What exercise do you do and how many weeks are you?

[silverstar77]

Hello everyone!
Just interested really, know it's so different for everyone.
I'm only 11weeks and still pretty sick still, possibly even worse than a week or so ago, but find that the only time I don't feel sick is when I eat and when I exercise!
So am walking, slow jogging and doing body weight and resistance band stuff within all the guidelines. Hope it can continue but interested to hear other peoples experiences
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knits not kints, sorry!

skanking piglet this is my first and I'm in awe of anyone who's pregnant AND having to look after a little one, well done!!

I dropped nearly all my training in the 1st tri, as just standing up was enough to make me sick...

I'm now 14+1 with twins, and do 2 x zumba classes, some dog walking (around 4 miles a time) and some swimming.

I've had to drop military fitness, kickboxing and open water swimming....

Hi I'm 18wks.

I walk good pace 45mins a day sometimes 1hr, listen to body. Pilates 2 hours per week. Kegals 30 a day.

I'm really pleased with the balance, just right for me to enable the bubs to get the food and oxygen it needs. I find it a struggle to eat for more replacement then that. I'm a slim lass and I'm more interested in striking the balance for the cals intake and gaining weight.

I'm feeling very well on it.

Happy bumping

Pre being aware of pregnancy I was training religiously 6 days a week (mainly weights).

I have been so exhausted and sick that I've barely made it through the day but now at 12 weeks things seem to be easing off a little. Did a leg session last week that wiped me out, repeated same session last night and felt much better. Going to work up to weight training 3 x week and yoga once a week.

40 weeks. At the moment I walk the dog twice a day (a lot slower than normal, granted) for around 45 minutes each walk, take preggo yoga classes 1-2 times a week, plus gentle daily practice at home, and have 1 swimming session a week, where I manage about a kilometre. I've found my lung capacity is actually better than normal at the moment, probably because of the absence of the cheeky fags that go with drinking...

I've been exercising the whole way through, including some fairly intense yoga and longish distance walking. I think staying active has helped with all other aspects of the pregnancy, although in the last two weeks I've slowed down a lot.

I'm a dance teacher, 24 weeks and teaching 5 hours of high cardio classes per week. Dog walking the other days.

It's hard at different stages for different reasons. 1st trimester was hard because I was exhausted and nauseous - so much more so than with my first. 2nd trimester is hard because I'm getting frustrated with myself because my body won't move like I want it to - ever expanding bump gets in the way!

I plan to go to full term because I haven't got an assistant to take over, but will start slowing down soon.

Finding reasonably priced activewear is a frigging nightmare!!! I'm wearing baggy Sports Direct running leggings 3 sizes up to accommodate the bump. Can highly recommend Asda zip sports bras though - only £8 and are doing a great job of containing the bangers!

I was doing Pilates x4 per week until week 20 when pelvic girdle pain and cervical stitch op put an end to it. I'm 35wks now and apart from the occasional walk to work; I do a yoga class or dvd per week.

In the first tri I was doing regular cycling to and from work and Pilates at the start until the nausea and exhaustion kicked in so had to give that up.
Now 29 weeks still cycling to and from work and doing an occasional pregnancy yoga class and running around after my very active toddler!

I'm 16+5 and have kept up my training since I found out, I have just modified a few bits now. I was doing spin (I fell out of love with it), yoga, Vi-pr, general work out, tap and ballet every week up until about 10 weeks as I didn't suffer any sickness at all.

Now I am on yoga, an 'antenatal' solo circuit session courtesy of a PT at my gym (get yourself an ante-natal consultation if you can, usually free), ballet conditioning at home (using Sleek Technique) and doing a few more stretch session at home and of course lots of kegels/pelvic floor stuff!

Will be picking up swimming and a 1:1 PT session once a week from next week so will be hoping for about 4/5 sessions a week of those various things. Hoping I can keep it up throughout!

My last baby I was a gym bunny pre-pg, then during pg was walking miles to and from work every day as well as being up and down all day at work. I had an easy pregnancy, easy birth and was back in my normal clothes 2 weeks post-partum.
I've been a pretty decent runner for the last few years; kept it up til I MC last August. Lost a lot of blood and was too wiped out to run for a while, then just never started again! I'm 14 weeks and haven't done anything at all and really worried I'll have a much harder time this time because of it
I did walk a lot yesterday (car broken!) and really enjoyed it so going to try and break the buggy out more often for DD and walk more, plus take her swimming more. It's hard too as DH works away and only back weekends so it's just me doing all the childcare - no chance of nipping off to the gym of an evening!
This thread has been very inspiring though, I might try a run (well, slow plod) when DH is here to watch littlun! Residual fitness is still pretty ok so should get away with it.

I'm 24 weeks and go to gym once or twice a week, do all my old seated thigh/bum weights machines, power walking (holding onto bar) on incline, then bike, then final stretch of walking on the curved treadmills.
Also pregnancy yoga once a week.

Basically do a much tamer/less vigorous version of previous gym, mainly for sanity and to burn a few calories, doubt its making much difference figure wise sadly!

bubble you sound like wonder woman! Very impressive. Will check out the Asda bras

Wow all so inspiring and thanks for the bra tip bubble

Well done everyone!

Very encouraging!

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I’m 31 weeks, and so impressed by all you ladies who carry on exercising so much!

I wasn’t an exerciser before I was pregnant – I haven’t found anything that I found satisfying enough to stick with or that fitted into my routine. (Sitting on the sofa and knitting feels far more productive and satisfying to me!) But once I was pregnant I started to think that I might benefit from a bit of exercise for various reasons, so I’ve been forcing myself. But I had to wait until the morning sickness went away, it made me rather tired and uninclined to do anything apart from eat crisps.

I do two sessions (20 minutes’ worth in total) of prenatal pilates nearly every day, from a DVD. It’s pretty gentle stuff, so perfect for me. I did think about a prenatal exercise class, but I figured I’d be better off doing several short sessions a week, rather than one long one. Not to mention the fact that you can try the sessions out through before buying the DVD, and that the DVD is so cheap compared to classes.

I definitely think it’s helped me avoid some back problems, although the buns and thighs section has not delivered the “great-looking, sleek” results that the instructor promises! (That’s okay, I didn’t expect it to, I’m more hoping it just keeps me from that pregnancy-related falling over that some people seem to get.) FWIW, I also do the core workout and I think it’s contributed to the ‘tidy’ bump I’m carrying around, maybe because of the oblique exercises stopping me from spreading sideways too much! As you have pillows underneath you for the back-lying exercises, I haven’t had any problems with feeling faint although I’m very alert to stopping if I feel funny at all in that section.

I also do a little walk (about 2/3 of a mile) to and from the bus stop each working day, and climb up seven flights of stairs (now with extra inelegant puffing…)

As I don’t do any intense or energetic exercise, I can get away with wearing pretty much anything. But I really like the Lands’ End jersey trousers – which are definitely joggers even if the website won’t admit it! I’ve ordered a size up from my usual, and the wide waistband is super-comfortable over my bump. They are not the cheapest, but the fabric is lovely, thick and sturdy, and hardly bags out at all around the bum and knees even after several wears.

Thanks for the video awfulknitter it looks really good. Will definitely be building that in!
Had a really sick day today so just some walking...hoping for a better day tomorrow!
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