Emily Breeze Watson.Photo: Emily Breeze/Instagram
On Thursday, soon-to-be mom of four posted a video of her weightlifting workout that day, and called out the body shamers who attack her forexercising at 9 months pregnant.
Watson said that she’s “still holding it down for every single woman who knows the power of MOVEMENT during PREGNANCY ✌🏼.”
“NORMALIZE FIT PREGNANCIES!!!” she added.
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In another video, Watson emphasized that she knows what she’s doing.
“I personally know the benefits of a FIT PREGNANCY. This is my fourth. So to all my mamas feeling up to walking, running, lifting or whatever the hell you want to do for exercise…GO FOR IT!” she said. “Stay active mama!!”
Watson also, unfortunately, is used to the criticism, which she’s endured through every one of her healthy pregnancies. When she was 6 months pregnant with her second child, daughter Merci, now 2½,Watson told PEOPLEthat she “was surprised about the lack of support so many women receive” and the misinformation about working out while pregnant.
“I think it’s very outdated information,” she said. “We do have doctors and grandparents and friends who think that exercising while pregnant is taboo.”
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Watson said that she’s lucky to have a doctor who understands her body and is happy to see her exercise through her pregnancies. The key, she said, is “to listen to your body.”
“You’re going to have some great days and some low-key days,” Watson said. “Some days you’re doing to be doing high-intensity exercise and other days it’ll be a walk in your neighborhood. You have to listen to your body and stay true to whatever movement your body can handle.”
source: people.com
