Table 6:
Representative posts on exercise
| Major Theme: Exercise | |||
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| Total number of participants posting about theme: 12 women | |||
| Total number of posts about theme: 13 posts | |||
| Demographics | Gestational age at time of post | Weight data | Facebook Post |
| 21 yo, black / non-Hispanic, high school graduate | 4 weeks | BMI 39.0, +45lbs, over | “i need a consistent , committed workout partner with motivation , dreams and goals ugh wtf !! lol” |
| 24 yo, black / non-Hispanic, some college | 14 weeks | BMI 29.2, +29lbs, over | “had a great date with my baby today. went to red robin and got a free birthday burger, stopped by denny’s and got a free birthday breakfast, and went to the park to walk it all off. now i’m sick and tired. but it was worth it.! thank you babe. i love you” |
| 23 yo, black / non-Hispanic, vocational training | 15 weeks | BMI 29.8, +42lbs, over | “working out while pregnant keeps my energy going” |
| 20 yo, black / non-Hispanic, some high school | 17 weeks | BMI 17.3, +22lbs, under | “i wanna take my son in a pool to bad i can’t swim lmfao” |
| 19 yo, white / non-Hispanic, some high school | 17 weeks | BMI 20.4, +35lbs, within | “who wants to go on a drive or walk in the park,,,not ready for bed yet” |
| 24 yo, black / non-Hispanic, high school graduate | 26 weeks | BMI 22.6, +30.5lbs, within | “i think i wanna go walk around the mall who wants to go with me?” |
| 21 yo, white / non-Hispanic, high school graduate | 32 weeks | BMI 43.5, +22lbs, over | “after my son born imma work out my goal is 150–175 pounds” |
| 24 yo, white / non-Hispanic, high school graduate | 32 weeks | BMI 19.7, +22lbs, under | “does anyone wann do something today? hangout? go walk around the mall? anything?” |
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Legend: * = demographics not completed by participant + / − = positive / negative weight gain during pregnancy | |||
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Order of listed data: Demographics header = Age (years), race / ethnicity, highest education level obtained Weight data header = Pre-pregnancy body mass index (BMI), weight gain during pregnancy, Institute of Medicine (IOM) classifcation of weight gain at the end of pregnancyR | |||
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Common social media abbreviations: lol = “laughing out loud” | wtf = “what the fuck” | lmfao = “laughing my fucking ass off” | |||