8 Months Pregnant Woman Lifts Weights TWO Weeks to her Due Date [PHOTOS]
Lea-Anne Ellison, 35, of Los Angeles, sparked an online firestorm when pictures of the bodybuilding mom were posted on Facebook on Sunday.
Lea-Anne Ellison the mother of an 8-year-old boy and a 12-year-old girl was just two weeks shy of her due date when she was photographed lifting the weights. Despite a public outcry, Ellison maintains that her exercise routine is perfectly healthy.
“8 months pregnant with baby number 3 and CrossFit has been my sanity,” Ellison wrote in the caption.
“I have been CrossFitting for 2 1/2 years and...strongly believe that pregnancy is not an illness, but a time to relish in your body’s capabilities to kick ass.”
But a slew of commenters posted angry greivances on the picture which boasted more than 16,000 likes and almost 3,000 shares by Friday morning.
But several fitness enthusiasts rallied support for the Los Angeles woman, who in an earlier post on her personal profile wrote that she trains in an effort to be a “HOT mom.”
According to the American Congress of Obstetricians and Gynecologists, 30 minutes or more of exercise a day is recommended so long as there are no medical or obstetric complications.
The group stresses on its website that all sports should be reviewed by a medical expert for potential risks, but activities like scuba diving which would expose the fetus to possible decompression sickness — nd other high-impact sports should be avoided. However, weightlifting is not listed as a problematic sport.
Lea-Anne Ellison the mother of an 8-year-old boy and a 12-year-old girl was just two weeks shy of her due date when she was photographed lifting the weights. Despite a public outcry, Ellison maintains that her exercise routine is perfectly healthy.
“8 months pregnant with baby number 3 and CrossFit has been my sanity,” Ellison wrote in the caption.
“I have been CrossFitting for 2 1/2 years and...strongly believe that pregnancy is not an illness, but a time to relish in your body’s capabilities to kick ass.”
But a slew of commenters posted angry greivances on the picture which boasted more than 16,000 likes and almost 3,000 shares by Friday morning.
But several fitness enthusiasts rallied support for the Los Angeles woman, who in an earlier post on her personal profile wrote that she trains in an effort to be a “HOT mom.”
According to the American Congress of Obstetricians and Gynecologists, 30 minutes or more of exercise a day is recommended so long as there are no medical or obstetric complications.
The group stresses on its website that all sports should be reviewed by a medical expert for potential risks, but activities like scuba diving which would expose the fetus to possible decompression sickness — nd other high-impact sports should be avoided. However, weightlifting is not listed as a problematic sport.
8 Months Pregnant Woman Lifts Weights TWO Weeks to her Due Date [PHOTOS]
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