Well I did manage to get off my lazy butt for the first time in over a month to do a structured workout and used one mile of a Leslie Sansone DVD. I definitely couldn't throw myself into it, I couldn't lift my leg high enough without pain and just felt way too unstable moving frenetically. So I dialed it back to maybe a 6-7 on the 10 point scale of effort and managed to do the warmup and mile with no serious issues.

Beginning it, I had a lot of pain and twinges on my right side, which I know was round ligament pain. It almost feels like a stitch in your side from running, but it is deeper, lower, and in the front of the hip, not above it. That hurt, but it did subside and only certain movements caused it. I also contended with pubic symphisis pain from overly relaxed ligaments holding my pelvic girdle together. Basically it feels like a hot poker being shoved into your hip or pubic zone from the bottom up. It is a shooting, burning pain I've had the joy of contending with every pregnancy, I doubt it will go away in the future as it has nothing to do with weight and everything to do with hormones and my own physiology.

That is ever present, whether I am laying down, walking, whatever. If I lift my leg it hurts, when I sit it hurts. It's life, and not a pain that will be better or worse if I baby it. So I pushed through that as well, and surprisingly, as my joints got warmer and my alignment got better (my muscles pulled my skeleton back together, I think ;) ) eve that pubic pain stopped a bit, which is AMAZING! So yeah, it wasn't as easy at it was prepregnancy, and I didn't exert myself as much as I used to, but I still got a lightly elevated heart rate, a good stretch, and warmer muscles and joints. Warming them up did indeed help the daily aches subside just a smudge (at least here in the immediate after), so I consider the whole prospect a win.

Given that it didn't make me contract at all or aggravate anything I can think of, I will make a more concerted effort to do a mile a day until my body says 'stop' again. Even with how pooped out and sore I am, this did seem to help me out, so I think any movement I can do will benefit me at this point,

My lazy side is pouting at this revelation, but the rest of me feels pretty darn good ;)