Is It Safe to Start Working Out Again When Morning Sickness Passes

I think you should not worry about working out. The baby is more important. You can always work out after the pregnacy. It is time to take care of baby, and there is a time for everything just look at Ecclesiastes, Chapter 3.

When I was pregnant, I used my elliptical all the way through my 9th month (I had no moning sickness, so I used it like a fiend before I even realized I was pregnant). The only thing the doctor said was to make sure that my heart rate didn't get too high (I think over 120). You may want to ask your OB, but they'll probably say that as long as you were doing it before and not starting a new routine, you'll be fine.

I was always told that I could resume normal activities before pregnancy. EXCEPT, abdominal crunches or sit-ups, but you are always better to talk to your OB, and make sure you listen to your own body and if it is ielling you enough it enough then it is.

Yes! Stay active! It will make a >huge< difference in your pregnancy, delivery and recovering. I didn't exercise much during my 1st pregnancy and had many aches and pains, long labor, long recovery, etc. I stayed active during my 2nd and 3rd pregnancies and had very few aches/pains toward the end of the pregnancy, had alot more energy, a much shorter labor/pushing phase and recovery was remarkable (went to ice hockey practice 2 weeks after baby was born and felt great!).

Use common sense, though, and listen to your body. You may not be able to do exactly what you did before so be prepared to change. During my 3rd pregnancy I could continue to go to hockey practice until about 5 months pregnant (doc ok'd it, I took it easy and I don't fall just skating around... I'd been playing for 15 years at that point) but I used my brains and didn't participate in all the drills and any of the scrimmages.

I also didn't wait for morning sickness to pass to be active. I had bad morning sickness with baby #2 and I felt much better after going for a long walk outside. You may want to try light exercise now to feel better.

Yes! Work out! But as once into your 2nd trimester, be cautious of lying on our back (for sit-ups, etc.), it can slow blood supply to the baby! Otherwise go for it!

A. V.

As long as your doc says it's okay, you should be fine. The key is, you were working out before, so it shouldn't be a problem unless you're high risk.

FYI.....might want to keep some peppermints on hand. Peppermnt helps calm the stomach and helps w/ nausea. So does ginger - which you can do in tea form, unless you can find some of those European candies that are ginger.

Ginger & peppermint teas should help, too.

You need to stay healthy, and now that the morning sickness has passed, exercising can actually keep any more nausea at bay. Ease back into it because you don't know how much your pregnant body can take. Never over-do it, rest when you need to rest and stay very hydrated.

I don't know why the PP was told she couldn't do crunches, but that's not true. You need to keep those muscles strong to give birth. Check around and see if there's a prenatal yoga class you can take. It will keep you centered and limber. In general, the only rule of exercise in pregnancy is: STOP IF IT HURTS. Unless there are other issues with your pregnancy, there's nothing you did before that you can't do now. Don't push it and try to do more than you used to, but you don't have to assume you should do less either.

Also, lying on your back doesn't affect blood flow to your baby. However, it can pinch the vena cava which returns blood to your heart from your lower extremities. But, it's not an issue for short amounts of time. You shouldn't sleep on your back, but doing ab exercises and even short meditation (like at the end of yoga) is fine. If you get uncomfortable, turn on your side instead. But you'll know if there is trouble.
"Lying on your back In your second and third trimesters, your growing uterus can slow the circulation in your legs by compressing the inferior vena cava (the large vein that returns blood from the lower half of the body to the heart) and the pelvic veins.

Lying flat on your back can make this problem worse. In fact, about 8 percent of pregnant women in their second and third trimesters develop a condition called supine hypotensive syndrome: When they lie on their back, their heart rate increases, their blood pressure drops, and they feel anxious, lightheaded, and nauseated until they shift their position.

To avoid this problem, lie on your side instead of flat on your back. Either side is better than your back, although the left side is best. A pillow placed behind you or under your hip can help you stay on your side — or at least tilted enough to keep your uterus from compressing the vena cava."

Good luck:)

Talk to your doctor. However, most will say anything you were doing before you were pregnant is safe during pregnancy. Of course things like ab exercises and such are just not practical.

Congrats on the pregnancy!

Everytime I did I ended up with a cold. Stressed my body too much.

P90X is pretty extreme, I've done it.Something moderate is best from what I read when I was pregnant. Walking, jogging, light wieghts-just no marathons. Google it-all the baby sites will have information from studies about it.