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[naldridge]

Have y'all seen this article about Lea-Ann Ellison and the controversy surrounding her pregnancy photos?

www.cnn.com/2013/09/20/health/pregnant-woman-weightlifter-crossfit/?hpt=he_c1

[jene]

This was discussed on MMM, but the part in the article about pregnant women lifting items in excess of 15 pounds kind of made me ^o)

[ebeth]

aren't there physiological reasons why you aren't supposed to be lifting heavy in the third tri? something about your ligaments relaxing in preparation for delivery?

but who knows, that may well be maintenance weight for her and not heavy at all.

[katinthehat]

Sept 24, 2013 13:21:31 GMT -5 ebeth said:

aren't there physiological reasons why you aren't supposed to be lifting heavy in the third tri? something about your ligaments relaxing in preparation for delivery?

but who knows, that may well be maintenance weight for her and not heavy at all.

It's a hormone (?) called relaxon (sp?) - basically it's what allows all your girlie bits to slip apart so the baby can whoosh on out.  In theory.  It also gives pregnant women extra flexibility.  I don't know why that would inhibit your lifting ability though because I don't think it makes you any weaker.

[clseale]

Sept 24, 2013 15:30:17 GMT -5 katinthehat said:

Sept 24, 2013 13:21:31 GMT -5 ebeth said:

aren't there physiological reasons why you aren't supposed to be lifting heavy in the third tri? something about your ligaments relaxing in preparation for delivery?

but who knows, that may well be maintenance weight for her and not heavy at all.

It's a hormone (?) called relaxon (sp?) - basically it's what allows all your girlie bits to slip apart so the baby can whoosh on out.  In theory.  It also gives pregnant women extra flexibility.  I don't know why that would inhibit your lifting ability though because I don't think it makes you any weaker.

What about the stuff stated in the article? Is the decreased blood flow to organs, bearing down risk, membrane rupture, false based on what you all have been told by Drs? I've never been pregnant & have therefore given this zero thought.Lol

I tend to assume these people have educated themselves on risks & have discussed with their Dr. Good for her.

[hannahb]

Sept 24, 2013 11:17:06 GMT -5 jene said:

This was discussed on MMM, but the part in the article about pregnant women lifting items in excess of 15 pounds kind of made me

Yeah, what about second time moms? Are they not supposed to pick up their other kid??

[hannahb]

Sept 24, 2013 15:45:13 GMT -5 clseale said:

Sept 24, 2013 15:30:17 GMT -5 katinthehat said:

It's a hormone (?) called relaxon (sp?) - basically it's what allows all your girlie bits to slip apart so the baby can whoosh on out.  In theory.  It also gives pregnant women extra flexibility.  I don't know why that would inhibit your lifting ability though because I don't think it makes you any weaker.

What about the stuff stated in the article? Is the decreased blood flow to organs, bearing down risk, membrane rupture, false based on what you all have been told by Drs? I've never been pregnant & have therefore given this zero thought.Lol

I tend to assume these people have educated themselves on risks & have discussed with their Dr. Good for her.

If you are doing a valsalva (bearing down, not breathing). I could see the potential with cutting off blood supply. However, if you maintain proper breathing and posture it shouldn't be a problem.
My doctor told me just to keep doing what I have all along. Just to listen to my body. If something felt off, then to back off.

[jene]

Sept 24, 2013 15:58:18 GMT -5 hannahb said:

Sept 24, 2013 11:17:06 GMT -5 jene said:

This was discussed on MMM, but the part in the article about pregnant women lifting items in excess of 15 pounds kind of made me

Yeah, what about second time moms? Are they not supposed to pick up their other kid??

Apparently not!  Or a suitcase, or a large bag of pet food....

[katinthehat]

Sept 24, 2013 15:45:13 GMT -5 clseale said:

Sept 24, 2013 15:30:17 GMT -5 katinthehat said:

It's a hormone (?) called relaxon (sp?) - basically it's what allows all your girlie bits to slip apart so the baby can whoosh on out.  In theory.  It also gives pregnant women extra flexibility.  I don't know why that would inhibit your lifting ability though because I don't think it makes you any weaker.

What about the stuff stated in the article? Is the decreased blood flow to organs, bearing down risk, membrane rupture, false based on what you all have been told by Drs? I've never been pregnant & have therefore given this zero thought.Lol

I tend to assume these people have educated themselves on risks & have discussed with their Dr. Good for her.

Decreased blood flow is a risk but my doctor told me that my body would flip myself over if I felt I was endangering the baby.  In other words, you don't have to worry about that in your sleep so don't worry about it during the day.  I did pilates my whole pregnancy with Eliza and found it hard to breathe so would naturally stop doing the activity on my back.  I'd only heard decreased blood flow in relation to laying flat on my back though.

If bearing down is a risk, pregnant women would never poop.

I mean, I think all of those are legitimate risks but in the 0.01% of things that can go wrong when you are pregnant.  And for every woman that went into early labor because she was lifting heavy weights there's another woman who went into spontaneous early labor at the same gestation just because she was walking up the stairs to her house.  In other words, there is always risk but I think you'd have to be doing pretty seriously stupid shit to endanger your pregnancy with exercise. 

[ebeth]

I'm thinking the increased flexibility would allow for a range of motion the you don't have the strength to support?
Which prob isn't a problem fir the baby but might injure the mom.

But really I don't care what this lady does. It's her body, not mine.

[rugbywife]

I said this when we discussed this on CE&P earlier this week, here it is again:

- she isn't doing even close to full range of motion, in CF you typically go well below the crease of the knee
- she is probably lifting less than 1/2 of her 1 rep max weight - I watched women do 5 reps at 165lbs this weekend at a competition - she is lifting 85lbs as far as I can tell from the pic...I would imagine that is chump change to her.
- apparently she only did one squat for the picture and that's it.