Those of you who have been pregnant before or are in the latter stages of pregnancy - what would you recommend in terms of activity while pregnant?
I was pretty active before pregnancy - biking at the weekends, gym 2-3 times a week etc but the first trimester was so tough I haven’t done a tap since the start of October and I want to get going again.
I’m not sure how the 4 month break from the gym has gone so if I go back to gym work it’ll be a lot lighter. I’d love to do more yoga but it’s quite dear and I wouldn’t be great for self motivation and doing YouTube classes.
Hoping to walk a decent bit too!
Any tips or suggestions?
I love my pregnancy pilates classes - they're not easier than normal pilates really but target areas that need more work for carrying a large bump and for helping with labour, plus our instructor is full of great advice she shares at every class! Honestly got so much value out of them.
I did prenatal yoga and aqua aerobics. Aqua aerobics was really fun, I did the that once a week in my third trimester and I loved it!!
Pregnancy and postpartum tv on YouTube is very good. Have a friend that you're accountable to so that you'll regularly do it.
I second this. I'm 39 wks + 5 and have been doing exercises from this channel almost every day, has kept me in relatively good shape (that plus walking the dog for 20/30 mins most days(
I enjoyed a weekly 'tummylove with Melissa' online yoga class. I wouldn't be great at the YouTube ones either.. It was on Thursday evenings but the recording was live for a week.
I’m doing 3 x days weight training in the gym at lunch. I’m so tired that I’m really not going much on the other days. Need to get out for more walks
I'm 20 weeks. I've been lucky enough with sickness etc so I actually increased my activity slightly during the first trimester (I was wrecked but I kinda just leaned into it) but basically didn't move for two and half weeks over Christmas and I feel it's definitely made things more difficult
Now I doing two strength training sessions at the gym. I was doing three a week but I'm going to start going to pregnancy Pilates and I couldn't fit it in. I ran 3 times a week (just 1-3k) until about 14 weeks but my sports bra stopped fitting and the evenings had gotten too dark. Sorted my bra so I hoping to start that again until I become too big. As it stands I just go for the odd walk/hike to be active outdoors. I also climb 3 flights of stairs at work about 6 times a day which isn't nothing! Might also start pregnancy yoga as I got closer to my due date, especially if the strength training becomes too challenging.
So many of my friends who had easier pregnancies/labours/recoveries credit it to physical activity. I know it's a chicken/egg situation and I wouldn't blame anyone who's too sick to exercise, but it's definitely worth putting in the effort to stay active if you're able.
I’m doing prenatal yoga and prenatal Pilates and trying to get out walking with the dog whenever I can!
Aqua aerobics is amazing but if it's not offered in your area, you can just go to open swim and splish splash like a lil pregnant fish!
It depends on what suits you. My wife was super fatigued and nauseous in the first trimester so didn't do much. But since the start of 2nd trimester she's started doing prenatal yoga by watching some VHI videos on YouTube.
I asked ChatGPT to make me a workout for each trimester that’s a blend of stretching & strength excercises that are pregnancy safe. For the third trimester I asked it to focus on excercises to get baby’s head down aswell.