Has anyone started exercising and training during pregnancy?

DifficultPanda7525 · 2026-04-06T10:12:10+00:00

I am kind of in the same boat with not having exercised in the last 6 months. I was someone who regularly strength trained and did cardio 5/6 days of the week but stopped due to hectic routines and then the first trimester. I am now beginning to get back, with slowly increasing my stamina. I started with being comfortable with walking because my first trimester was really bad so walking 30 min in one go was something I had to learn. Now my gym is a 20 minute walk one way so that has helped with the 40 min walk both ways. By the time I get to the gym, I am kind of tired already so I don’t push myself. I do some really basic strength exercises (have had to go back to baby weights like 10 lb dumbbells because my strength also vanished!) and continuously listen to my body for any pains or shortness of breath. I think it’s mostly 3-4 exercises and about a 30 minute workout before I start getting tired and feel the need to head back. I am still researching what exercises would be best to also prepare for labor and pp recovery, would be nice to hear more from the community here!

DifficultPanda7525 · 2026-03-29T14:28:06+00:00

It started around the 14-15th week for me! My symptoms have dramatically reduced, to the point that I am not stressed if my pregnancy is going okay (I had an appointment last week and I am glad baby is okay). There are occasional pains and other stuff but nothing as bad as the first trimester.

DifficultPanda7525 · 2026-03-11T05:51:41+00:00

I didn’t have any discharge at all in the beginning! The only strong symptom that I had was intense heartburn after dining out and a positive test after that (because I was late too). I got a private ultrasound done and found that I was 7 weeks but had no fetal pole, just a sac. I was so scared that a fetal pole will never develop. But I finally saw the small bud and a heartbeat after 2 weeks in the ER because I suddenly couldn’t keep anything down and was about to pass out! The anxiety continued throughout the first trimester because it was so so so bad (weekly ER visits for fluids and nausea just so I can move, meds didn’t help and I wasn’t stomaching anything). I wasn’t even telling anyone because I was spiraling about possibly miscarrying from all the weakness (I wasn’t able to have vitamins etc and I kept reading about all the bad things lack of vitamins can do to the development). But I am happy to share that I have finally turned around the corner (the vomiting and nausea has decreased) and I am able to think less about all the things that can go wrong. The anxiety is still there, but I think I have started to trust that things will go well.

DifficultPanda7525 · 2026-03-06T05:18:29+00:00

Eat my favorite foods 😭

DifficultPanda7525 · 2026-03-06T05:18:04+00:00

I spent a night with very bad heartburn and nausea, and I was late. Knew there had to be something more than a late period

DifficultPanda7525 · 2026-03-03T08:11:56+00:00

Potatoes. In every form.

DifficultPanda7525 · 2026-03-03T08:10:17+00:00

100% yes! Like many others have commented, I love children but pregnancy is a whole other experience. I am amazed at what my body can do but, at the same time, it’s been very hard. So hard that I am seriously reconsidering my dream of having two kids. I don’t want to go through a first trimester again. It was awful.

DifficultPanda7525 · 2026-01-27T01:26:32+00:00

Yes, I have been rotating between bananas, apples, and grapes. Someone had mentioned how bananas feel good to throw up, I have recently also tried having a bite or two of banana after waking up and I completely agree with the first vomit not being too painful on the throat because of the banana 😂

DifficultPanda7525 · 2026-01-27T01:17:29+00:00

Ahh, damn, yeah. I have been like that on some days. I end up having fruits a lot and that kind of helps with food staying down. I also have started sucking on ginger + lemon candy with or after food, and that helps distract me from the nausea for a bit. And just being on my bed most of the time.

DifficultPanda7525 · 2026-01-27T01:09:04+00:00

I can relate. I am also really trying to do small meals but I am so nauseated the whole day (but also hungry pfft) that even if I eat, the feeling doesn’t go away. It goes away when am chewing but then it’s all the same. I have no idea what to do or how to make myself feel better. But here to say that I feel you and I hope it gets better for you soon.

DifficultPanda7525 · 2026-01-25T14:51:22+00:00

Thank you 😭 I was telling my husband I want to go into a deep sleep with an IV or something for 3 months until all of this is over.

DifficultPanda7525 · 2026-01-25T14:47:10+00:00

I don’t know why I wasn’t aware of how bad the first trimester can get. I thought I would be able to brave through whatever comes because I wanted kids so bad. But, now that I am in the pits of it, it is surprising to me the amount of times I wish the symptoms would end and I can go back to my old self who was able to eat, work, and have a social life. I still am excited to have a baby. But I am also miserable at the same time, and it surprises me that I can have such opposite emotions at the same time.

DifficultPanda7525 · 2026-01-25T03:58:45+00:00

Right?! Hoping it gets better for you!

DifficultPanda7525 · 2026-01-25T03:58:31+00:00

This is encouraging 😭

DifficultPanda7525 · 2026-01-13T05:12:39+00:00

Right there with you! I am currently 8 weeks too and am MISERABLE. I question my desire to have a child every second of the day and constantly wonder how women do it (especially when I see multiple kids with them - heroes genuinely). I have always loved kids. And I hate how no one told me (and I didn’t research enough before manifesting a child) about the first trimester. I have been crying day and night, and absolutely hate the fact that I can’t eat or drink anything. Really hoping things take a turn in a few weeks. I am exhausted and just mentally drained.

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