At nearly 25 weeks pregnant I’m finding it a little challenging to work out. For the first trimester I was told no activity. When I hit the second trimester, with a very tiny bump, I was given the green light for exercise. Now that I’m almost in the third trimester I spoke to my Dr. about my preferred activities. He admitted that he was conservative when it came to what activities pregnant women should participate in.
His first preference was that I don’t build up to a goal. If I had been running this whole time then keeping up the usual would have been acceptable. To me that means that I shouldn’t work on increasing speed or distance, but it’s ok to throw in a few jogging stints while I’m walking Willow and Dakota. He did have concerns about how jarring running is. I remember running when I was pregnant with Izzy and there came a point where I felt like my belly was bouncing along. Not comfortable, so I stopped.
The next activity I prefer, that he doesn’t is dance. At first he dismissed it, “what like aerobics?” I had to explain that this wasn’t granny’s dance class. This was a contemporary class with leaps and turns. He vigorously shook his head disapprovingly. His main concern was that I would fall. Not that the action was too rigorous. Carrying around an extra 16 lbs pretty much located in one area makes me totally uneven and at risk for falling. (By the way, the total weight gain of 16 lbs is why I was stressing about exercise to begin with.)
For now I will settle for walking with Willow and Izzy. If this pregnancy has started out differently I wouldn’t have stopped running. But since my number one concern is the healthy growth of baby #2, I will gladly forgo the rigorous activity and look forward to resuming them in the fall.
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