Healthy Pregnancy Check-in 6/10

[legalbeagle]

Hi ladies! Hope you are all having awesome Fridays and happy almost-weekend!

- How did you have a healthy pregnancy last week?

- How will you love your body next week?

- Any recipes or fitness/wellness tips to share?

- GTKY: If you listen to music when you exercise, what kind and do you have a new favorite jam?

[kaydee0402]

- How did you have a healthy pregnancy last week? Vegetables (with the exception of celery) are a no go, but I've been eating a lot of fruit. I also walked with DS a few times, took him swimming and did my yoga DVD finally


- How will you love your body next week? Keep upping the ante with the healthy eating as my nausea fades and keep up with the walking, taking DS to the pool (yep, I totally count this as exercise) and try to do my yoga DVd at least three times this week.


- Any recipes or fitness/wellness tips to share? Fit in workouts when you can, they seriously help up your energy levels and keep the exhaustion at bay. I've noticed a huge difference this week compared to last.


- GTKY: If you listen to music when you exercise, what kind and do you have a new favorite jam? I listen to pop fitness on Pandora when I run, but my favorite jam when I do yoga is "Budding Trees" by Nahko Bear and Medicine for the People. Seriously helps me to get in the zone with my practice!

[lola]

- How did you have a healthy pregnancy last week? I went to barre after a two week break, which made me feel good. I've also been doing some research on how to modify my workouts to lessen the chances of diastasis recti. I'm hoping to make it to another class this afternoon.

- How will you love your body next week? Next week will be tough, with a three-day conference that means I'll be on my feet for hours on end, then out of town for my husband's work retreat. Hoping to take it easy during the conference, then maximize the relaxation during the retreat. And I'm getting a prenatal massage. So excited!

- Any recipes or fitness/wellness tips to share? Since I've been doing a lot of reading, I'd encourage everyone to look into diastasis recti too. I didn't realize that many of the exercises I was doing could actually encourage it. There are some simple modifications (barre/wall planks and pushups instead of on the floor) that I'm hoping to use now.

- GTKY: If you listen to music when you exercise, what kind and do you have a new favorite jam? I just listen to what they play in class, but I'm always trying to remember the songs so I can add them to Spotify later.

[emilie]

hi all! happy Friday and happy weekend!

lola thanks for mentioning diastasis recti! as someone who works out a fair amount I want to be really careful about my abs, both now and postpartum.

- How did you have a healthy pregnancy last week? I went to my first prenatal yoga class, which was great! it was not toooo easy and it was SO good to feel sore after working out again. I'm going to try to go to a few classes this week.

- How will you love your body next week? multiple workout classes, and I'm also going to try to eat more protein and iron-rich foods. I just got diagnosed with anemia and it likely has something to do with avoiding meat for the last 2 months.

- Any recipes or fitness/wellness tips to share? no recipes, but just a reminder to everyone to do your Kegels every day! apparently it can really help with labor and recovery.

- GTKY: If you listen to music when you exercise, what kind and do you have a new favorite jam? I usually go to classes, so whatever is playing there!

[legalbeagle]

- How did you have a healthy pregnancy last week?
I think I did a great job of trying to eat more vegetables and be mindful about my carb intake. Carbs are go-to comfort food for me (everyone?) but I can't fill up on carbs as a vegetarian so I need to eat more protein and veggies.

- How will you love your body next week?
Exercise fell by the wayside last week. Making more of an effort next week once my extended family is gone. It has been so nice in the mornings recently I'm going to go walk outside!

- Any recipes or fitness/wellness tips to share?
emilie, Kegels were mine too after lola posted about diastasis recti! I should have done them more with DS. Maybe I wouldn't have had to push for three hours??

- GTKY: If you listen to music when you exercise, what kind and do you have a new favorite jam?
I love current cheesy pop jams and hip hop. Elie Gouldings "Love Me Like You Do" has been playing a lot on my iPhone recently.

[legalbeagle]

Also really really great job with all the movement, ladies! I'm so impressed and inspired!

[Deleted]

- How did you have a healthy pregnancy last week?
I ate real food this week! I've cooked dinner almost every day except yesterday. I walked almost every day too. Yesterday I felt so crappy, I pretty much stayed in bed all day.

- How will you love your body next week? More walks, and I found some prenatal workout on youtube so I made a playlist so I can start doing some of those next week. I also need to dh to show me how to hook up my computer to the tv so I can do my barre3 online workouts.


- Any recipes or fitness/wellness tips to share?


- GTKY: If you listen to music when you exercise, what kind and do you have a new favorite jam? Depends on what I'm doing. If I'm just walking, lately I've been listening to podcasts. Gilmore Guys, West Wing Weekly, Nerdist are all entertaining to listen to while I'm out and about by myself. If I want something peppy I have a decent mix of all kinds of stuff. With the exception of rap music I'll listen to anything.

[Winnifred]

How did you have a healthy pregnancy last week? I did pretty good sticking to my minimum 1/2 hour daily walks and every other day strength training last week.

How will you love your body next week? Planning on keeping it up this week!

Any recipes or fitness/wellness tips to share? I can't do recipes right now... just not working for me. I'm just focused right now on keeping my body healthy through activity, even on days when I'm failing miserably with my diet.

GTKY: Only when I'm running or solo walking, and I typically need something faster paced to keep me moving!

emilie, I absolutely HATE the feeling of doing kegels!!! I need to get over it, but it almost makes me want to gag for some reason. Maybe that's crazy... I think I just need to get over it and start squeezing away...