If so, how high did you let your heart rate go?
I've been trying to run, to keep my weight down and to just stay healthy. I'm not going far, maybe 2 miles, 3 at most. My heartrate goes up pretty quickly, especially when it's hot or humid, so I've been trying to slow it down from time to time. I have to walk a bit just to keep it down where I feel it should be. The doctor told me that if I ran before I was pregnant, that it was safe to continue running as long as I was comfortable and that my heart rate could go to about 170's. Doesn't that seem quite high?
I know exercising can make pregnancy, delivery, and recovery much easier, but it's kind of scary when my heartrate gets too high because I'm not exactly sure how that effects baby Crane.
Any ideas, thoughts, words of wisdom?
Happy Tuesday!!
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4 comments:
You're doc is 100-percent right. That's what we recommend to our pregnant clients who exercised prior to pregnancy, too. 170! Keep it up girl! It's going to make delivery so much easier!
I'm not a runner so I didn't start when I was pregnant but I say if your doctor gives you the okay, then go for it. Generally, any exercise you do pre-preg (aside from high impact sports) should be fairly safe to keep up. You will do your baby and your body good by keeping it up!
I've heard that if you're running before you get pregnant to run while you are pregnant, too, as long as you don't get too tired. Sorry it's not much insight. =)
Kayla...way to go on the running! I ran through both pregnancies. I didn't worry too much about my heart rate, I just listened to my body and took it easy. During my 1st pregnancy I stopped running about 33 weeks and started walking (I just felt really uncomfortable). Second pregnancy I ran until around 27 weeks (other complications stopped me from running). I think it helped a ton in the long run with recovery.
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