Would you go on a 40 mile sponsored walk while 25weeks pregnant?

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Have a reasonable level of fitness, do quite intensive Pilates and yoga a few times a week, but obviously don't walk that kind of distance at all. It's a slowish pace with a few stops along the way and I signed up to do it and got sponsorship before I got pregnant.

Thank you everyone! You gave me the reactions I wanted and it makes me feel less guilty about not taking part! I'm currently 16 weeks but will be 25 when the walk comes.

Don't feel guilty! I am 22 weeks and have suddenly got SPD out of nowhere. I can barely walk around the supermarket. I have seen how my fit and active DB looked after a 40 mile walk and there is no way I could do that at any stage of pregnancy!

No way, you just don't know how you'll feel by then.
I'm 26wks and last week I felt fine but this week my back is aching and my hips are hurting and if I walk for more than about 5 mins I get Brixton hicks that are as painful as stitch. Def better idea to pull out sooner rather than later, as others have said people will understand, they won't expect a 25wk pregnant women to be walking 40m!

No. And I speak as someone who was at the gym and active until the end of both pregnancies. But there's a world of difference between a couple of minutes jogging on a treadmill and 40 miles outside.

Gosh no! I did a 60 mile walk last year, not pregnant and it took a lot of training and it still ruined my body for months.
I did plenty of walking in pregnancy but 10 miles at a time max

No. I was very fit pre-pregnancy and still working out 4-5 times a week now at 20 weeks.

Last weekend we did a 10 mile walk and I felt a little achey in my pelvis any more and I would have been hobbling. This isn't the time for endurance.

I would have, but I do a lot of walking. At 25weeks I felt fine but would have DH carry stuff.

No. It would be silly.

No, and I say that as someone who cycled more than 200 miles in 15 hours during 1st trimester.

And given how much food I packed away in the 2nd tri, I don't see how I could have eaten enough to manage walking that distance as well as being pregnant

Also, the event insurance would probably have two fits at the very idea!

No! I did 44 coast path not pregnant and it was tough and I was fairly fit at the time. I'm currently 21 weeks and doing 10/15 in one day is my max at the moment. I have signed up for a 30 miler in sept, baby due in July and if I can't do it close to the time I won't. Agree the event organiser would prob have a fit if they knew and wouldn't let you anyway!

Actually Very has the solution. Contact the event and check that they will let you take part. Chance are they will have hysterics and you can say quite honestly "apologies - not allowed to take part due to knocked upness" with no guilt.

Definitely wouldn't. I was very fit before becoming pg (kickboxing/running/yoga) but got struck with SPD about 21 weeks and couldn't walk more than 10 minutes without severe pain. . And that was at granny pace. Not something I expected at all.

I did a 40 mile walk when I wasn't pregnant and it was hell on earth. I had a good level of fitness too.

I wouldn't do it.

I regularly go long distance walks at the weekend, anywhere between 15 and 23 miles a day, usually including some hills, and I am currently 26 weeks pregnant, and 8 miles is now my maximum before I start feeling tired. My level of fitness is really good, and I am still walking my dogs daily, but I definitely can't do anywhere near my "normal".