Apr 2008
1:15pm, 21 Apr 2008
1,860 posts
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leaguefreak
Thought I'd start a thread cos soon there will be a few of us around. If we likes talking we could make a group.
I'm at the long walks with a pram stage but hoping to do something more organised after my check in a couple of weeks. Anyone have any advice? I am surprised how bliddy unfit I have become in the last year so maybe we will all be in a similar state and need moral support.
That's if any of us get away from nappies and playmat time for long enough to post, that is.
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Apr 2008
2:33pm, 21 Apr 2008
224 posts
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Zeb
how old is Cedd now? TBH I didn't start running until no.2 was a year old, so don't recommend you leave it that long! I'm hoping to start run/walking when this one is 6 weeks.
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Apr 2008
2:47pm, 21 Apr 2008
4,905 posts
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Applecross
Check around and see if there's any specific post-natal classes on - both the hospital I had no. 1 at, and our local sports centre did classes for new mums - the hozzy one was sort of pilates-type things, the sports centre was more aerobics. Hospital one was aimed at first 8 weeks or so of getting back into shape, I think the leisure centre one you could go as long as you liked - I took F along till I went back to work when he was about 6 months. Importantly, in both of them you just took sprog in car seat/pushchair and parked them in the corner till you were through, or with the sports centre one you could put them in the creche for free after 3 months.
Neither of them would touch you with a bargepole till you'd had your 6 week check though. Before that, think I tried some swimming 4 weeks after he was born, and tried to fit in a few ab-stregthening things (from a book called Yoga for Pregnancy by Wendy Teasdill), errr, pretty much as soon as I looked down and saw the horror that was my squishy belly.
Remember your ligaments will still be all floppy (I think up to 4 months post-baby), so take it easy with the running
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Apr 2008
3:36pm, 21 Apr 2008
6,287 posts
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Mikuro
I am 2 months post baby now and soooo unfit. I've been for 1 run (1.5 miles) and it was so hard, I couldn't believe it! Curse all those cakes....
Little one is booked into the gym creche tomorrow and Wednesday, and I am going to try some treadmill running and on Weds a swim and see how I go.
My belly is gross, the sooner I can attack it the better...!!
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Apr 2008
10:27am, 25 Apr 2008
1,867 posts
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leaguefreak
Cedd is 7 weeks on Sunday and demanding my attention right now.
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Apr 2008
11:34am, 25 Apr 2008
14 posts
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Hi - I'm 8 months post birth so not sure if I qualify but congrats to the new mums - and well done on your run Mikuro - good stuff! If it's any hlep, I started back run/walking gently after 4 weeks (c/s birth) and built it up gradually so I could do FLM a couple of weeks ago. Still have about half a stone to lose though. Have signed up for a mums'n'babies Pilates class next week, so hopefully that might tone things up a bit even if it doesn't make the weight drop off.
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Apr 2008
11:57am, 25 Apr 2008
4,925 posts
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Applecross
Ooh wow - well done sarahbob, that is exactly what I need to hear (hoping to use deferred FLM spot next year, about 10 months post sprog-drop).
But you ran quite a lot through pregnancy, didn't you?
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Apr 2008
1:24pm, 25 Apr 2008
15 posts
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Yes - ran all the way through - but after about 6 months it was v. slow and short distances (less than 10 miles per week) , so not sure exactly how much it helped my fitness really. Still found it reasonably tough to get back to a reasonable level of fitness (ate too many cakes whilst pregnant!) but took it quite slowly (especially as I had a c/s). It's perfectly do-able though - I'm definitley no super-woman. Have you had to give up running?
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Apr 2008
2:42pm, 25 Apr 2008
4,926 posts
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Applecross
Yeah, got pubis symphysis and the extra weight was straining my dodgy knee - didn't really run after 5 months
The 'too many cakes' bit has got me worried - I've eaten too many everything!
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Apr 2008
2:45pm, 25 Apr 2008
4,326 posts
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Well done all the new mums:)
Now, who wants to buy my baby jogger??:):):)
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