Pregnancy Fitness Blog: one more week!

Posted by Maria Kang on December 30, 2008

Happy, belated Christmas everyone. I’ve been soo busy that I’ve only been able to post daily fitness motivations. I’ve also been uninspired to write as my mind keeps focusing on one task and then another…and then another…

I’ve been walking almost every day. Last night I went walking with my other pregnant girlfriend who is due around the same time as me for an hour an a half! The night before I went walking with David and my dog at 11:30pm at night! AND the day before, I took a kickboxing class! YEP! I still take classes when I can.

However – after meeting with my doula yesterday, she recommends I lay off the intense classes…my upper back had a lot of tension and we don’t want the placenta to move all around the place and possibly break…so! It’s all about walking for me in these last couple weeks…or couple days..or one day… YOU NEVER know when that little thing wants to come out.

Honestly, while I am hoping for a New Year’s baby, I think he will come around January 3-10. I DO feel very fatigued more now than ever. It IS harder to move. My FEET are sore and swollen sometimes, and my fingers are retainin water too!

BUT – I think he still likes it in there. I actually LOVE him in there.

I’m going to miss being pregnant for sure. It’s been an amazing experience. I appreciate my body more than I ever have in my life..I was able to moderate my diet more because I wasn’t preparing for a contest or looking forward to a vacation or photoshoot – I just really learned to feed and nourish my body because I had too.

Although people praise me for being ‘fit’ during my pregnancy – of course, I am naturally very hard on myself. I definitely could’ve eaten better. Especially during my first trimester. While I wrote everything down and ate an average of 2300 calories per day – I could’ve eaten more veggies? I’ve gained around 36 pounds – which is PERFECT. I hardly have any stretchmarks except for a few lines on my left side (because he LOVES sitting to my right side)

I refrained from high intensity workouts immediately after finding out I was pregnant because I didn’t want a miscarriage (as the first trimester is very fragile) and after that I only trained with weights maybe once a week.

SO – yes, I was definitely active, but not as active as you may think. I really had to learn to listen to my body and respect the little baby growing inside of me!

Here are pictures from Christmas:

Wrapping gifts!

My 38 weeks (9.5 months) belly!

With my familia Christmas day!

Taking a nap with my little niece. It was a LONG night!

One Response to “Pregnancy Fitness Blog: one more week!”

5 months pregnant says:

February 12, 2010 at 12:31 am

During month 5 of your pregnancy you may experience occasional discomfort in your inner thighs, hips and lower abdomen called round ligament pain. This is because the ligaments that support your uterus are carrying load that is increasing. Pelvic tilt exercises helps tone your perineum and ease pregnancy aches and pains.

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