Part moan, part honest question.
I hope this is an okay topic for this question... I wasn't quite sure where to put it. DD is 9mo old. Before I got pregnant, I was battling some health issues but finally managing to do enough physical activity that I was on my way to being quite fit -- I'd lost over 3 stone in the past several years and was doing martial arts twice a week, plus lots of walking, and was considering taking up running.
Pregnancy put a stop to the martial arts immediately (it was rather physical and we fell and hit each other a lot...), and I decided newly pregnant might not be the best time to begin running. Then SPD started in the second trimester and I spent 6 months barely even walking (by the end I could barely move with crutches). Then the birth was an EMCS. I could walk again, but the recovery was long.
Pregnancy weight has come off, but I'm starting to gain slowly as I'm just not active enough. I'm still having physical problems walking long or fast hurts, and the physio told me I've sprained my pelvis (although at least it's still aligned). My sternum had gotten knocked out of place during pregnancy, and it's back in place but my ribs keep jamming when I bend down. I'm still regularly taking pain medication to enable me to sleep. I feel like I can't ever be fit again I can't even carry my baby for long. I can't imagine doing the martial arts I used to if I can't bend down without it hurting!
Will my body ever be able to exercise again? My friends who are Mums talk about how much carrying their baby/running after their toddler helped them get fit again, and how strong they got as the baby got heavier. But I just can't do that, and as she gets heavier doing those things seems further and further away.
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weaverofmetals · 25/01/2013 10:37
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