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I'm 33 weeks and still doing Crossfit 5x a week. My modifications have been: - Keep heart rate below 170, but still doing all the HIIT cardio, including jump squats, box jumps, etc. I have modified my box jump height to 12" since about 20 weeks. - Stopped squatting below parallel @ 28 weeks - All squat movements modified…

I kept boxing (including kickboxing) until about 30 weeks and only stopped because it doesn't really fit my schedule at the moment. Like the other posters said - don't spar, but you can absolutely keep training. Keep an eye on your heart rate and don't do anything that causes you pain. Ignore all that stuff you read about…

There is no reason to worry about chlorine or chemicals in public swimming pools. Pregnant women use public swimming pools all the time, myself included. Personally, I have found swimming to be a nice form of exercise for a rest day, but it has tended to make me painfully bloated probably from somehow swallowing air in the…

The advice on not lifting comes from concern that pregnancy hormones (namely relaxin) that makes the mother more vulnerable to injury should she employ bad form. Many women who are not trained at weight lifting will be at greater risk of back injury or other strains if they attempt to lift something quite heavy, but I…

<- This profile picture of me is from last week at 31 weeks pregnant. I have been doing Crossfit for 2 years. When I first fell pregnant, I really struggled with nausea and fatigue and found myself only able to make it to the gym 2x a week and I really had to take it easy. Second trimester was like a surge of energy and I…

There is no possible way that it is 5lbs overnight of a proper gain. The baby is not growing at that rate nor is any part of its support system. A 5lbs fluctuation is definitely just that - a fluctuation. You may see your weight go back down a bit or stabilize for a while. Pay attention to your salt intake and ensure…

How is everyone going? My latest anxieties were over nursing. I realized last week what a commitment breastfeeding is going to be and how pretty much all of my clothes from January are going to need to be breastfeeding friendly! It's such a strange thing to think about, but I think nursing is going to affect my wardrobe…

I was exactly 19 weeks along when I first felt movement and it soon became very consistent, regular, and undeniably the baby.

Well, I am now going on 30 weeks and have just started pregnancy/birth/parent education classes at my hospital. So far the class has been very slow and I've not really learned anything new. Actually, that's not true, I did learn that an epidural is not just a simple, single injection, but involves inserting some sort of…

I don't think you need to worry too much about gaining the right amount of weight. My OB hasn't once weighed me nor shown any interest in my weight gain. The important thing is that the baby is gaining weight/size appropriately and has a strong heart beat. Odds are, if you're eating more than 2000 calories a day, you're…

Be grateful for whatever you get and remember that aesthetics mean nothing to a baby or even to you in the long run. All you need are the necessities.

Why would any teas be unsafe during pregnancy? As a researcher, I just went and reviewed scientific studies on red raspberry leaves and birth and am convinced that certainly no harm can come of it, though it seems a rather high dose is required. Maybe lots of the tea or take in tablet form. Here's a link to an open-access…

Oh that sounds rough :( Because the spinning has given me pain, I've decided to see a pelvic specialist physiotherapist tomorrow and get some feedback on which exercises I can continue and which to avoid so I don't cause long term problems. Have you seen any specialists for your pain? I find my OB absolutely useless in…

Well, ladies, I just got the results from my glucose tolerance test today and am well in the clear! Thank goodness, I was worried I had to give up my daily chocolate and ice cream! As this is week 28 for me, my OB has said she'd like to start seeing me every 2 weeks. We have no rapport and I have been doing well except for…

Hey, I'm the same as you! 5'2, due 27 of January, and started at 128lbs and an at the moment hovering between 143 and 145. Luckily I'm still feeling pretty good energy wise, though definitely not as much as I had about 2-3 weeks ago. There have been a few days that I've been tempted to take a nap, but I've pushed through.…

Has anyone else had this? I was awakened from a somewhat stressful dream of doing a ton of sit-ups and pull-ups at 4am this morning with overwhelming nausea. I just had enough time to run to the bathroom before vomiting. I felt hot, but not feverish, and instantly better. I was able to get back to sleep pretty quickly and…

I have been pretty diligent over the last 5 weeks in order to slow my weight gain and I have found upping my exercise levels and keeping my calorie intake to right about 2000 calories a day has been my magic combination. I have ice cream with my husband every night after dinner, so I make sure I account for that in my…

Still feeling great, here! I had a mild case of food poisoning on the weekend which was very unpleasant, but other than that my biggest complaints are acid reflux and getting full really quickly/easily as well. January seems so far off....

I highly doubt 1350 is enough for anyone who is pregnant. But I don't mean how much have you been eating this week, I mean for the last 30 weeks to get you to the point you're at. How much weight are you aiming to gain? What made you come on MFP and start tracking calorie intake at 30 weeks pregnant? The best advice I can…

How many have you been eating? It's worth tracking a "typical day" for you at the moment. How has your weight gain gone over the past 30 weeks? Are you on track? High? Low? It doesn't make sense to base your own caloric intake on what other women are doing as everyone has different metabolisms, activity levels, body…

I did not stay fit and healthy and active during the first trimester. I was a wreck! I had no energy and I felt fatigued and nauseous most of the time. I struggled to get to the gym 2x a week, and spent a lot of time eating comfort foods as the only thing I seemed able to want to put in my stomach. When I did work out…

I'm 5'3 and very active. My TDEE on inactive days is around 1500, but given my level of activity I tend to eat around 2000 calories a day while pregnant. My advice would be to eat your TDEE plus 150 for second trimester calories and a proportion of your exercise calories depending on how your weight gain is tracking. I say…

Oh yes, I remember that in my first trimester. I think it started around week 6 for me. It's normal because your body is pumping a lot of extra blood at the moment. You just need to take more rests and slow it down during exercise. I found I started feeling physically better in second trimester almost immediately after…

Thanks for replying! I've done the same, though find that some days there is more discomfort than others. Some days I can do lunges, others I decide it's too uncomfortable. Some days doing push-ups is uncomfortable, others, I can push out 50. I have not heard any credible reason or advice for avoiding exercises that…

Is anyone getting pain/discomfort from ab exercises, particularly in the plank position? I don't know if it's just that the uterus is getting in the way now or what. During abs and in lunges, I get the oddest sensations/discomfort.

Well, I'm 25 weeks tomorrow and feeling good. How is everyone else doing? I have had hints of returning nausea some mornings as well as hints of returning fatigue, but so far I've managed to keep feeling pretty good and energetic, which is good because there is way too much to get done before this baby arrives!

Yep, it's dragging for me! Which is weird because I've also felt really great. I've managed to keep exercising 6 days a week, though I had to give up running a few weeks ago due to pelvic girdle pain. I'm not looking forward to the discomfort of the third trimester.

Wow, this sounds like the type of sadistic programming our head coach would love. We OFTEN do burpee broad jumps in the warm-ups and almost weekly have to do burpee box jumps or burpee chest-to-bar pull-ups in WODs. Someone hide the video!

Amazing! Congratulations! I can only hope and dream that I'll have such a quick and easy labour! I hope you and bub are doing well.

Pilates is a low-intensity exercise, during which I rarely get my heart rate above 100 bpm. It is not cardio focused, but it is very good for strengthening your core and most importantly your pelvic floor, which makes it worthwhile to do while pregnant even if it's not helping burn many calories.