Exercise after baby?

Question

So I just found a love for fitness about 2 years ago. I’m getting ready to have a baby...I’m 36 weeks...and have continued my pretty extreme workouts....I’m wondering how long I’ll have to actually take off? If anyone else has started again before 6 weeks were up? I really am not looking forward to taking so much time off so just wanting to hear other people’s experiences...

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5 weeks PP today and I’m dying for my appointment on Tuesday so I can be cleared!! I asked at my 2 week appointment if I could start working out yet and my doctor said to wait for the 6 week mark due to potential complications 🤷🏻‍♀️ I’ve felt completely normal after delivery (vaginal delivery with 1 small tear that needed a stitch) but have only allowed myself long walks and gentle yoga/stretching. I was super active all pregnancy - I went to an Orangetheory class and then walked 3 miles the day my water broke so I definitely want to get back to it even just for the endorphins 😂 Honestly, not sure when I would have had that much time to go work out in the last few weeks since we just introduced a bottle on Sunday (I’ve been EBF)
Good luck with your delivery!!

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I started walking and light body weight exercises at 4 weeks . Regular workouts at 6 weeks -slowly working back

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After delivery at two weeks I would take my daughter on 2-3 mi walks and at 5 weeks PP I started jogging then once cleared back to high intensity workouts

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I have been bodybuilding for years and when I had my daughter the first week I was doing easier ab exercises and the second week started doing yoga to get a little more conditioning before I was back in the gym at the 6 weeks! Everything went fine for me even though I had stitches BUT I had worked out my whole pregnancy and was pretty used to it! I felt like the 6 weeks was a little generous personally but I still didn’t start lifting heavy until the 6 weeks just precautionary 😁

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