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"I recently shared my baby news here on Vitamin G--having baby #3! With the last two pregnancies, I took it easy--just walking and light exercise. This time? I&amp;#x27;m doing something entirely different, something I never thought I&amp;#x27;d do: I&amp;#x27;m jogging, as much as I can, with a huge belly. It&amp;#x27;s controversial, so let&amp;#x27;s discuss .... Before I got pregnant, I was seriously considering training for the NYC Marathon in November. I&amp;#x27;d gotten pretty hardcore about running, and was out with my iPod just about every day. I&amp;#x27;d never felt stronger, fitter, happier--better. Then--bam--nausea and morning sickness hit. While I took a little break from running in the first trimester when I was feeling pretty lousy, I&amp;#x27;m in my second trimester now and hitting the pavement again. After completing a 3 mile run recently, I felt great, and then did another the next day and felt even better. It talked to my doctor about running and pregnancy at a recent appointment, and here&amp;#x27;s what she told me: &amp;quot;It&amp;#x27;s definitely OK to run. Many women assume that they can&amp;#x27;t get their heart-rate up while pregnant, and that&amp;#x27;s just not true. As long as you are not gasping for breath, aren&amp;#x27;t in pain, and you can hold a conversation with someone while jogging, you are in the safe zone.&amp;quot; She cautioned me against races, though. So no 10K this month--boo hoo. But, she did tell me a story of a woman who ran a half marathon in her third trimester (imagine that?!) and did just fine. P.S. The woman was a doctor, even! Still, this is a touchy subject for a lot of people. Friends have warned me that I&amp;#x27;m likely to get &amp;quot;looks&amp;quot; and negative comments from others while out jogging--especially the bigger my belly gets. People assume that it&amp;#x27;s bad for the baby and that women who exercise during pregnancy are selfish and harming their child--it&amp;#x27;s the old school view that seems to be hanging around. But here&amp;#x27;s the thing: Running is not only good for my health, there have also been studies that indicate that it may be good for the baby, too, and improve the quality of my labor experience. So, I&amp;#x27;m all for it, and as long as my body can do it (and it&amp;#x27;s not painful), I&amp;#x27;ll be out jogging--even till the very end. Thoughts on this? Would you jog while pregnant? More reading: *This is sick: One web site is offering &amp;quot;beautiful&amp;quot; sperm and eggs to &amp;quot;unattractive couples&amp;quot;... *New trend: Less women wanting to have babies? Where do you stand? *What I wish someone would have told me about the pregnancy aftermath ... More Ways to Get Glamour Visit Shopglamour.com for cute stuff starting at just $10! Enter the latest Glamour sweepstakes! Follow us on Twitter Add us to your iGoogle homepage FREE Beauty Stuff! Enter for your Chance to Win a New Prize Every Day! Photo: Thinkstock"^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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