#6weekspostpartum today so time for some reflecting. The left is #40weekspregnant with my son, and the right is almost #41weekspregnant with my daughter. I gained the exact same amount of weight with both pregnancies, 33 lbs and my daughter ended up being about a pound bigger than my son. With my son I ran my entire pregnancy until 37 weeks but didn’t do any lifting. With my daughter, I lifted throughout and did some running on the side as well. In pregnancy in general… It didn’t make that big of a difference. My back and hips still killed towards the end. But in recovery and labor it has made ALL the difference. My sons labor was 44 hours long and it took me the full 6 weeks to recover and to begin even walking again. With my daughter labor was 5 hours and it took me about 5 days before I felt normal again and ready to go, hence why I’ve been incorporating working out again. I know some of this is normal with multiple births, but… I do think it goes to show if you work hard and consistent it does pay off. If your pregnant right now and wondering if its worth it to workout, it is! It is SO worth it and I am glad I pushed through every day of my pregnancy.
A photo posted by Bethany G (@bethyg27) on Sep 28, 2016 at 5:20am PDT
According to her post, Bethany followed a very different workout routine during her second pregnancy—while she continued running through both pregnancies, she also lifted while she was carrying her second child.
“In pregnancy in general…It didn’t make that big of a difference,” she writes. “My back and hips still killed towards the end. But in recovery and labor it has made ALL the difference. My son’s labor was 44 hours long and it took me the full six weeks to recover and to begin even walking again. With my daughter, labor was five hours and it took me about five days before I felt normal again and ready to go.”
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Both pregnancies resulted in a 33-pound weight gain, she says, but the difference in body composition couldn’t be bigger.
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“I do think it goes to show if you work hard and consistent it does pay off,” she writes. “It is SO worth it and I am glad I pushed through every day of my pregnancy.”
Major mom goals, Bethany.