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I ran to about 34 weeks with this pregnancy. For me, the most important thing was to listen to my body as far as pace/walking breaks. I had a StorkSport belt (not sure if they are widely available, my dad works in medical equipment sales and hooked me up) and that helped a big in the last month or so of running. But by 34 weeks the weight of the belly was just too much even with the belt and I switched to only walking.

@greenebee: I didn't run throughout my entire pregnancy, just until I didn't want to anymore but continued to exercise 3x a week for 60 minutes. I'm a fitness instructor and stopped teaching at 34 weeks ( can't believe i even made it that long!!)
I modified my exercise around 20+weeks so for example my step class, i changed it to a Circuit training class so I wasnt bouncing around for an hour. I know many women run their entire pregnancy but I didn't want to and it was winter. As long as you were running and exercising before you got pregnant, you can certainly continue the exercise and level of intensity as long as you feel comfortable with it. Just listen to your body, it will tell you congrats and hope you have a happy & healthy pregnancy!!

@greenebee: I ran my whole last pregnancy and I never used any special equipment or even special clothes. I just used DH's shirts, and let my shorts and pants be low rise pants. I didn't use any support belts or anything. But boy did I get slower! My final 3 mile run at 39w and some days was at my prepreg walking speed. Yikes. I went from an 8 min mile to a 20 minute mile, I bet it was funny to watch.

This time I bought maternity work out pants but am not running at all. No help there.

ETA: j/k I ran a half marathon at 8 or 10 weeks (that I had trained for!) and puked at mile 9, and then ran/walked the rest and swore off running pretty much after that and switched to other workouts. I'll pick it back up after the baby comes, I hope.