W6D1 and Pregnant

[Urba]

When I started running with the Zombie Run program a few months ago before switching to C25K a neighbor friend told me that she started running through our neighborhood and ended up pregnant with her little surprise. I just found out that I am pregnant!

Tomorrow DH and I are walking 16km through the city and Monday we start week 6. We are a bit behind the ideal schedule for the Halloween 5k at the end of this month, but the days I was not feeling well have an explanation.

I have met with my doctor and am medically cleared to run. Anyone completed the program while expecting? How about running a 5k? I would love to hear any tips and BTDT experiences.

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Congratulations!

[TJMazz Graduate]

Congratulations. What lovely news 🎉🎈👶🏻😀

[Oldfloss Administrator Graduate]

Wow,, absolutely amazing!! Congratulations

Maybe useful reading?

babycentre.co.uk/a7877/runn...

News item last year too...

bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-364...

My daughter, Little Mum, as I refer to her in posts, was diagnosed with gestational diabetes

( hereditary) not weight related) She worked out on her elliptical cross trainer. three times a day, from August through to the day before small runner in training was born.. The day before, we walked five miles together too

She had no issues with weight or anything else and looked amazing..! She felt amazing too!

I am sure someone will have advice out there for you

What happy news to start my Sunday.. enjoy your lovely walk

[Urba in reply to Oldfloss]

Thanks for the links!

DH and I discusses getting an elliptical cross trainer for me since winter is coming and I do not want to risk finding a patch of ice and falling. I am worried it will become an expensive clothes rack, but I have not discounted the idea and plan to wait to see how the weather is in a few months.

[Oldfloss Administrator Graduate in reply to Urba]

You are welcome... the cross- trainers, decent ones... are expensive,but we have one and it has been worth its weight in gold. For icy conditions and deep snow, they are brilliant. I will not run if it is icy...

Great for recovery after being on the IC too...I used mine after I broke my ribs too.. and it kept the legs really supple and increased their strength... also, my husband uses it every day...he is a walker an he uses the different levels within the programmes to improve stamina etc. I use mine on rest days too for core strength and stamina

If you have time, this post of mine describes how I felt about it...

healthunlocked.com/couchto5...

Little Mum went on hers after every meal whilst pregnant... she works out on it now, every morning too and has so much energy.

The thing is, you just build it into your routine...it is instant.. whatever the weather, and when small one is born... pop them into a carrier and walk on there when you cannot get outside

[Glossy Graduate]

Congratulations!!

I have an 11 month old. I was fairly new graduate of this program when I fell pregnant and was just having a trundle with the work runners a few times a week. I was fine to go sleeping for a week at 13 weeks. I kept going with the running until I was about 16-17 weeks but then unfortunately I got SPD which scuppered the running. It was hard enough walking by the end 😬

I re-started C25k and am just about to start wrk 9.

It was my plan to keep going. I friend of mine (who is a seasoned runner) ran through her whole pregnancy and did the Parkrun at 39 weeks!

I'd say keep going. Listen to your body, you'll know if it's telling you to stop.

(On a separate pregnancy related note I did wise hippo hypnobirthing and found it really helpful, not too happy clappy etc. I had a problem-free home birth. Would recommend!)

[Urba in reply to Glossy]

So far I can tell nope days before I run. I try to walk, and usually manage that if I cannot run. It is still early and who knows what this pregnancy will bring. I am very antsy and even after the W5D3 run I struggled to sit still. The question is, do I really need to sit on my rump and do nothing? Thankfully, no so I cleaned the house instead.

I recall a friend talking about hypobirthing, I will have to remember to check it out, thanks. No home birth here, I am considered high risk due to the complications with my last child.

[Glossy Graduate in reply to Urba]

Try to find other things to do other than cleaning ☺️

I've just read my post back and see I went sleeping at 13 weeks, that should have said skiing 😃

Hope you don't have too many complications this time xx

[Fishypieface Graduate]

Congratulations!

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Congratulations. I think the best advice above is listen to your body and do what's right for you.

I had a friend who was a keen cyclist and everyone told her stories about how they knew someone who carried on cycling till the day before they gave birth. With the result that when she couldn't do that she felt a failure.

Carry on running while it feels good and then stop when your body (or doctor) tell you to stop.