Situps - how long?

Someone asked me this this morning and I don't know but I figured someone on here would know..

If your preggy when should you stop doing situps/crunchs or well any ab exercise like that?

i did them right through but i had really strong ab muscles so it wasnt too much of a strain. i was running ab class through the first couple months of this pregnancy but threw my toys out of the cot and said i wouldnt run it cos 20 mins intense work isnt something id risk doing.

I used to do heaps of sit ups (trying to get rid of my muffin roll)

I was told to stop the sit ups, and try and do different exercised. Because your tummy muscles are trying to stretch etc your meant to let them go blah blah (coming from my PT friend lol)

Now instead of sit ups I do a lot of swimming, a lot of different exercises that exercise my core but sort of avoid my tummy muscles...

Maybe book a appointment with a PT and see if they can suggest other exercises for you?

I dont know what is considered safe, but for me I kept doing them until it started to get uncomfortable.
I stopped doing them at about week 16. I guess it is just what suits your body and how your bump is developing. I kept doing my cardio for another few days but found that too hard as well, so now I just use my work out the time to go for a good walk up the hills instead.