I listen to podcasts, read information on the internet as well as in my pregnancy books and they all say that working out is safe during pregnancy and it may help during delivery and it will help get your body back into shape after the baby is born. I have spent June and July getting my body into shape, well the last two weeks of June I was exhausted! I don’t know if it was a bug or my body building a human being…either way I COULDN’T make it through my regular work-outs. I tried doing yoga since it is a more relaxing work-out, but the movements didn’t feel right (I am incredibly bloated…which made yoga feel uncomfortable, never mind I was scared to squash the baby). I was really discouraged…especially since my pregnancy work-out DVD’s won’t be here until September. I had this amazing plan to be a fit mama and have energy during pregnancy (the books said I would), I figured I would be healthier after giving birth so I could give the best care to my newborn…I KNEW I would be able to handle our Japan trip and all the other trips I will plan before I can’t fly anymore. Finally today I pulled out my Leslie Sansone Walk at Home DVD. It did the trick! A workout I know won’t harm my baby (it is so scary knowing this is the riskiest time of its life and it’s up to me not to do anything to harm it)…it’s just walking, it is broken up into miles so I knew I could stop at any time, and it’s a good workout. Mile 1 is the worm up, Mile 2 you speed it up with a little jogging, Mile 3 has a little more jogging and Mile 4 includes workouts with a resistance band. I did all 4 miles and still have energy to get my chores done. I don’t know what changed…maybe my body is getting used to working overtime, maybe the 2 week rest was what I needed…WHO KNOWS? My goal is to use this video daily and maybe start my membership back up at the hotel gym and pool.
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