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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Whatever is comfortable and truly, understand and accept that pregnancy does different things to different bodies and you really have to listen to your own body when making these decisions.

I know one lady who was jogging 5 miles at 38 weeks. I was puking and had early pelvic bone separation (SPD) that made walking painful and was close to bedridden. Both are normal (I hope you are not me!) and you shouldn't let someone else's journey make you feel bad about yourself. Or conversely, let it make you feel that good about yourself (ie, become the kind of person that talks about how you stayed active and thats why you had an uncomplicated birth blah blah).

It's kind of just luck, but your body is really good at sending up the alarms when you've crossed the line. Congrats![/quote]

Very true. I tried to be active in both pregnancies but each time I had 20 weeks of nausea which made any vigorous activity a nonstarter. By the time the nausea subsided I had horrible ripping pain from a sideways baby who tore my ab and I couldn’t bend or lift arms for 2 months. By the time that healed I was a third tri whale and could barely move. Haha. So not much exercise at all!so much for good intentions. I definitely felt out of shape after giving birth but I walked an hour a day on maternity leave (once healed) and already felt much better after a couple months.[/quote]

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