"I ran a half marathon at eight months pregnant - it was empowering"

A mum ran a half marathon at eight months pregnant and 26 miles 10 months postpartum - and says it was "empowering".

Amanda Hoang, 32, got into fitness after giving birth to her first son, Henry, five, and gaining 50lbs.

She started getting up at 5am to workout and to run and said it helped her "destress".

When she fell pregnant with her second child, Theo, three, she decided to carry on her with her normal exercise routine.

With her third, Nae, one, she was able to run two half marathons - one at 21 weeks and one at eight months.

Ten months after giving birth she ran a three hour 16 minute marathon - and had her husband, Luke Duncan, 34, a product manager, cheering her on.

Now Amanda wants to encourage mums to keep at their normal exercise routine while pregnant - as long as it is safe to do so.