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I worked out 2-3 times a week for maybe 5 weeks while pregnant, then gave up altogether because I'm lazy, haha. And Xander was not colicky, could self-soothe right from the get-go, and was STTN (7+ hours) by 10 weeks.

I worked out regularly (3-4 times a week) up till I delivered and she didn't STTN regularly till 6 months. We sleep trained at 4 months, and she did some between 4-5, but then teething hit and all went to hell.

I ran until 19 weeks (3x a week), and walked daily after that until I delivered, plus yoga at least once a week. My kid is 10 months old and just STTN- so....nope.
I think our parenting approaches had more to do with that than anything else though.
she is a super happy baby and hardly ever cries though.

I worked out regularly and LO slept through the night at ....... 2 (years, not weeks or months)!
No colic with either of my babies though.

With #1 I barely worked out at all... I walked sporadically but that's it. He was colicky and a truly horrible sleeper until we sleep trained at 5.5 months.

With #2 I worked out regularly (walked almost every day, did some strength training and yoga) and she hasn't had any colic issues, started sleeping long stretches early and only wakes up once (normally) now at 14 weeks.

The only exercise I did was walking during my commute (which could be a couple of miles a day, but very far from a vigorous work out). And LO was not an easy newborn-- terrible napper, only slightly better at night sleep (after a very misleading good first few weeks!), colicky for months 2-4, and still doesn't STTN at almost 7 months.

However, once we got through that colicky phase, and did a little sleep training to help her learn to self sooth, she is a very chill happy baby. She just loves me so much she wants to see me in the middle of the night, not just during the day.

I didn't work out much during pregnancy. I walked a ton because I live in a urban, walking city. LO was a colicky newborn and didn't sleep well until sleep training at 6 months old. He was a non farty, colicky newborn. He needed to learn to fart before the colic issues went away.

I worked out 5/6 times per week throughout my pregnancy with LO#1 and he did not STTN until 9 mos, was colicky, and required constant movement to settle. MY husband was convinced that I moved too much and that was why LO needed so much movement.

I walked regularly up through seven months, but was told to give it a rest to encourage them to stay in longer. DD slept through the night almost right away, DS still has issues, and they had the EXACT same gestational experience.

Has been very true for us!