Wife kept running in to her third trimester, around 4 weeks before d day. Her running slowly decreased to 2 days a week, around 45min per run. As her running decreased, her hiking and hill walking increased, which she kept up until delivery.
Baby was born two days ago by C-section, as she was breeched and couldn’t be turned. Healthy, happy, can already tell she will be a great runner like mom as her lung strength is disturbingly high and maybe a good swimmer as she got dad’s big clumsy flipper feet :).
Congratulations!! Great job keeping active throughout!! Cheers to you both!!🥂ðŸ¾
Bummer about the breechy c-section. We had the same for #3, although my doctor successfully flipped him, the little bugger flipped himself back over (without me knowing)! Recovery was no joke. Stay ahead of the pain with the drugs (especially when home).
Enjoy the squishy mushy infant stage. Loud as it may be. My 6 month old is already mobile. Commando crawling, rolling and scooting backwards on all 4’s and sitting up on her own. It really does go by so fast!!
I delivered our baby girl a little over a week ago and, while I had to stop running in the early 30-something weeks because it just got too uncomfortable, I still spun for a few more weeks and swam, lifted, and walked up until the final week. I’m convinced that staying in shape was what made the delivery go faster.
I have to say that having a baby reminds me of running a marathon. While you’re in the throes of labor, you’re thinking “never again,” but a week later you’ve forgotten the worst of it and start thinking “maybe I can do that again.” It helps that I have a cute baby to show for it now.
My kids are 6 and 9. I worked out before I was pregnant, and then continued to workout while I was pregnant up until delivery without issue. My doctor told me I could continue to do anything I was doing before, just not the time to try anything new. With my first baby, running became uncomfortable after about 24 weeks, as I would have cramps/contractions so I stopped running then and could bike indoors, weight training, elliptical, swim and some group fitness classes. With my second baby, running was fine so I kept at it, although my pace slowed as my belly grew :). And with that one, biking/spinning was uncomfortable after awhile. I just listened to my body and it helped me bounce back quickly too!
Congrats. I’m 30 weeks pregnant at this point and I’d say I ran up until 26ish weeks? However some days the sore boobs rather than the belly or nausea prevented running. Her body will let her know when it’s time, trust me. May take it day by day sometimes. Congrats again!
Firstly, Congratulations to you & your wife. Usually performing light exercises during pregnancy is okay. I have been through that phase. Sitting ideal all day long can be quite harmful to her health in long term.
The safest and most productive activities are swimming, brisk walking, indoor stationary cycling, step or elliptical machines, and low-impact aerobics (taught by a certified aerobics instructor). These activities carry little risk of injury, benefit your entire body, and can be continued until birth.
If she has a medical problem, such as asthma heart disease or diabetes, exercise may not be advisable.
That’s amazing! One of my biggest fears is losing my endurance while pregnant and your post (along with everyone else’s) makes me feel so much better about it