https://boards.hellobee.com/ Pregnancy, Baby and Parenting blog, by Hellobee en Fri, 24 Apr 2026 21:45:37 +0000 https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/did-you-exercise-while-you-were-pregnant/page/2#post-2387238 Sun, 13 Dec 2015 20:23:01 +0000 travellingbee 2387238@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Nope. I did before I got pregnant but I had horrible all day sickness until 28 weeks and then hip/back issues. :( </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/did-you-exercise-while-you-were-pregnant/page/2#post-2387225 Sun, 13 Dec 2015 20:13:01 +0000 pachamama 2387225@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@alphagam84: you're an inspiration ... I also run a lot but feel guilty sometimes.... Was baby find throughout all your long runs? </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/did-you-exercise-while-you-were-pregnant/page/2#post-2387222 Sun, 13 Dec 2015 20:11:10 +0000 pachamama 2387222@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I work out 5-6 times a week pretty intensely. Spin, long runs, swimiming, lifting weights, walks, etc. This morning at 32 weeks I ran 6 miles. 8 mile hikes early on.<br /> I really believe has made this pregnancy incredibly easy and healthy.... I feel great and have no uncomfortable symptoms. It's crazy! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/did-you-exercise-while-you-were-pregnant/page/2#post-2378326 Fri, 04 Dec 2015 14:50:26 +0000 leighleigh 2378326@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I think maybe next pregnancy I will try a little harder, but this one (my first) I didn't work out. Partially it was because I was told to 'rest', and you don't have to tell me that twice! :wink:<br /> I was just so tired in the beginning that I didn't have the energy anyway, and once 2nd tri came my groin became more pressurized and uncomfortable. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/did-you-exercise-while-you-were-pregnant/page/2#post-2378206 Fri, 04 Dec 2015 13:36:22 +0000 Mrs.KMM 2378206@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I played tennis 2 to 3 days a week for my whole pregnancy. This is the same that I did pre-pregnancy and now post pregnancy. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/did-you-exercise-while-you-were-pregnant/page/2#post-2376340 Thu, 03 Dec 2015 00:15:22 +0000 jh524 2376340@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@alphagam84: you're amazing!!!</p> <p>I'm exercising 3 days a week. I teach exercise classes so it's keeping me accountable. Hopefully I can keep it up and stay fit and gain less wieght with this pregnancy. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/did-you-exercise-while-you-were-pregnant/page/2#post-2376222 Wed, 02 Dec 2015 21:09:45 +0000 alphagam84 2376222@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I worked out a ton during pregnancy. I'm a triathlete so I already exercise at a level much higher than most. I kept my training the same through the first trimester and then altered it as needed based on how my body felt and for the heat since I live in NC and it gets brutally hot during the summer. Did a triathlon at 23 weeks and was still lifting weights a week before giving birth. I'm convinced that's why my recovery was so smooth. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/did-you-exercise-while-you-were-pregnant/page/2#post-2376160 Wed, 02 Dec 2015 19:58:05 +0000 gentlelunette 2376160@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Nope 😐 Once the morning sickness and extreme exhaustion subsided, I started getting horrific pain in my hips. That lasted to the end, coupled with some extreme plantar fasciitis in the last 10 weeks. I couldn't walk comfortably, let alone exercise! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/did-you-exercise-while-you-were-pregnant/page/2#post-2376154 Wed, 02 Dec 2015 19:48:18 +0000 peaches1038 2376154@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I walked 1-2 miles everyday at lunch but that's it. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/did-you-exercise-while-you-were-pregnant/page/2#post-2376142 Wed, 02 Dec 2015 19:35:11 +0000 Nutella 2376142@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I'm so impressed with everyone who did so much exercise! I couldn't go for a ten minute walk without needing to sit down/eat during my first tri, so I just never went next level. Started prenatal yoga but that was more about breathing than exercise. Labour was fine and easy but I did have to put in serious diet/exercise pp to shift the last bit of weight. So next time I hope to be more active! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/did-you-exercise-while-you-were-pregnant#post-2376121 Wed, 02 Dec 2015 19:01:50 +0000 mrsrain 2376121@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I planned to. But morning sickness kicked my butt, and by the time I felt better I had a walking/talking toddler who makes it hard to do anything purposeful. Though, I suppose chasing after her counts as some exercise! :silly: </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/did-you-exercise-while-you-were-pregnant#post-2375975 Wed, 02 Dec 2015 16:44:46 +0000 Pumuckl 2375975@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I worked out during my first pregnancy (gym and towards the end I swam) and had to take it easy from 30weeks with LO2 due to a shortened cervix. Recovery was easier the second time due to the pushing during delivery being so much easier and quicker. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/did-you-exercise-while-you-were-pregnant#post-2375883 Wed, 02 Dec 2015 15:42:15 +0000 buttermilk 2375883@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I biked to work and worked on my feet all day until the very end. But at some point in the second trimester I totally gave up on the exercise program I was following. And now I'm paying for it postpartum! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/did-you-exercise-while-you-were-pregnant#post-2375875 Wed, 02 Dec 2015 15:38:29 +0000 Keybee 2375875@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I have been walking while pregnant, it helps with my back pain and swelling in my feet. I've gone to the gym a few times to cycle or elliptical, but I walk regularly. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/did-you-exercise-while-you-were-pregnant#post-2375872 Wed, 02 Dec 2015 15:35:28 +0000 babypugs 2375872@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Yep! First pregnancy I worked out several times a week with prenatal exercise videos, took long walks, and did a yoga class once a week. Felt great and was down to my pre-pregnancy weight almost immediately. We're trying to our second and I am positive that I will not be able to do an eighth of that this time around. :( </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/did-you-exercise-while-you-were-pregnant#post-2375870 Wed, 02 Dec 2015 15:34:10 +0000 MrsKRB 2375870@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I stopped exercising before ivf so I was nervous to start back up once I found out I was pregnant. So far I'm walking fast for 45 min 4x a week and doing prenatal yoga 1-2x week. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/did-you-exercise-while-you-were-pregnant#post-2375864 Wed, 02 Dec 2015 15:29:22 +0000 Mrs. Cheesecake 2375864@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>With pregnancy #1, I had GD so I walked after meals for 10-20 minutes to keep my blood sugar low. With pregnancy #2, I was tired from taking care of an 18-month old so I didn't exercise as much. I also had vasa previa towards the end of my pregnancy so I was on bed rest then. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/did-you-exercise-while-you-were-pregnant#post-2375842 Wed, 02 Dec 2015 15:12:52 +0000 KayKay 2375842@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Yep, but didn't run much beyond the second trimester either time because it just felt uncomfortable. Mostly elliptical, walking/hiking, and yoga. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/did-you-exercise-while-you-were-pregnant#post-2375764 Wed, 02 Dec 2015 14:20:16 +0000 Alba4 2375764@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>For my first pregnancy, I walked a lot and took prenatal yoga until the week I delivered.</p> <p>I haven't felt great this pregnancy, but I'm almost out of the first trimester. I'm planning on doing prenatal yoga again. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/did-you-exercise-while-you-were-pregnant#post-2375759 Wed, 02 Dec 2015 14:15:39 +0000 sarac 2375759@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Rode my bike the whole time with my second pregnancy. Last time was 41+2, and I went into labor 2 days later. I had a short and easy waterbirth. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/did-you-exercise-while-you-were-pregnant#post-2375732 Wed, 02 Dec 2015 13:51:03 +0000 catomd00 2375732@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>No. I didn't exercise before though ether, other than walking on weekends. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/did-you-exercise-while-you-were-pregnant#post-2375677 Wed, 02 Dec 2015 13:14:01 +0000 PawPrints 2375677@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Prenatal pilates every day or every other day. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/did-you-exercise-while-you-were-pregnant#post-2375637 Wed, 02 Dec 2015 12:52:14 +0000 BrandNewMom 2375637@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@YogiRunner: I was! But it was our apartment complex's gym, so luckily there was no one there. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/did-you-exercise-while-you-were-pregnant#post-2375636 Wed, 02 Dec 2015 12:51:12 +0000 Truth Bombs 2375636@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Nope. I'm a bleeder so no exercise in pregnancy for me. Luckily I'm also a puker so in both pregnancies I gained right around 20lbs and lost it all by ten days post partum. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/did-you-exercise-while-you-were-pregnant#post-2375618 Wed, 02 Dec 2015 12:34:40 +0000 YogiRunner 2375618@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@BrandNewMom: Wowza! Were you at the gym when it happened? That's kind of an awesome story. :happy: </p> <p>I did yoga 3-4x/week before getting pregnant, and am just getting back into that schedule at 18 weeks. I hadn't been running enough before to get back into it, but I briskly walk the dog instead. The first tri was rough so I'm excited to have the energy now. But I'm feeling the need for major modifications in my regular yoga classes as the belly grows! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/did-you-exercise-while-you-were-pregnant#post-2375617 Wed, 02 Dec 2015 12:34:11 +0000 MoreCoffee 2375617@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>With my first, yes. I continued weightlifting and yoga, walked regularly, and took a prenatal pilates class. I really wanted to stay active with this pg but it has not happened so far and I feel terrible about it. I've been much sicker and much busier this time around! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/did-you-exercise-while-you-were-pregnant#post-2375616 Wed, 02 Dec 2015 12:30:49 +0000 meredithNYC 2375616@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>With my first, no. Then I learned the hard way that losing pregnancy weight is no joke, so for my second I did a lot of walking/barre. But like @ms.line I still gained plenty of weight and 7 months postpartum I feel good and am pretty toned, but still need to lose 12 pounds - and that's despite amping up my game to working out five days a week (barre, spin, Cross Fit)! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/did-you-exercise-while-you-were-pregnant#post-2375594 Wed, 02 Dec 2015 12:18:24 +0000 tofuwad 2375594@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I was not exercising before I got pregnant but once I got pregnant I started taking walks. I would take long lunches and walk during work and/or before work on days I went in late. Overall I walked about 30-60 minutes five or six days per week until about 37 weeks. Then I cut them down a lot because of pain and just did maybe 5-10 minutes. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/did-you-exercise-while-you-were-pregnant#post-2375590 Wed, 02 Dec 2015 12:15:39 +0000 DillonLion 2375590@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I did prenatal yoga, which was less intense than what I had been doing (hot yoga). </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/did-you-exercise-while-you-were-pregnant#post-2375587 Wed, 02 Dec 2015 12:14:40 +0000 Eko 2375587@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I didn't do anything except walking in the first trimester and then I did spin and other cardio workouts until about 32 weeks. </p>