Working out during pregnancy can help women to avoid a lot of common pregnancy symptoms. During my pregnancy I had very few backaches. I did not experienced swelling in my hands and feet. My blood pressure was fantastic. My weight gain was within the normal range. My energy levels were good for the most part and my labor and delivery were relatively straight forward.
I have been fortunate enough to get to know the wonderful ladies over at Boston Baby Nurses! Carole Arsenault is president and founder of Boston Baby Nurses, an agency that provides lactation and postpartum services to women and babies. Carole’s team…… More
Hope everyone had a wonderful long weekend!! Still no baby yet and I have been a feeling a combination of awesome and terrible all weekend. Hopefully that means it’s almost time. We had a great weekend (was it my last…… More
Amazingly, I had a great workout this past Sunday. I have mentioned before that during pregnancy, and especially towards the end of my third trimester, I have had some days where I feel a lot more energetic than others. Last…… More
It’s been almost a month since I posted about the different changes I’ve made during each trimester to my workout routines. As I’m now in the last stretch (just over 3 weeks left until my due date), I wanted to share…… More
I wanted to share a few workout videos I made this past weekend. I was 35.5 weeks pregnant….almost 36 now! Getting so close! My workouts have been going okay. Third trimester is definitely a bit tiring, but not too bad.…… More
Hope everyone had a great weekend and those of you who celebrate had a wonderful Easter! Here’s a quick video from this past Friday morning. I was 34 weeks and 1 day at the time…now inching up on 35 weeks.…… More
I’m currently 33.5 weeks pregnant and we filmed this video yesterday. I definitely need some work on my kettlebell snatch form, but wanted to show that snatches are possible (and awesome in my opinion) during late pregnancy. I actually have…… More
If you missed last week’s post about exercising during pregnancy, check that out first. As promised, I’m expanding below about what I personally changed during each trimester to keep working out pain-free and without hurting myself or my baby. Again,…… More
To state the obvious…there is a lot of controversy around exercising during pregnancy. Should you work out? Should you run? Should you watch your heart rate? Should you refrain from starting anything new? I was happy when this link popped…… More
I’ve gotten back to a more normal routine (at least more normal for my pregnancy) this week. My injuries are feeling better and I’ve actually been sleeping well which has been a treat. Knock on wood! Today’s pregnancy fun was…… More
