Ok to work out?

Question

Just found out I'm pregnant! First appointment isn't for 2 weeks though so for now you all get my questions 😜. I've heard you can exercise as usual- but what about intense abdominal exercises? Are those ok? Some of the classes I do has a lot of core. Thank you for your advice!!

Answer

If you were doing those before hand, you should be fine. From what I read when I got pregnant was that once you start getting a belly, you have to back off the abdominal exercises or moderate them to accommodate for the pregnancy-basically not lying on your back, but you can do exercises like standing & bring knee to chest, stuff like that (you can google abdominal exercises while pregnant for ideas). The workout video I was doing (before the fatigue hit me) had me doing planks mostly or table tops.

You just have to moderate your workouts as you grow.

And of course, always talk to your OB as you progress. And stop anything that feels uncomfortable.

Ok to work out?

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