for girls that work out during pregnancy

when did you stop doing abs, or when will you stop doing abs?
i believe i've read that after 1st tri (?) that you're supposed to stop doing exercises flat on your back... so is this when you would stop ab work?
i just wonder, as i work on my crunches, if i am completely wasting my time and may as well stop now, or if it's beneficial somehow to keep going?

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As I remember like you said no excercises on back after 12 weeks. I did planks through my pregnancy with ds, until it was impossible but continued my excercise regimen right up to the end.

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I stopped doing my crazy crunch and plank routine right when I found out, I figured they're going to be gone soon I'll pick up where I left off after is born...I miss my six pack

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i stopped as soon as I found out I was pregnant. but then again i didn't work out so much during the first trimester- was too sick.

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I stopped doing abdominal exercises in pilates when I really couldn't bend properly, so I guess around 18 weeks. I stopped floor exercises around 30 weeks. I did zumba until 35 weeks.

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I'm still doing abdominal work @ 20 weeks. I do very modified, specific exercises that are meant to be done in the 2nd trimester. My doctor not only said it was ok, but recommended it (she is very big on exercise throughout pregnancy). But check w/your doc because he or she may feel differently.

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I stopped doing my regular abdominal workout when I found out I was preggo but I bought a couple of prenatal videos that I do. One in particular (10 Minute Solution Prenatal Pilates) has abdominal exercises but shows you how to modify depending on trimester.

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thanks

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I tried to tell my trainer that I needed to stop right away, but he didn't buy it. By the second trimester he modified things for me - raise knee to opposite elbow and on all fours, bring belly button into the back.