Fitness instructor gets flak for intense workouts while 9 months pregnant

(FOX NEWS INSIDER) - A fitness fanatic is under fire for her grueling weightlifting practice while her baby is two weeks overdue.

Emily Breeze Ross Watson, a 31-year-old fitness instructor from North Carolina, has stuck with her six-days-a-week CrossFit regimen -- a combination of weightlifting, cardio and gymnastics -- throughout her entire pregnancy.

Videos on her Instagram page of her lifting heavy weights with a protruding belly can seem a little jarring, but she says she has the full support of medical professionals.

"I know with full confidence that my doctor and I are on the same page," she told Daily Mail. "And we're working towards bringing this healthy baby into this world."

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