https://boards.hellobee.com/ Pregnancy, Baby and Parenting blog, by Hellobee en Fri, 17 Apr 2026 08:35:32 +0000 https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/did-you-have-healthy-habits-during-pregnancy-and-did-you-have-an-easy-labordelivery#post-2250414 Thu, 30 Jul 2015 19:28:52 +0000 sorrycharlie 2250414@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I am the poster child for avoiding exercise and healthy food, and I had two very straightforward and easy L&amp;Ds. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/did-you-have-healthy-habits-during-pregnancy-and-did-you-have-an-easy-labordelivery#post-2250405 Thu, 30 Jul 2015 19:18:42 +0000 mrsjyw 2250405@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I was more active and healthy the second time around and my labor and delivery was so much easier and faster and my pp recovery has been a breeze! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/did-you-have-healthy-habits-during-pregnancy-and-did-you-have-an-easy-labordelivery#post-2250393 Thu, 30 Jul 2015 19:00:32 +0000 lemondrop 2250393@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I'm very active (physically demanding job), but did not work out during my first. I jogged up until 32 weeks with my second. I ate whatever I wanted and did not focus on healthy food since I was nauseous all the time. Both labors were uncomplicated and under 8 hours. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/did-you-have-healthy-habits-during-pregnancy-and-did-you-have-an-easy-labordelivery#post-2250361 Thu, 30 Jul 2015 18:27:50 +0000 Tanjowen 2250361@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I exercised regularly, ate well and had an uncomplicated pregnancy. LO was sunny side up so our issue at birth was the 3 hours of pushing to get him out, but I felt I was only able to do it because I was in decent shape. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/did-you-have-healthy-habits-during-pregnancy-and-did-you-have-an-easy-labordelivery#post-2250296 Thu, 30 Jul 2015 17:36:47 +0000 Happygal 2250296@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I voted other--moderately active, good diet (enforced by developing GD), but she was breech, so I had a c-section! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/did-you-have-healthy-habits-during-pregnancy-and-did-you-have-an-easy-labordelivery#post-2250292 Thu, 30 Jul 2015 17:35:28 +0000 LilSprinkles 2250292@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I ate pretty healthy during pregnancy, ran my whole pregnancy, and did Zumba and prenatal yoga. I labored for a whole day at home, then 16 hours at the hospital, and pushed for an hour. My recovery was easy. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/did-you-have-healthy-habits-during-pregnancy-and-did-you-have-an-easy-labordelivery#post-2250286 Thu, 30 Jul 2015 17:33:49 +0000 blackbird 2250286@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I was sporadically active-my back gave me a TON of problems this time, and I was frequently sick, but I ate pretty healthy. Pregnancy sucked but delivery was easy </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/did-you-have-healthy-habits-during-pregnancy-and-did-you-have-an-easy-labordelivery#post-2250277 Thu, 30 Jul 2015 17:29:00 +0000 LAZB 2250277@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I wasn't all that active, didn't eat very well, and had very easy deliveries both times </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/did-you-have-healthy-habits-during-pregnancy-and-did-you-have-an-easy-labordelivery#post-2250271 Thu, 30 Jul 2015 17:25:03 +0000 Mrs.KMM 2250271@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I was pretty healthy. Only gained 29.5 lbs, played tennis the entire pregnancy multiple days a week, was playing pool volleyball the day before we went to the hospital, etc.</p> <p>I developed pre-e at 37 weeks and had a long (and ultimately failed) induction that resulted in a c-section. But my recovery was an absolute breeze! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/did-you-have-healthy-habits-during-pregnancy-and-did-you-have-an-easy-labordelivery#post-2250202 Thu, 30 Jul 2015 16:00:34 +0000 birdofafeather 2250202@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@hilsy85: this is a big fear of mine. :( </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/did-you-have-healthy-habits-during-pregnancy-and-did-you-have-an-easy-labordelivery#post-2250200 Thu, 30 Jul 2015 15:57:50 +0000 BabyBoecksMom 2250200@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I would say I was super healthy with my first and pretty healthy with my 2nd. Both deliveries were very easy. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/did-you-have-healthy-habits-during-pregnancy-and-did-you-have-an-easy-labordelivery#post-2250153 Thu, 30 Jul 2015 15:13:51 +0000 Adira 2250153@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>My first pregnancy, I was somewhere in between. Tried to eat fairly healthy and work-out, but kind of fell off the bandwagon near the end due to prednisone making me a food zombie. Easy labor and delivery.</p> <p>For pregnancy #2, I didn't really eat that great or workout. Easy labor and delivery. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/did-you-have-healthy-habits-during-pregnancy-and-did-you-have-an-easy-labordelivery#post-2250095 Thu, 30 Jul 2015 14:25:24 +0000 rachiecakes 2250095@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We're vegetarians and have an active lifestyle - gym, ice skating, swimming, walks, etc. At 20 weeks pregnant I was thinner than I am now. But by 28 weeks I started to develop PIH and was told to take it easy, but 37 weeks I was on hospital bedrest, then strict bedrest at home with pre-e. I blew up with water weight/swelling. Never had any pre-term labor (at least that I could tell), water broke while waiting for induction and I felt his whole body turn and drop down. He was posterior and brow out, they tried to turn him but ended up episiotomy and vacuum. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/did-you-have-healthy-habits-during-pregnancy-and-did-you-have-an-easy-labordelivery#post-2250075 Thu, 30 Jul 2015 14:08:17 +0000 kjpugs 2250075@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I was so-so during pregnancy (ate healthy a lot of the time, not super active though) but my delivery, while rough, I wouldn't say it was easy or hard/complicated. I just ended up pushing for a LONG time but that was due to having a narrow pelvic opening. So I think no matter what I did during pregnancy, I would have the same pushing issues. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/did-you-have-healthy-habits-during-pregnancy-and-did-you-have-an-easy-labordelivery#post-2250060 Thu, 30 Jul 2015 13:59:21 +0000 twodoghouse 2250060@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I had a pretty unhealthy pregnancy in that I didn't exercise at all (high risk pregnancy + conservative MFM recommendation + exhaustion kicking my butt), then went on bedrest for 6 weeks prior to delivery. My L+D was complicated, but it's hard to say how much of that is because I had twins. My recovery was very easy though, easier than a lot of people I know, even though I had a vaginal birth and csection at the same time. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/did-you-have-healthy-habits-during-pregnancy-and-did-you-have-an-easy-labordelivery#post-2250055 Thu, 30 Jul 2015 13:56:47 +0000 avivoca 2250055@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I had a so-so pregnancy (GD, not a lot of exercise beyond walking the dog) and an uncomplicated labor and delivery (15 hour labor, med-free). I hope I can be more active next time. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/did-you-have-healthy-habits-during-pregnancy-and-did-you-have-an-easy-labordelivery#post-2250052 Thu, 30 Jul 2015 13:56:13 +0000 Corduroy 2250052@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>With LO1 I did CrossFit every other day until my due date and I ate paleo. Labor was 51 hours and recovery wasn't easy. My whole pregnancy my mom insisted I that exercising would make labor worse. That wasn't the experience of the other CrossFitters I worked out with.</p> <p>With LO2 I walked and ate fairly healthy and labor was two hours and easy. Recovery was easy too. I guess most of that is due to being baby #2. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/did-you-have-healthy-habits-during-pregnancy-and-did-you-have-an-easy-labordelivery#post-2250039 Thu, 30 Jul 2015 13:49:58 +0000 Foodnerd81 2250039@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I didn't work out but I did still walk a lot, because I live in the city and it was necessary. I think I ate pretty moderately, and my weight gain was normal (&lt;30 lbs total). Labor and delivery was long in the beginning but not bad, and active labor was pretty quick. </p> <p>My friend was super fit, worked out 5 days a week and ate healthy, and she had a really hard delivery, pushed for hours, and a bad episiotomy. Her son was sunny side up and just in a really difficult position. She says if she hadn't been in as good shape she definitely wouldn't have been able to push for so long so thinks she would have had a c section- which she isn't convinced would have been worse anyway. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/did-you-have-healthy-habits-during-pregnancy-and-did-you-have-an-easy-labordelivery#post-2250038 Thu, 30 Jul 2015 13:49:45 +0000 Rockies11 2250038@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Very unhealthy pregnancy (HG), very long and complicated labour and delivery. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/did-you-have-healthy-habits-during-pregnancy-and-did-you-have-an-easy-labordelivery#post-2250037 Thu, 30 Jul 2015 13:49:08 +0000 catlady 2250037@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I would say I was pretty healthy in pregnancy (gained the right amount, exercised regularly, ate pretty well) and I had an uneventful labor and delivery (I wouldn't say easy! but no complications, and it was only 7 or 8 hrs total). </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/did-you-have-healthy-habits-during-pregnancy-and-did-you-have-an-easy-labordelivery#post-2250033 Thu, 30 Jul 2015 13:47:22 +0000 hilsy85 2250033@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Very healthy pregnancy (exercised 3x a week, ate well, gained an appropriate amount of weight), and super easy labor and delivery. This time, I have not been so healthy and am pretty inactive, I hope it doesn't really negatively affect the labor/recovery process. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/did-you-have-healthy-habits-during-pregnancy-and-did-you-have-an-easy-labordelivery#post-2248045 Thu, 30 Jul 2015 13:45:00 +0000 DillonLion 2248045@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I was mildly active during pregnancy (prenatal yoga and walking) and did not eat very healthy whatsoever. My labor and delivery was mostly uneventful, although I did exhibit many symptoms of pre-eclampsia which lead to an induction when I was 5 days overdue. I also had a hemorrhage after delivery but did not require a transfusion. </p> <p>I have several friends who were extremely active/ate healthy during pregnancy and they all had very long labors and complicated deliveries. </p> <p>Did you find any correlation between how active/healthy you were during pregnancy and how your delivery went? Poll added for good measure. </p>