Fit Mamas

Hi! Congratulations!!

I have a 9 month old right now.

When I got pregnant I was nauseous and throwing up from week 3 until week 38 (when I had the baby). Unfortunately there isn't much you can do with that. I did take some medicine but it had no effect after several days of taking it.

I would recommend walks when you feel better. You are going to get a lot more tired faster.

Also they say that you can't change the level of activity too much... so if you weren't running before pregnancy you can't run during. You can only do things that your body is already a little bit associated with.

You could do pregnancy yoga...

Make sure you drink A LOT of water. Good luck!

My son's four months old now. My nausea actually didn't kick in until the second trimester (although I had really bad food aversions in the first trimester and exhaustion that made exercise more challenging) and continued until I delivered my son at 36 weeks. The one thing I found with exercise is that I really didn't need a heart monitor to tell whether or not I was pushing too hard. My body told me if I needed to ease up. I didn't think I would be able to tell since it was my first pregnancy but it was a relief that it tended to be obvious if you were doing something you shouldn't do. I walked, danced, used my exercise bike and did yoga throughout my pregnancy and didn't really have to ease up in intensity. I did notice most (if not all) runners have to stop at some point in their pregnancy, but on a birth board for women all expecting the same month as me there were huge variances about when someone had to stop running (and it tended not to be on doctor's orders but based on how their bodies felt running). The one thing to keep in mind is you have to keep the water flowing. In the early days I discovered that I had to drink more than expected to keep cramping at bay.