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asked by: Michelle1337 on August 15th, 2004

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I have a question...
How much do/or did you guys exercise? What is too much and what is too little? My mom keeps telling me..You need to excercise michelle! And i'm like okay fine! But then today, I did, and I felt horrible afterwards...I felt fine while I was rollerblading (which is what I did - I went about 4 miles) but then when I stop I had horrible cramps and they were coming and going very frequently which scared the sh*t out of my mom cuz she thought I had forced myself into labor...So yeah.

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babyrae

replied on August 15th, 2004

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How far along r u again???

Michelle1337

replied on August 15th, 2004

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21 weeks - not very large though...Actually you can barely tell...So i'm not off balance or anything yet...And I didnt fall...I promise. Smile

babyrae

replied on August 15th, 2004

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Oh okay, cuz I was just gonna say somethin about that!
But as for exercise in pregnany, ur doc will tell u that ur exercise routine before u got pregnant, is okay to continue in ur pregnancy (as long as its not a strenuous workout or situps or anything)
but if u didnt exercise before, walking is probably the best thing u coudl do, since ur not straining any muscles that havent been used in awhile.

Shauna

Michelle1337

replied on August 15th, 2004

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I was very very athletic....I even high jumped b4 iknew I was pregnant and was in the weight room all the time and I also played summer league basketball...But i'm worried about why I was cramping so bad.... It got so bad I had to lay down and cry.

babyrae

replied on August 15th, 2004

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Sometimes ur body may be tellin u to "slow down" a little, cuz pregnancy is different with exercise. You can walk, jog, swim, and do anything else thats safer, but ur not supposed to lift weights, ride a bike, etc so ur body may be tellin u to stop what ur doing and to find something else.
I wuldnt wory too much about the cramping unless there was blood, or clotting. So dont worry!

Shauna

Michelle1337

replied on August 15th, 2004

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Thanks

littlehunybunny

replied on August 15th, 2004

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Possibly cause your muscles and stuff are streatching in there, and you havn't been doing much the last few weeks, and then doing that rollerblading was too much on your. Don't do so much next time, work your way up to stuff like that. Try taking walks from now on till you feel up to other stuff

stacey

KariM1804

replied on August 15th, 2004

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Hey hun I definitly wouldnt rollerblade anymore. .Even if ur not big.. Its dangerous, u never know, u could fall anytime. Anyhow, you have to be careful excersizing, and are supposed to stop before you get tired is what my doctor told me. Basically just walking and small excersizes like that are best. You dont want to overexert yourself*

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