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Working out

MJHersheyMJHershey member
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We just got an elliptical and I am looking forward to getting back to exercising.  

I keep seeing different things about the effect of exercising on BM. The best time I can exercise while I am still at home for a few more weeks is while LO is napping, but when he wakes up, I feed him (I try to do a loose version of EASY)... this is when lactic acid would be in the milk and make it sour....

When do you all exercise? Especially working moms? (I'll probably do it after we put him down to bed at 8:30).

Thanks! 

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Re: Working out

  • bethanylangbethanylang member
    I've never had an issue with nursing after a workout.  I'm sure everyone is different, but I've nursed right after a 10+ mile run, just wash the sweat off and go!  Just be sure you're staying hydrated and accounting for the increased calorie expenditure.
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  • EllaSmellaEllaSmella member

    I have never had any issue with nursing after working out either. I have heard the study that showed babies refused milk after the mother worked out was flawed because they were offering breastfed babies milk in droppers as opposed to straight from the breast. I'm sure there were a good number of babies that refused based on the delivery method rather than the milk itself.

    As far as working out after going back to work, I'm struggling with this one myself. I'd like to go and nurse on my lunch break, so working out then is out and we will have so little time in the evenings when he's awake I don't want to miss anytime there. I think I'm going to be left with getting up really early to workout or doing it after he goes to bed. Neither option thrill me, but you do what you gotta do...

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  • triumphantreturnofplanningbugtriumphantreturnofplanningbug
    I've noticed that my milk seems to let down even faster than usual right after a work out, so I try to pump between working out and showering. I've given DD that milk in a bottle, and she didn't seem to think it was any different than other milk.
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  • mertensemertense member
    DD has breastfed right after I have worked out and it doesn't bother her. I work out  at the gym twice a week while she is in the kids center and the rest of the time it is either while she is in her jumper/playing on the floor or after she has gone to bed. I'm a teacher so I get off a little earlier then people with other jobs. I do the 30 Day Shred or Yoga at home so I can do it in 20 minutes while dd is entertaining herself. Since your LO is so young I would suggest working out during an evening nap or after he has gone to bed for the night.
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