Has anyone been cleared 4 weeks postpartum?
I’m currently 2 weeks postpartum and I feel great honestly I’m loving motherhood and everything is a lot easier than I thought it would be this is my first child I had no symptoms or complications my entire pregnancy and labor went great my water broke at 6 am and baby girl was born at 3:30pm I’ve always been very athletic and before I found out I was pregnant I was supposed to be playing tackle football for a woman’s team in RVA I’m also a gymnast and run track and although I don’t compete anymore I still train hopefully to start competing again within the next year and I’m ready to get back into the gym I know not everyone is the same and the standard is 6 weeks and even then they still want you to take it easy but I’m ready to get back in the gym and start working out so I can get my body ready to start training again has anyone been cleared at 4 weeks to start working out?? Or do I just I have to wait it out i hate sitting around and not doing anything my entire pregnancy my husband had to constantly tell me to sit down lol I understand the importance of my body to healing I just expected postpartum to be completely different because of everything I’ve heard
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My doc cleared me around 4-5 weeks, but we ended up with an emergency C-section so I know it's not quite the same afterwards. I am a runner, and continued to run until about 7 months pregnant, then gravity was just a bit too much and I moved to gentler exercises like the elliptical (and lighter strength training). I've slowly started getting back into it though,
I will say even at 4 months PP I still get some twinges after a hard run though. Things aren't *exactly* in the same place they used to be so I get sensations in new places at times. I also thought I felt great the first day or 2 when we came home, but turned out I over did it and ended up swelling nearly 10-15 lbs of water weight in my lower half initially until I calmed down lol
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