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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2020 Mar 4.
Published in final edited form as: Matern Child Health J. 2019 Oct;23(10):1400–1413. doi: 10.1007/s10995-019-02776-7

Table 6:

Representative posts on exercise

Major Theme: Exercise
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?”
Legend:
* = demographics not completed by participant
+ / − = positive / negative weight gain during pregnancy
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
Common social media abbreviations:
lol = “laughing out loud” | wtf = “what the fuck” | lmfao = “laughing my fucking ass off”