Santa Monica personal trainer Sara Haley, one of the nation’s leading fitness trainers according to Shape, faces insults and glares from fellow gym-goers for maintaining her workout routine while 35 weeks pregnant, according to NYDN.
Some people just stare and whisper to one another, she says, but some go further, making comments such as, “Wow, those are the worst stretch marks I’ve ever seen!” and “Your butt is so big!”
“It’s an element of bullying,” Haley said. “Some people have no filter when they see a pregnant woman training.”
Major facepalm. Here’s a pro tip: When a woman (or anyone, really) wants your opinion or advice on anything—looks, outfit, fitness, or pregnancy—she’ll ask you for it. Until then? You should just operate under the assumption that no one cares what you have to say. Haley’s a personal trainer who works out for a living, so she’s already very fit, and presumably she’s under the care of her ob-gyn.
If she’s been given the go-ahead to exercise (which reportedly she had been), than she’s not endangering herself or her fetus; in fact, not only is it okay to exercise while pregnant, some research suggests that exercise is associated with better pregnancy outcomes and deliveries.
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