Exercises that lead me a positive labor of childbirth

As an employee, I work long hours and have no time to train myself to be an athlete. Before getting pregnant, I used to do a 20-minute exercise three or four times a week, usually at 10 pm after work. I think most working women, don’t have enough time to do exercises. Here I share my experience as working pregnant woman how to do exercise.

Although short, these 20 minutes are essential to maintain the strength and flexibility to give a positive labor. Here I will share what I did and some YouTube channel recommendations.

1. First trimester:

During my firth trimester, I followed my routine as usual. Doing my 20-minute exercise, some yoga to stretch, lifting my 6-pound little dumbbells, jumping up and down with Coldplay’s songs, and life goes on. Just remember, don’t force yourself. Sometimes you will feel so tired or nauseous, just get rest.

As the bump isn’t shown yet, the exercises continue, no more, no less.

2. Second trimester:

For the second trimester, the bump is starting to show, you have to be careful now. I highly recommend the YouTube channel of Pregnancy and Postpartum TV, I followed her exercises in Yoga, HIIT, Pilates, etc. It’s just so calm to hear Jessica’s voice during the exercise, and she always sends a positive message about pregnancy and motherhood at the end of the video, which makes you feel loved and empowered.

These exercises are so important that give your belly the strength to start to hold more weight inside. All the stretches are very effective in reducing and releasing pain, as most of the time, I was still sitting on a chair working a whole day.

3. Third trimester:

At this point, the belly starts to pop up like a bloom. I felt my knees hurts when I do the normal routine exercises. Swimming comes in perfectly for this trimester. In the last month of my pregnancy, I was long to go to swim, because I felt lots of additional weight on my legs and my feet. When I merged myself in the water, the buoyancy helped me to resist gravity, I felt somehow relieved. Swimming was more relaxing than sleeping at this point. Swimming helps you to strengthen your muscles and, in the meantime helps you to relax.

Here I share a video of me swimming 10 days before my baby was born.

Overall, my experience is, for the first 3 months do the exercise you usually do unless you don’t feel comfortable doing it; for the second trimester, try to do exercise designed for pregnant women; for the last 3 months, swimming will be a good option to exercise and relax.

Hope this blog can help you, and best wishes to you and your babies:)