even my chiropractor suggests squatting that low and holding the position-something about preparing for labor. However, I had to put my weights on blocks this week because I can't clean anything off the floor comfortably, so I think squatting below parallel with weights may have the same issue soon. Not a problem without weights, though. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/crossfit-during-pregnancy/page/2#post-440899 Mon, 10 Dec 2012 10:51:04 +0000 Revel 440899@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Reviving this thread for a question for you ladies - what are you all doing about squatting depth?</p> <p>Crossfitmom says not to go below parallel from the second trimester on. I don't have any pain with squats below parallel, but I do feel like things are looser overall the last week or so (15 weeks now). </p> <p>Have any of you made changes here? </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/crossfit-during-pregnancy/page/2#post-342373 Tue, 16 Oct 2012 09:30:47 +0000 WALLAROO 342373@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@blackbird: Congrats on the PR!</p> <p>@hergreenapples: That definitely sounds like it was the baby. Those first flutters are so exciting.</p> <p>@Revel: Have fun doing Crossfit Total</p> <p>Well ladies, I got word last week when I was 23 weeks from my doctor that I can no longer do weighted squats. So no more back, front, or overhead (not that I was doing much of overhead anymore) squats until after the babies come. I'm OK with it. Air squats are more than enough for me now. Twins are looking good and healthy so I can keep doing Crossfit. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/crossfit-during-pregnancy/page/2#post-342337 Tue, 16 Oct 2012 09:12:06 +0000 blackbird 342337@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>That's so cool you felt the baby move! maybe, ha! So neat! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/crossfit-during-pregnancy/page/2#post-342282 Tue, 16 Oct 2012 08:54:39 +0000 Revel 342282@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Blackbird, awesome PR! I actually PR'd my bench press this morning, so I see that it is possible even in pregnancy. We're doing the crossfit total this weekend and I think I'm still going to participate - my coaches know, and it's so early still for me - and just see how I do. Total day is always so fun at our box.</p> <p>@hergreenpples, I've been struggling with getting in - I'm at 7 and a half weeks now. I'm glad you're feeling better and getting back in at 15 weeks! Most of the pregnant women that I've seen typically take time off in the first trimester, although not all. I've still been trying to get in 2-3 days a week just for my sanity, but it's tough. I was going 5 days a week before pregnancy. </p> <p>Also, very exciting to that you may have felt the baby move! Maybe s/he like planks :) </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/crossfit-during-pregnancy/page/2#post-342274 Tue, 16 Oct 2012 08:48:27 +0000 heartonastring 342274@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@blackbird: Nice job - that is awesome!</p> <p>I just wanted to revive this thread to see how all the CFing pregnant bees are doing. </p> <p>I must admit that I took a little over a month off from the gym. Between m/s, extreme fatigue, illness, an unfortunate foot injury and an out-of-country work trip (and fine, a whole bunch of excuse-making!) I just made it made yesterday for the first time since early September. I'm 15 weeks today and excited to be feeling sore for the first time in awhile.</p> <p>Now that I'm in the second tri and can feel my joints starting to do all kinds of funky things, I'm definitely modifying more, but it feels great to be back at it. I think I'm going to aim for two times a week to keep from overdoing it (I'm also walking 5k a couple times a week and doing pre-natal power yoga). </p> <p>Also exciting: we were finishing up last night with a sit-up tabata. My coach suggested that I do planks instead of sit-ups and while doing those planks I think I may have felt the baby move for the first time. I'm not sure if that's what it was, but it felt like a bunch of little pops (like popcorn popping) in my lower abdomen. So crazy!</p> <p>How are all the other CFers doing? </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/crossfit-during-pregnancy/page/2#post-336753 Thu, 11 Oct 2012 20:07:45 +0000 blackbird 336753@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>So it's still possible to PR while pregnant! I did it twice this week, on overhead squats and on split jerks! And both times I didn't go to failure, so I wasn't straining. </p> <p>I'm pumped and I know you guys will get it ;) </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/crossfit-during-pregnancy/page/2#post-324649 Thu, 04 Oct 2012 14:12:28 +0000 JoJoGirl 324649@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Revel: That's the funny thing about me and CF - I joined partially as a way to distract myself from TTC (and because all my CF friends were harassing me to join), and we actually conceived the day my membership went live. :-O So I got my BFP when I was about 5 workouts in. It's made it extra hard because the conventional wisdom is "don't start a new exercise program when you're pregnant", so I've felt iffy this whole time about moving forward, but I was already in shape and running/strength training/doing metcons before I started CF, so figure if I don't go all balls-to-the-wall, it shouldn't be a huge shock to my system. It just makes all the talk of 1RM hard to wrap my mind around because I don't really know!</p> <p>Excited about your us tomorrow!!!! You should join the May board anyway! :) </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/crossfit-during-pregnancy/page/2#post-324551 Thu, 04 Oct 2012 13:36:58 +0000 Revel 324551@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Jojogirl, that's tough about your coaches. I think people are inherently nervous about training pg women when they don't know too much about it. It sounds like you are on the right track though. How long have you been doing cf for? I've been going for about 16 months so I have a good sense of my numbers, but I think if you think about sets being fast, that might help? Just my two cents.</p> <p>That sucks about the US! I'm definitely hoping to see a heartbeat. I don't think I could be much less than 6 weeks and a few days, even being unsure about my dates, so I think I have a decent shot. I don't think my dr would have ordered the US if not for my 45 day cycles. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/crossfit-during-pregnancy/page/2#post-324504 Thu, 04 Oct 2012 13:23:06 +0000 JoJoGirl 324504@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Revel: Great job in the competition!!! And we are like exactly the same amount along, I am also 6.5 weeks. I have an OB appt next week and he's not planning to do an u/s but I want to push for one because I'm nervous about there not being a heartbeat. I haven't been having many symptoms at all other than sore boobs. </p> <p>Anyway I've told my coaches too and they are unfortunately mostly clueless but are trying to learn. The biggest issue is I haven't been doing CF long enough so I don't even know my 1RM, but have just been going by intensity. We did 5-5-5-5-5 back squats yesterday and I just hovered around 75#. I know I could have gone heavier and wasn't struggling much at the end, but it felt like 'enough' work and I currently have DOMS, so that's enough for me. :) </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/crossfit-during-pregnancy/page/2#post-324422 Thu, 04 Oct 2012 12:52:29 +0000 Revel 324422@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Wallaroo, thanks for checking in! I meant to update and then totally forgot. The competition was awesome! I'm very glad that I did it - I ended up matching my previous PRs for the snatch and clean and jerk, which I count as a success.</p> <p>I ended up telling two of my coaches beforehand so they knew what was up. I have continued crossfit, although I'm having trouble getting there - 3 days last week and only 2 this week with possibly no more fitting my schedule, but I'm trying not to feel too bad about it. I am just not sleeping well at all. I'm so exhausted but when I lay down to sleep I can't relax. It is brutal. Also the last two days I feel like symptoms (nausea) are starting to kick in. I have my dating US tomorrow - I think I'm probably 6.5 weeks ish, but it will be nice to get some confirmation.</p> <p>How are things with you?</p> <p>@Jojogirl - I feel the same way about not quite knowing what to do in the gym. One of our coaches who knows my situation did cf through her whole pregnancy so she is a great resource. Her tips have been not pushing to where you totally can't breathe during metcons, and staying at weights that feel fast for you for strength work. For me for example - I've done back squats in sets of three and deadlifts in sets of five at about 75% of my 1RM, and that has felt fine. Upper body work I have just been doing whatever I can. For some reason I am less nervous about movements involving my arms (press, pullups) than I am with lower body movements. Silly, right?</p> <p>Thus ends my novel... good luck on your 10K! Once I get my dates tomorrow I will probably join you on the May 2013 baby boards! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/crossfit-during-pregnancy/page/2#post-324227 Thu, 04 Oct 2012 11:39:04 +0000 JoJoGirl 324227@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@WALLAROO: Hey!! It's going okay! I'm still a little unsure about max weights and whatnot, but I'm not pushing it too hard and backing off the metcons. And every CF workout I do and don't m/c, I feel a little less scared. :) Also crossfitmom.com actually has FORUMS! (yes!) so I've posted a few of my questions there and Andrea, the trainer who runs it, has answered everything and eased my fears a lot.</p> <p>I am running the 10K on Monday and am feeling a bit nervous, but am lying to my coworkers (it's a work event) and telling them I have a knee injury so won't be able to run as fast as I had hoped - ha ha! I have done a couple of longer runs (5.5 miles) the last couple of weeks but not doing any speedwork. My goal will be to just finish it, and not PR or anything nuts. :) </p> <p>How's everything going with you?? </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/crossfit-during-pregnancy/page/2#post-324128 Thu, 04 Oct 2012 10:42:41 +0000 WALLAROO 324128@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Revel: How did the competition go?</p> <p>@JoJoGirl: How is the training/running going? </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/crossfit-during-pregnancy/page/2#post-301243 Wed, 19 Sep 2012 12:50:49 +0000 Revel 301243@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Jojogirl, you're telling me! I was having pretty regular 44 day cycles since stopping the pill last December. Blood work all came up normal and we were not TTC yet so I never got a good answer for what was up. My doctor didn't seem concerned, just said that it meant I'd have to time things just right when we decided to try. I guess despite the long cycle, things were working the way they should since I would up PG. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/crossfit-during-pregnancy/page/2#post-301232 Wed, 19 Sep 2012 12:46:58 +0000 JoJoGirl 301232@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Revel: Oh your cycle must have been REALLY long! I Od on CD21 or so so my guesses are only a week off (based on lmp i'm 5w3d but based on O date i'm only 4w3d). I'll be 5w exactly at my appt so definitely no ultrasound then :) but I'm hoping they'll let me do one soon. The 10K is at exactly 7w. So early. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/crossfit-during-pregnancy/page/2#post-301222 Wed, 19 Sep 2012 12:42:49 +0000 Revel 301222@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Jojogirl, haha, I'm not sure what they'll do at this appt. When I called the office said they make appointments at 8 weeks out. I told her about my situation with the longer cycles/late o, and she told me she would make it for about 8 weeks from LMP, "just to be safe." My doctor knows about my cycle situation from previous appointments so hopefully she'll know what to do. I suspect there isn't much they'd see on an ultrasound at right around 6 weeks, but maybe I'm wrong? At this point I am just anticipating that it will be a basic prenatal and I'll have to come back in a few weeks. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/crossfit-during-pregnancy#post-301181 Wed, 19 Sep 2012 12:25:03 +0000 JoJoGirl 301181@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@WALLAROO: Thanks for that, I think that's my plan too - I'll run the 10K at 7.5 weeks and just *do* it, not try to PR or anything. :) </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/crossfit-during-pregnancy#post-301179 Wed, 19 Sep 2012 12:24:21 +0000 JoJoGirl 301179@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Revel: Awesome!!! Are you getting an u/s already next week or just a basic prenatal? I have an appt on Monday but won't have a 'real' first appt til probably October. I will schedule that after Monday's appointment. I think I Od on labor day so am estimating my due date at May 27th right now. :) </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/crossfit-during-pregnancy#post-301099 Wed, 19 Sep 2012 11:35:11 +0000 Revel 301099@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Jojogirl - we are almost exactly the same, even down to the late o! I have an appt next Friday so am hoping to get a due date. Right now I'm estimating late May?</p> <p>I was not really a runner, other than the shorter distances we do at the box in metcons. I suppose I will continue to do those unless it makes me feel poorly.</p> <p>@Wallaroo, double omg!! twins! kudos to you! The advice you received from your doctor seems to be in line with what I'm reading, so hopefully she will say it is safe to continue. Also glad your DH is supportive and does crossfit as well! I think SO just kind of knows how I like to push it so he's concerned I won't back off when necessary. He is NOT a crossfitter and thinks we're all a little nuts :) </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/crossfit-during-pregnancy#post-301089 Wed, 19 Sep 2012 11:29:10 +0000 WALLAROO 301089@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@JoJoGirl: Thank you! I have been scaling my weights but just based on what is comfortable for me. No hard and fast rule. Before I got pregnant I was actually training for a half marathon and still ran it when I was about 6 weeks. I didn't race it but ran and finished it. I was able to keep running until just last week when I just started to feel achey in my pelvic/lower abdomen area. </p> <p>@Revel: In the beginning my doctor said I could continue to do anything I had been doing prior to getting my BFP. Just make sure to listen to your body and if it feels uncomfortable - stop. My DH is pretty supportive about me working out throughout my pregnancy. He knows how important fitness is to me. He does keep a watchful eye on me when we are doing Crossfit together :). </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/crossfit-during-pregnancy#post-301082 Wed, 19 Sep 2012 11:23:36 +0000 JoJoGirl 301082@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Revel: We are basically exactly the same far along, i'm like 4w2days right now, based on O date, not LMP (I Od late). </p> <p>I've been reading I can still run since I ran a lot before, as long as I keep my breath and can talk. I've been training for a 10K in 3 weeks. Are you all still running? </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/crossfit-during-pregnancy#post-301078 Wed, 19 Sep 2012 11:22:00 +0000 JoJoGirl 301078@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@WALLAROO: TWINS!!! OMG! I feel like you just got your bfp! WOw, congrats! And great your doc is supportive of continuing crossfit. Are you scaling weights? </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/crossfit-during-pregnancy#post-301068 Wed, 19 Sep 2012 11:18:12 +0000 Revel 301068@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>So glad everyone is keeping up with CF, it totally gives me hope. Is it bad that one of the first thoughts to cross my mind when the test came back positive was what about crossfit?</p> <p>@Sammyfab, I believe I'm right around 5 weeks, maybe 4w5d. I have longer cycles so going by that I could be 6w but I'm 99% sure I'm not the far along.</p> <p>@Brownie, thanks for the suggestion for crossfitmom - I've checked it out and it seems like a great resource!</p> <p>@Blackbird, and @Wallaroo - both of your scaling plans sound good. </p> <p>I'm still up in the air about this meet this weekend. SO seems very nervous for me and wants the dr's ok. It's cute but also I'm wondering if he's going to be worried about me working out. How have your partners been? </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/crossfit-during-pregnancy#post-301003 Wed, 19 Sep 2012 10:43:44 +0000 WALLAROO 301003@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Just checking into the thread. I'm almost 20 weeks with twins and still doing Crossfit about two times a week. My doctor is still allowing me to continue as long as everything looks good with the babies. I have had to scale during the WOD's.</p> <p>running -&gt; row<br /> box jumps -&gt; step ups<br /> sit ups/v ups -&gt; hanging leg raises</p> <p>I'm continuing to just keep my fitness. I'm not trying to get any new PR's or 1 rep max. </p>