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Pregnancy Birth & Recovery [VHS]

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JANE FONDA'S VIDEO WAS VERY EFFECTIVE DURING MY SECOND PREGNANCY. I HAD PROBLEMS DURING MY FIRST PREGNANCY WITH HIP PAIN, LOW ENDURANCE, AND FATIGUE. WEIGHT GAIN WAS ALSO A PROBLEM. I USED THE VIDEO IN THE MORNINGS THREE TO FIVE TIMES A WEEK. IT WAS VERY STRENUOUS BUT VERY EFFECTIVE. I LOST 10 POUNDS DURING THAT PREGNANCY AS COMPARED TO A GAIN OF 50 POUNDS FOR THE FIRST. IT HAS BEEN 12 YEARS AND 2 ADDITIONAL PREGNANCIES SINCE THAT TIME AND I AM ORDERING THE TAPE NOW TO HELP ME GET BACK IN SHAPE AT 47 YEARS OLD. I KNOW IT WILL HELP ME REACH MY GOAL OF FIT BY 50. THANKS JANE!

If you were in decent pre-pregnancy shape, this video will be too easy for you. There's no aerobic portion and the floor exercises are very boring. Plus, it's annoying. The 80s feel is hard to overcome. And the part where they haul the babies out and Jane Fonda looks at them adoringly made me laugh. I even played it for my husband so he could laugh too. I consider this a waste of money. I wish videos were returnable.

I find this workout to be boring, slow, and uninspiring. I used it with my first pregnancy eight years ago and recently tried to exercise with it. It is old and outdated. The newer videos for pregnancy workout feature a fun aerobics segment which this workout omits. Some of the techniques in the exercises do not match what is said on the newer videos today. The newer videos I have found state that they conform with the Guildlines of the American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists. I feel safer performing movements that have been deemed okay for pregnant women. Also, in the videos I have, the instructors are pregnant themselves. I highly recommend the Kathy Smith Pregnancy workout along with the Buns of Steel Pregnancy workout.
Get both for variety for almost the price of this one video.

I have never been pregnant before, so I have never done this video, but I have watched it. My mom has done it before and she didn't like it. It looks okay, but it is almost as if Jane Fonda thought that as long as there were not any aerobics and no ab work, it would be perfect for pregnant women. First there is a workout for pregnant womwn and women recovering from pregnancy. Then there is an extra floor workout for women recovering from a pregnancy. Then a women named Femmy DeLyser shows you birthing tips and at the end of the video there is a section on baby care.