WE HAVE MISUNDERSTOOD PREGNANCY FITNESS
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Strength and movement in pregnancy are not pressure. They are preparation.
With Coach Amanda Lim, LIFT Clinic
If exercise is only valuable when it makes a woman smaller, pregnancy breaks the whole system.
For much of their lives, women are taught to understand exercise through the language of control. Burn more calories. Lose more weight. Tighten the body. Shrink the body. Get the body back. Even when the language is dressed up as “wellness,” the underlying promise is often the same: if you do this correctly, your body will become more acceptable.
Then pregnancy happens, and the body refuses to cooperate with that story. It grows. It gets heavier. It accumulates body fat. It expands because it is supposed to. No amount of discipline can turn pregnancy into a shrinking project, and nor should it. The pregnant body is not failing when it gets bigger. It is doing exactly what it is biologically designed to do.
This is why pregnancy can be so confronting. If movement has always been tied to appearance, pregnancy removes the reward. If training has always been a way to manage the body from the outside, pregnancy exposes how limited that understanding was. At the very moment exercise could become one of the most useful tools a woman has, many women lose access to it because the old reason for doing it no longer applies.
That is one of the great misunderstandings in pregnancy fitness. Pregnancy does not make exercise less important. It reveals whether we understood exercise properly in the first place.
Once exercise is no longer about shrinking, the better question is obvious: what is it actually for?
Amanda Lim’s answer is maternal strength.
Maternal strength is not a prettier name for bounce-back culture. It is not a demand that pregnant women become athletes, train intensely, or perform strength for public approval. It is the physical and psychological capacity to trust your body, use your body, prepare your body and remain connected to your body through one of the most demanding transitions of a woman’s life.
That makes pregnancy fitness a much bigger conversation than safe workouts. It becomes a conversation about function, metabolic health, self-trust, recovery and the long physical reality of motherhood. Every mother has a body that will be asked to carry, bend, lift, feed, soothe, walk, wake, repeat and keep going. Every mother deserves to understand that movement can help her prepare for that life.
The point is not that pregnancy should become another arena for achievement. It is that women deserve a relationship with exercise that is not built on making themselves smaller.
Strength and movement are not pressure.
They are preparation.
WATCH THE CONVERSATION
In this conversation, Coach Amanda Lim explains why pregnancy fitness needs to be understood as preparation rather than pressure. She talks about maternal strength, why exercise is not only about aesthetics, how movement supports confidence and function, and why women need clearer guidance about what their bodies may still be capable of during pregnancy.
Pregnancy is not a pause on strength
Amanda Lim has been developing this conversation publicly through Strength is Maternal, her Substack dedicated to changing the narratives around pregnancy, postpartum and motherhood — and to expanding what women are allowed to understand about their own bodies during this stage of life. In one of her essays, “The Pregnant Body Has a PR Problem,” she argues that pregnancy has been treated as a time of fragility when it may actually be one of the most metabolically powerful windows of a woman’s life. Her line is deliberately sharp: “You are not in a time-out. You are in training.” [1]
That does not mean pregnancy always feels powerful. Amanda is careful not to romanticise it. She describes her third pregnancy as arguably her most athletic, but she still did not feel like her strongest physiological self. She felt slow, heavy and weaker than before. That distinction matters, because feeling less capable is not always the same as being less capable.
Pregnancy changes the body, but not only by taking things away. It also creates enormous physiological adaptation. Blood volume, heart rate, stroke volume and cardiac output normally increase during pregnancy; oxygen consumption and metabolic demands also rise. These adaptations exist to support both mother and baby, but they also mean the pregnant body is not simply “shutting down” or moving backwards. [2]
This is where the cultural story becomes dangerous. If the only message a woman has absorbed is that pregnancy means limitation, and the only reason she has ever exercised is to stay smaller, then pregnancy can look like the moment exercise no longer belongs to her. But if she understands that her body is adapting, not failing, then movement becomes something else entirely.
A slower walk is not a failure. A lighter dumbbell is not a failure. A modified workout is not a failure. A reduced pace is not a failure. These may be the exact ways a woman continues to participate in her own physical capacity while her body is doing something extraordinarily demanding.
The point is not that pregnancy is easy. It often is not. The point is that pregnancy is not evidence of weakness. It is evidence of adaptation. That is why the conversation has to move away from appearance and toward preparation.
Information is not preparation
Pregnancy is an information-heavy season. Women are given lists of what to eat, what to avoid, what tests to take, what supplements to buy, what symptoms to watch for, what classes to attend, what to pack and what to expect.
Information matters. Amanda is not dismissing it. Her own work is deeply evidence-led, and her upcoming book is being built around both research and practical implementation. But she draws a sharp line between knowing something and being prepared for it.
“Information is not preparation,” Amanda says. “To prepare your body, you must act, you must move.”
That may be one of the most important ideas in her work, because so much of pregnancy culture mistakes awareness for readiness. A woman can read about birth and still not have trained her cardiovascular system. She can understand postpartum recovery and still not have built the strength to get herself off the floor while holding a baby. She can know that motherhood is demanding and still arrive in the fourth trimester without the physical capacity to meet those demands.
Amanda uses the word training deliberately. Training is not just exercise. Training implies adaptation toward an expected outcome. In her own pregnancies, the expected outcome was not a six-pack, a personal best, or a heroic birth story. It was a healthy body for the entirety of life after pregnancy.
That sentence matters because the real horizon is not birth. It is the life after birth.
We are not just training for birth
Amanda is cautious around the phrase “training for birth.” Not because birth is not physically demanding. It often is. Labour can require endurance, resilience and strength. But birth is one event. Postpartum is the rest of a woman’s life.
This is where much prenatal fitness messaging gets too narrow. It focuses on the birth event as the finish line, when in reality birth is the threshold. What comes after is not a neat return to normal. It is feeding, lifting, healing, sleep deprivation, carrying, bending, walking, soothing, recovering, adapting and doing all of that inside a body that may feel completely unfamiliar.
Strength is not only about lifting weights in a gym. It is about lifting a car seat from an awkward angle. It is about carrying the baby while holding a bag. It is about getting out of bed after another broken night. It is about opening the jar. It is about walking through the heat, carrying the pram, managing the groceries, and trusting that your body can cope with the physical tasks motherhood quietly demands.
One example that came up in conversation was Kathy’s own experience of taking her daughter kayaking for the first time after working with Amanda. She did not necessarily look different. But she felt different. She felt strong enough to try something she had previously assumed she could not do.
That is the psychological bridge many women are missing. Confidence does not arrive because a woman reads more. It arrives because she experiences herself doing the thing. Exercise becomes a way to rebuild self-trust.
The evidence has moved. The message has not caught up.
Amanda’s argument is emotional, but it is not only emotional. It sits within a growing evidence base.
Major guidelines now recommend that pregnant and postpartum women without contraindications aim for at least 150 minutes of moderate-intensity aerobic physical activity each week. The American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists states that, in the absence of medical or obstetric complications, physical activity in pregnancy is safe and desirable, and that women should be encouraged to continue or initiate safe physical activities. [2]
The Canadian Guideline for Physical Activity Throughout Pregnancy recommends that pregnant women accumulate at least 150 minutes of moderate-intensity physical activity each week to achieve clinically meaningful health benefits and reduce pregnancy complications. It also recommends incorporating both aerobic and resistance training activities for greater benefits. [3]
The World Health Organization also recommends at least 150 minutes of moderate-intensity aerobic physical activity per week for pregnant and postpartum women, while noting that women should be under the care of a healthcare provider who can advise on contraindications and individual considerations. [4]
This matters because the actual behaviour gap remains large. Amanda often points to a troubling gap between what the evidence supports and what many mothers are actually told. The problem may not simply be that women are ignoring advice. In many cases, she argues, the advice is not being clearly or confidently given.
That distinction matters. If women are not moving because they have received clear, individualised, evidence-based guidance and made a different choice, that is one thing. If they are not moving because they have been frightened, vaguely cautioned, culturally discouraged, or told only to “take it easy,” that is something else entirely.
Amanda is not arguing for recklessness. She is arguing for precision.
Exercise is not the risk we think it is
One of Amanda’s strongest beliefs is that the risk conversation around pregnancy has been misdirected. She is not saying there is no risk in pregnancy. She is not saying every woman should exercise in the same way. She is not saying medical guidance is irrelevant. She is saying that when movement is treated as the danger by default, women are often denied a more accurate understanding of what actually supports pregnancy and postpartum health.
The research broadly supports the direction of that claim, with appropriate caveats. The Canadian guideline evidence base links prenatal exercise with maternal benefits including decreased risk of preeclampsia, gestational hypertension, gestational diabetes, excessive gestational weight gain, depression, caesarean section, instrumental delivery, urinary incontinence and lumbopelvic pain. [3]
WHO’s physical activity guidelines also state that, in pregnant and postpartum women, physical activity is associated with decreased risk of preeclampsia, gestational hypertension, gestational diabetes, excessive gestational weight gain, delivery complications and postpartum depression, with no increase in risk of stillbirth or adverse effects on birth weight. [5]
ACOG also notes that concerns that regular physical activity may cause miscarriage, poor fetal growth, musculoskeletal injury or premature delivery have not been substantiated for women with uncomplicated pregnancies. [2]
This does not mean all exercise is appropriate for all women. It does not mean pregnancy is the time to ignore symptoms, medical advice, contraindications, pain, dizziness, bleeding, reduced fetal movement, or individual risk. It does not mean every woman should train at high intensity.
But it does mean the default fear around movement deserves to be challenged. Women deserve enough information to choose whether movement could become a bigger part of their pregnancy and postpartum journey.
Permission, not pressure
This is the part of Amanda’s message most likely to be misunderstood, and she knows it.
When women see dramatic examples of pregnancy fitness — a pregnant marathon runner, a pregnant CrossFitter, a pregnant woman lifting heavy — the image can quickly become accusation. Great for her can become what am I not doing? But Amanda is not interested in turning elite examples into a new maternal standard.
Her line is sharper than that: permission to move, not prescription to intensify.
That distinction matters because exercise has often been sold to women as punishment: punishment for eating, punishment for gaining weight, punishment for having a body that does not meet the standard. Pregnancy does not need another version of that. Women already receive enough instructions about what to eat, how to birth, how to feed, how to recover and how to mother. They do not need movement turned into one more way to measure whether they are disciplined enough.
But rejecting pressure should not mean rejecting preparation. If exercise is understood only as correction, then of course it feels like another burden. If it is understood as support — for energy, strength, mood, metabolic health, function and daily life — then movement becomes something very different. It becomes permission to take care of yourself.
Amanda’s argument is not that every woman should do more. It is that women should not be unnecessarily frightened away from what their bodies may still be capable of doing.
Permission is not recklessness. It is the right to receive clear information, skilled guidance where needed, and a more expansive understanding of what pregnancy does and does not automatically take away.
The mental health case matters too
The maternal strength conversation is not only musculoskeletal or metabolic. It is also psychological.
Amanda repeatedly links movement with self-trust, confidence and identity. When she reflects on what might have happened if a doctor’s offhand caution had caused her to stop training entirely during pregnancy, the loss is not only physical. She believes she would have lost cardiovascular capacity, muscle and bone protection, but also connection to a central part of her identity as an athlete.
This is not a trivial point.
Physical activity has been associated with improved mental health outcomes in the perinatal period. WHO identifies decreased risk of postpartum depression among the maternal benefits associated with physical activity during pregnancy and postpartum. [5]
This does not mean exercise replaces mental health care. It should not be framed that way. Postpartum depression and anxiety can be serious medical conditions requiring clinical support.
But it does support Amanda’s broader argument: movement is not simply about the body. It can be part of how women protect their ability to function, cope and feel like themselves.
That is why treating exercise as optional, aesthetic or frivolous misses the point. For many women, movement is part of staying connected to self.
The Singapore context makes this urgent
Amanda’s work is rooted in Singapore, and the local context adds urgency.
Gestational diabetes is a significant concern in Singapore. Singapore’s Agency for Care Effectiveness estimates that GDM occurs in around one in four to five pregnant women, while NUH describes it as affecting about one in five pregnant women in Singapore. [6], [7]
The risks are not only short-term. ACE notes that women with a history of GDM are about ten times more likely to develop type 2 diabetes than women who had a normoglycaemic pregnancy. NUH also notes that GDM is associated with higher risks during pregnancy and birth, including high blood pressure, preterm birth, induced labour, caesarean section and stillbirth. [6], [7]
This is where the conversation about strength becomes impossible to dismiss as cosmetic.
Skeletal muscle is one of the body’s major sites for glucose disposal. In simple terms, muscle helps clear glucose from the bloodstream. Insulin acts like a signal that helps move glucose out of the blood and into cells, and muscle is one of the largest places that glucose can go. During pregnancy, insulin resistance naturally increases, particularly in the second half of pregnancy. This is part of normal pregnancy physiology, but it also means the mother’s body has to work harder to keep blood glucose within a healthy range. [8]
Muscle, then, is not just what makes a woman look strong. It is metabolic tissue. It is part of how her body manages energy, glucose and insulin demand. Moving muscle through aerobic activity and resistance training can improve insulin sensitivity and increase glucose uptake into skeletal muscle. This does not mean exercise prevents all gestational diabetes, or that women are to blame if they develop GDM. That would be both inaccurate and unfair. GDM is influenced by pregnancy physiology, age, genetics, ethnicity, pre-existing metabolic health and other risk factors. [8], [9]
But it does mean strength and movement belong in the GDM conversation. If Singapore is facing a meaningful burden of gestational diabetes, then prenatal movement should not be treated as a lifestyle extra or an optional wellness add-on. It should be part of the way we talk about maternal metabolic health.
“Listen to your body” is not enough
One of Amanda’s most nuanced points is her critique of a phrase that is usually offered kindly: listen to your body.
It sounds empowering. Sometimes it is. But Amanda argues that it can be insufficient for pregnant women, especially first-time mothers, because the pregnant body may be speaking a language they have never heard before.
This is particularly true for women who have spent decades in one body before pregnancy. Amanda had her children at 38, 39 and 41. For women becoming mothers later, pregnancy may arrive close to other hormonal and musculoskeletal transitions. They may already be navigating shifts in muscle mass, bone density, recovery, sleep or energy. The body’s signals may not be familiar, simple or easy to interpret.
This is where “listen to your body” needs support. Women need education. They need evidence. They need skilled coaching where possible. They need obstetric care that can distinguish true contraindications from outdated caution. They need to understand what normal discomfort may feel like, what warning signs matter, what adaptation looks like, and what kind of movement is appropriate for their own body and pregnancy.
Self-trust is not built by leaving women alone with vague advice. It is built by giving them enough precision to act.
Start with walking. Then build from there.
Amanda’s message may be bold, but her practical starting point is not extreme.
When asked what the average first-time pregnant woman should take away, Amanda answers simply: walking. If all a woman can manage is a walking programme that gets her to 150 minutes of moderate activity per week — roughly 30 minutes, five times a week — that is already meaningful.
This aligns with major guidelines. ACOG’s patient guidance says pregnant women should ideally get at least 150 minutes of moderate-intensity aerobic activity every week, and gives brisk walking as an example. [10] The CDC similarly recommends 150 minutes of moderate-intensity aerobic physical activity per week for healthy pregnant and postpartum women, noting that 30 minutes five days per week is one way to meet the target. [11]
This matters because Amanda’s message can easily be visually hijacked by the most dramatic examples: the marathon runner, the pregnant CrossFitter, the heavy lifter. But the real public health message is more accessible.
Walk. Move. Begin.
Then, where appropriate, consider resistance training with guidance.
Not because the goal is to become an outlier, but because the body you are preparing is not only a pregnant body. It is a postpartum body. It is a mothering body. It is an ageing body.
The hard message: your health has to become important enough
Amanda is compassionate, but she is not vague.
She knows pregnancy can be exhausting. She knows movement can be hard to fit in. She knows Singapore heat, work, nausea, fatigue, childcare, appointments and family demands all make exercise harder.
But she also makes a direct point: motherhood will require rearrangement. The baby will change your time, body, schedule and environment. So the question becomes whether a woman can begin practising that rearrangement before birth, in service of her own health.
Amanda uses breastfeeding as an example from her own life. Exclusive pumping required her to restructure her days around pumps, storage, refrigeration, pain, engorgement and logistics. She did it because the outcome mattered to her. Her challenge to mothers is to imagine a world where their own health matters enough to rearrange parts of their environment too.
This could sound harsh if stripped of context, but in Amanda’s hands it is not a scolding. It is an invitation to stop treating women’s health as optional.
If a 30-minute walk requires planning, then perhaps that planning is not a burden. Perhaps it is rehearsal. Perhaps it is a woman learning, before the baby arrives, that her body still belongs in the list of things worth protecting.
The medical community has to do better
Amanda is not anti-medical. She repeatedly recommends evidence-based resources, clinical guidance and working with qualified professionals. When women ask where to start, Amanda points them toward evidence-based resources such as ACOG and the work of Dr Margie Davenport, whose research has helped shape contemporary understanding of physical activity during pregnancy.
Her critique is not of medicine itself. It is of the gap between evidence and day-to-day experience.
In her own first pregnancy, Amanda’s OB-GYN responded calmly when she said she lifted weights and did CrossFit. That mattered. But Amanda also wondered what would have happened if she had walked in as a non-exerciser and asked what she should do. Would the recommendation have been as active, confident or specific?
That question matters. Many women do not arrive with Amanda’s confidence, research background or athletic identity. They arrive uncertain. If their provider gives vague advice, if family members tell them to rest, if social media shows only extremes, if antenatal classes mention only walking and yoga, they may conclude that strength is not for them.
That is not informed choice. It is under-guidance.
What Amanda wants is not bravado. It is better translation. She wants the medical, fitness, nutrition and mental health worlds to work together around the woman in front of them.
Not to frighten her. Not to pressure her. To prepare her.
The new message of maternal strength
At its heart, Amanda’s thought leadership is not about telling women to do more. It is about changing what exercise means.
If exercise means punishment, pregnancy fitness will feel like pressure. If exercise means weight loss, pregnancy fitness will feel pointless. If exercise means elite performance, pregnancy fitness will feel exclusionary. But if exercise means protection, preparation, function, capability and self-trust, then pregnancy becomes one of the most important times to move.
That is the central reframe.
A pregnant woman is not in a time-out. She is not automatically broken. She is not disqualified from strength because she feels tired, heavy or unfamiliar to herself. And she is not failing if she does not train like an athlete.
She deserves evidence that helps her choose. She deserves care that prepares her for more than birth. She deserves to know that the body growing the baby is also the body that will carry her through the rest of motherhood.
That is why maternal strength matters: not because women need another standard, but because they need their bodies back as allies.
FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS ABOUT FITNESS IN PREGNANCY
Is exercise safe during pregnancy?
For most women with uncomplicated pregnancies, exercise is not the risky exception. It is the evidence-supported recommendation. ACOG states that physical activity in pregnancy is safe and desirable in the absence of medical or obstetric complications, and that women should be encouraged to continue or begin safe physical activity during pregnancy. That does not mean every exercise suits every body, or that symptoms and medical contraindications should be ignored. It means the default conversation should not be fear. For many pregnant women, the better question is not “Am I allowed to move?” but “What kind of movement is appropriate for me?” [2]
How much exercise is recommended during pregnancy?
ACOG, WHO, CDC and the Canadian pregnancy physical activity guideline all support a general target of at least 150 minutes of moderate-intensity aerobic physical activity per week for pregnant and postpartum women without contraindications. This could look like around 30 minutes of brisk walking, five days a week. [2], [3], [4], [11]
Can you start exercising during pregnancy if you were not active before?
Yes, in many uncomplicated pregnancies, pregnancy can be a time to begin moving, not a reason to stay still. ACOG says women should be encouraged to continue or initiate safe physical activity when there are no contraindications. That does not mean going from nothing to intense training overnight. It means starting intelligently: walking, building consistency, progressing gradually, and seeking qualified guidance where needed. Amanda’s point is not that every woman should train like an athlete. It is that women should not be told their only safe option is to opt out of strength and movement altogether. [2], [10]
Is pregnancy fitness the same as bounce-back culture?
No. In Amanda Lim’s framing, pregnancy fitness is not about shrinking, weight loss or restoring a pre-pregnancy body as quickly as possible. It is about maternal strength: function, capability, confidence, physical preparation and long-term health. The key distinction is permission to move, not prescription to intensify.
Why does strength training matter during pregnancy and postpartum?
Resistance training can support muscle strength, function and physical confidence. The Canadian Guideline for Physical Activity Throughout Pregnancy recommends combining aerobic and resistance training activities for greater benefits. Amanda’s broader point is that motherhood is physically demanding, and strength can help women feel more capable in the real-world tasks of pregnancy, postpartum recovery and daily life with children. [3]
What does muscle have to do with gestational diabetes?
Skeletal muscle is one of the body’s major sites for glucose disposal, which means it plays an important role in helping the body move glucose out of the bloodstream. During pregnancy, insulin resistance naturally increases, especially later in pregnancy. Movement and resistance training can support insulin sensitivity and glucose uptake into muscle, which is one reason Amanda argues that strength belongs in the maternal metabolic health conversation. This does not mean exercise prevents all cases of GDM or that women are to blame if they develop it. [8], [9]
What if pregnancy makes me feel weaker, slower or less capable?
That experience is common and does not mean a woman is failing. Amanda herself described feeling slow, heavy and weaker during pregnancy despite being highly trained. The goal is not to maintain pre-pregnancy performance at all costs. The goal is to adapt intelligently, move where appropriate, and understand that modified movement can still be meaningful preparation.
Why is “listen to your body” sometimes not enough during pregnancy?
Amanda argues that “listen to your body” can be difficult advice for first-time mothers because the pregnant body may be sending unfamiliar signals. Pregnancy can change energy, movement patterns, hunger, nausea, pain, pressure and emotional state. Women need more than vague reassurance; they need evidence, context, skilled guidance and support to understand what their body is communicating.
Does exercise prevent gestational diabetes?
Exercise should not be framed as a guarantee against gestational diabetes. GDM is influenced by many factors, including age, genetics, ethnicity, metabolic health, pregnancy physiology and other risk factors. However, research and guidelines associate prenatal physical activity with reduced risk of gestational diabetes, and Singapore’s high prevalence of GDM makes evidence-based movement guidance especially important. [3], [6], [7], [8], [9]
About the expert
Coach Amanda Lim, M.A., M.Ed., is the Director of LIFT Clinic in Singapore and a certified coach and nutritionist. Her work sits at the intersection of strength, metabolic health, nutrition, behaviour change and women’s long-term wellbeing. [12]
Amanda is also the author and leading voice behind Strength is Maternal, a public body of work dedicated to changing the way women understand pregnancy, postpartum and motherhood. Through her writing, she challenges the idea that motherhood automatically diminishes a woman’s physical and mental capacity, and instead frames pregnancy as a powerful window for preparation, strength and metabolic health. [13]
You can find Amanda through: Strength is Maternal Substack https://strengthismaternal.substack.com/
By Amanda Lim https://byamandalim.com/for-moms/
LIFT Clinic https://liftclinic.org/
Instagram at @coachamandalim, @strengthismaternal, @therealamandalim and @thefortiesformula
Sources and footnotes
[1] Amanda Lim, “The Pregnant Body Has a PR Problem,” Strength is Maternal.https://strengthismaternal.substack.com/p/the-pregnant-body-has-a-pr-problem
[2] American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists, “Physical Activity and Exercise During Pregnancy and the Postpartum Period.”https://www.acog.org/clinical/clinical-guidance/committee-opinion/articles/2020/04/physical-activity-and-exercise-during-pregnancy-and-the-postpartum-period
[3] Mottola et al., “2019 Canadian Guideline for Physical Activity Throughout Pregnancy,” British Journal of Sports Medicine.https://bjsm.bmj.com/content/52/21/1339
[4] World Health Organization, “WHO Guidelines on Physical Activity and Sedentary Behaviour,” 2020.https://www.who.int/publications/i/item/9789240015128
[5] World Health Organization, “WHO Guidelines on Physical Activity and Sedentary Behaviour: Executive Summary.”https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/books/NBK566048/
[6] Singapore Agency for Care Effectiveness, “Gestational diabetes mellitus — an update on screening, diagnosis, and follow-up.”https://www.ace-hta.gov.sg/healthcare-professionals/acg/gestational-diabetes-mellitus----an-update-on-screening--diagnosis--and-follow-up-acg/
[7] National University Hospital, “Gestational Diabetes.”https://www.nuh.com.sg/health-resources/diseases-and-conditions/gestational-diabetes
[8] Davenport et al., “Fetal and maternal metabolic responses to exercise during pregnancy.”https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/26803360/
[9] Harrison et al., “Effect of exercise modality on markers of insulin sensitivity and blood glucose control in pregnancies complicated with gestational diabetes mellitus: a systematic review.”https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC6180709/
[10] American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists, “Exercise During Pregnancy.”https://www.acog.org/womens-health/faqs/exercise-during-pregnancy
[11] Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, “Pregnant & Postpartum Activity: An Overview.”https://www.cdc.gov/physical-activity-basics/guidelines/healthy-pregnant-or-postpartum-women.html
[12] LIFT Clinic, “Meet Us.”https://liftclinic.org/meet-us/
[13] Strength is Maternal.https://strengthismaternal.substack.com/
[14] Amanda Lim on LinkedIn.https://www.linkedin.com/in/coachamandalim/
[15] Amanda Lim and related Instagram profiles.https://www.instagram.com/coachamandalim/https://www.instagram.com/strengthismaternal/https://www.instagram.com/therealamandalim/https://www.instagram.com/thefortiesformula/
[16] LIFT Clinic.https://liftclinic.org/
About this article
This article was created from Coach Amanda Lim’s recorded conversations with Pregnant and Popped, supported by her original voice notes and a follow-up editorial discussion. It has been shaped for clarity and readability while preserving Amanda’s ideas, experiences and intended meaning.
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