How soon did you start exercising after giving birth?

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I would like to get fit again as soon as i can. Do you have to wait six weeks?

When did you give birth?

I shall resume exercising when the children have left home. Maybe.

lol

I havnt yet i am actually due next week

Hehe

What kind of exercise are you wanting to do?

Pushing the pram and carrying the baby all day are quite good exercise!

I do like walking/cycling perhaps light weights, the sort of stuff I was doing up to about 6.5 months. Was wondering when the uterus has gone back to normal, dont want to overdo things and regret it. I suppose it is the tummy exercises i am mainly concerned with.

Try and speak to a physio at the hospital if possible to advise on exercise for tummy etc - midwives will give you leaflets about it which are helpful. There are lots of things you can do from the begginning e.g. pelvic tilts which will start getting your tummy back together, but if you were quite fit you might have separated abdominal muscles so you need to be careful how you go about doing things.

As far as cycling etc. is concerned you probably will be too tired to do that kind of thing and frankly after a vagical birth you might be worried about losing your bike seat. Walking with pram is great - gets you and baby out and you can walk as fast as you can manage!

Good luck, I hope it goes well.

You really should wait till your 6 wk check, as doing too much excercise too soon can cause heavy bleeding!

I started Yoga classes once a week on an evening when dd was 4 weeks old.

It was just enough and the beauty of it is that you can stop and rest whenever you feel necessary. It's very relaxing too.

Remember read an article from an NCT newsletter. This lady ( only in Cambridge area ) is running some sort of course, you can do it six weeks after v. birth. She said she used to be a gym instructor and after given birth she did a lot try to get back to shape. I think the point is there are certain exercises will help back in shape as our ligements (?) and muscles take time to recover.

I started doing my home step video at 2 weeks after and walked LOADS.

at morning paper 'vagical' birth! Is that a cross between a vaginal and a magical birth

I went back to aerobics after 6 weeks (vaginal forceps delivery with episom.) Carried on until I went back to work - after that got too lazy. Now the only exercise I get is walking round the shops etc. Maybe when ds is a bit older and going out to friends after shcool etc