Lifting in the 1st trimester?

Question

Can I lift while I'm pregnant? I'm 5 weeks today. I haven't lifted or really worked out in a long time bc my fertility specialist said no exercise. I already look 4 months pregnant & im absolutely miserable!! Can I lift to get my legs & arms in better shape? I am so flabby and big already!! I've gained 10 lbs since January when I started clomid... I was 132 at Christmas and I'm 143 today 😢 I'm so excited to have this little nugget but I feel like crap!

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I would hold off on lifting. I weight lift daily, but with my last pregnancy I started spotting at 5 weeks and I started cramping.

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If you haven't done any lifting or workouts in a long time I would just check with your doctor to be safe. It's very hard to see how are body changes but in the end it's so Worth it. So just try to eat healthy. I know it can be hard.

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My doctor said I could lift anything under 30 lbs. usually they say if you were doing it before pregnnacy, you're fine to do it during pregnancy too.

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You can lift anything you can handle, lifting doesn't cause harm to the baby its just a old wife's tale. The worse that can happen is a bad back

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I limited myself to 20 lbs

Lifting in the 1st trimester?

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