No more pelvic rest! And lifting while PG question

[katinthehat]

My placenta has moved, hooray and I'm released from all restrictions!

Of course, I now I have a sinus infection from Hades so I couldn't celebrate with a trainer ride like I wanted.  C'est la vie.

Here's a question for you.  I was lifting regularly (three times a week) until about 10 weeks along then morning sickness kept me out of the gym.  So I'm 18 weeks and a few days now, do you think that two month gap is too much for me to get back into the gym?  I know I won't start out at the levels I left off at before but "they" also say you shouldn't start anything new while pregnant and I don't know if taking off after two months would make it "new" to me or not.

[runblondie26]

Great news Kat! I think you'd be fine to try it out. You know your body and its limits.

(Sorry, about the sinus infection. Those are so awful.)

[finallykrisb]

So excited for you!!

I think that given your previous level of activity that a few weeks off isn't a big deal. I would start easy and build up and just listen to your body.

[kams]

Oh this is such great news!!

As blondie said, I think you are the best judge of what you can/can't do. I sort of imagine that they are painting with a broad brush on the topic of exercise while pregnant. I think doing the lifting that you have been doing, with reasonable weight at a reasonable frequency, would be perfectly fine. I would probably scale back a touch from where you left off, but I would do that if I had a bit of time off and I wasn't pregnant. You can always put in a call to you OB/MW, but if you are off pelvic rest without restriction, I would take that as a green light to return to previous activities (in a smart way, of course).

For some reason I feel the need to qualify this as solely the opinion of not-a-doctor. Ha.

[lilles]

I am 17 weeks and just started exercising again on Monday. I took of a month due to a subchorionic hemorrhage and threatened miscarriage. On Monday I just walked on the treadmill for 30 mins at 3.5 doing the hill workout. I have to take it slow since I am still bleeding and have to monitor that the bleeding doesn't increase. On Tuesday I did the same on the treadmill but added bicep curls, tricep extensions and shoulder raises, and dumbbell side bends with 10lb dumbbells. I took yesterday off and did the same thing that I did on Tuesday today. Tomorrow I plan to do the treadmill and add squats and lunges. I will do this with less weight than usual since again I am monitoring the bleeding.

If all goes well tomorrow I will take the weekend off and on Monday try to jog/run on the treadmill with the hill incline and see how I do and keep adding to my leg workouts. I am also going to add core work which I asked about in another post today.

Just take it easy and listen to your body. It was hard for me to just walk on the treadmill but I have to start slow and see what I can handle.

[emuni04]

I agree with all PP's about listening to your body. I think you're fine, just scale back as needed.

Hooray for cooperative placentas!

[hannahb]

I agree with everyone else and would just recommend slowly resuming things.

[cinco]

Great news! I preferred lighter weights, more reps when pregnant. I got the dizzies when I went heavier. Everyone is different, but I think our bodies do a great job of letting us know what it can handle.

[shelbyann]

That's great news!

I think you'll be fine to ease back in to your routine or some modified version of it. I have also been doing lighter weights and higher reps since I've been PG...maybe 60-70% of what I was lifting before? I try to push it just hard enough that my muscles feel "awake" and challenged but not so much that I'm struggling with that last rep.

Good luck!

[katinthehat]

thanks all! I'll head back to the gym on Monday and see how I feel.

[katinthehat]

and shelbyann is that ticker right?!? Do you really only have 16 more days?!

[MrsE]

Great news!!

[shelbyann]

Feb 6, 2014 16:03:26 GMT -5 katinthehat said:

and shelbyann is that ticker right?!? Do you really only have 16 more days?!

It is! Yikes.

And in an interesting turn of events, I just got back from an appointment and I have now been placed on modified bed rest (for elevated BP). So go lift some weights for me.