Gold Coast woman bullied online for weightlifting while pregnant
A personal trainer who is pregnant with twins has been the target of online bullying after she shared a photo of her lifting weights on social media.
Gold Coast woman Sophie Guidolin, 26, is due to give birth to twin girls at the end of August but hasn’t given up her workout routine.
Mrs Guidolin has been cleared by her obstetrician and works out with her coach/husband Nathan.
On Monday, she came under fire for lifting a 30kg weight.
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Mrs Guidolin told The Daily Mail Australia that it was mostly men making horrible comments towards her.
"I had a man comment on my Facebook page saying that what I was lifting was considerably heavy - but considerably heavy to who? Him? My son is 29 kilos - if he falls asleep somewhere, I have to carry him," she said.
"To me, that's not a heavy weight. It all comes down to what's heavy for the individual and what they could lift prior to pregnancy."
She didn’t think pregnant women should be discouraged from working out.
"There are so many myths and so much fear behind working out while pregnant," she said.
"I get it, I've had a miscarriage before and it's horrible, I wouldn't wish it upon anybody.
"There were people saying I'm going to have a prolapse [gynecological hernia], but its no different to if I bent down to pick up a pencil, or the groceries."
"Miscarriage can be caused by so many things, but people associate it with exercise.
"The pros of exercising during pregnancy definitely outweigh the cons. I really hope that pregnant women understand the benefits of exercising and a healthy lifestyle while pregnant"
She said the backlash has left her and her family in distress.
