Any Advice, routines or Tips for Safe Pregnancy Workouts!!!

Here is a good website of reviews of some pregnancy workout tapes, that may be good to add to your elliptical, swimming workouts.

http://www.videofitness.com/reviewsdb/index_cat.php?id=20

Try Shannon Miller's (Olympic Gold Medal Gymnast 1996) Fit Pregnancy DVD, Body After Baby DVD, and Healthy & Balanced Pregnancy Cookbook. She developed them with a trainer when she was pregnant with her baby. http://shannonmillerlifestyle.com/store

When I was pregnant, I ran 5k's up until I was 36 weeks. I also did yoga, circuit training, weight lifting and kettlebells. If you are high risk, I would stick strictly to what the doc says.

Please talk to your doctor. *sigh*

Every woman and every pregnancy is different and what was OK for me may not be OK for you. Why would you even ask a question like this on a message board?

Probably because she is looking for ideas on things she can do, so she can then run them by her doctor. She stated that in a previous reply. No need to be rude to her.

Bump!

I want to keep up with this thread for future reference because my husband and I will be TTC this August! Right now I do some Jillian Michaels stuff and my elliptical...I still plan to do the elliptical but I know I'll need to replace Jillian with something else while pregnant!

i am using summer sanders prenatal workout. it has a 45 minute workout for each trimester. the workouts are no cardio but some pretty ok strength and toning. i never did the first trimester because i had spotting and was told to not workout for a little while. now i am doing second trimester as well as some walking in the evenings. i know what you mean about being afraid of too much of a weight gain. i would suggest still tracking calories using mfp (maintenance + 100 for 1st trimester, maintenance +200 for 2nd, maintenance + 300 for third) you don't need a lot of extra calories while pregnant just an additional snack or two. also, change up your workouts often if you find yourself getting bored! i know my first tri was rough!!!! i was only able to do some walking and some elliptical, second trimester you have more energy and feel more like yourself so change up your workouts, and then in the third tri find some things that you can do comfortably. the most important thing is to stay consistent through the pregnancy, not necessarily what you do just that you keep doing something! good luck and congrats on the baby!

I am 16 weeks pregnant myself and my doctor said just no full contact sports lol. but she said I can keep doing the workout i already do and listen to my body. Good luck and Congrats. I do walk and do pregnancy yoga.


she said Weight transfer is ok while pregnant. I am considered over weight and she said it is perfectly fine for me to workout and lose "body fat" and replace that with "baby weight" it is closely watched by my doctor and so far I am down 8lbs and the pregnancy is going way better then my 1st 2 i have alot less back pains and dont feel as tired.

Hiii!
I'm now 4 months with my first baby and I've been exercising right the way through my pregnancy so far.
I do running, swimming and yoga and am really enjoying it.
I've found this site really helpful when I have questions or am looking for new workouts- http://www.fittamamma.com/section.php/3/1/exercise_in_pregnancy

Hope this helps!xxxx

Given the placenta previa and the potentially life-threatening complications that presents, you need to listen to your doctor and not the Internet on exercise.

Otherwise eat right, don't go crazy "eating for two" and the weight will come off after.

I'm currently 13w and haven't felt like exercise until this week. I used to do body pump and combat twice a week but haven't since finding out I was preg. I've lost some weight too in recent weeks so kind of reluctant to push myself and that resulting in losing more weight and gentle walking or cycling is so boring!